Board Of Directors
William R McShane PhD PE PTOE is President and CEO of KLD Associates, Inc. Bill is a Fellow of ITE, a Life Member of IEEE, and a Member of ASCE. He is a registered professional engineer in several states. He joined KLD in early 2007. At KLD, he is responsible for strategic planning, business operations, IR&D, and directing certain projects.
William R. McShane
CEO
Kevin Weinisch PE is one of the nation’s foremost experts on nuclear power plant evacuation. He has been the technical lead in developing evacuation plans and computing evacuation time estimates (ETE) for every nuclear power plant in North America, as well as six plants in Japan, one plant in Slovenia, and one plant in the United Arab Emirates. Kevin is called upon regularly by local, state, and federal agencies, and private utilities to serve as a subject matter expert on evacuation. Kevin holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame and a Master’s Degree in Transportation Engineering and Planning from Polytechnic University (now the Engineering School at New York University).
Kevin Weinisch
President
Steven T. Mavros, MBA has over 40 years of experience and specialized training in transportation safety, data analysis, management, and USDOT practices. He is the Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer. He has managed the KLD work for the NHTSA NASS Program since the program’s inception and is an active contributor to the quality control practices and its evolution.
Steven T. Mavros
EVP / Program Manager, CISS
Management
Tara Marano is KLD’s Business Manager, and responsible for HR activities at KLD. She handles the needed certificates of authority and related items in all States in which KLD has a nexus.
Tara Marano
Business Manager
MBA with 20 years of experience in transportation research and crash analysis. Mr. Bays began his KLD career as a field researcher in Dallas, Texas, conducting crash investigations for the Crashworthiness Data System.
Richard Bays
SCOAR/Project Manager Operations Manager
Mr. Woodill is a retired manager, leader and instructor with thirty-eight years’ experience in the National Automotive Sampling System program, funded by NHTSA. During the last 25 years, Mr. Woodill served as the Eastern Zone Program Manager.
Robert Woodill
Training Coordinator
John P. Pfeiffer, III began his career as a member of the NHTSA effort to improve the safety of vehicles on the roadways in 1976. Through participation in various programs (NCSS, PICS, MDAI, NASS, NMVCCS, LTCCS and others), Mr. Pfeiffer developed expertise in many aspects of the crash research arena including on-scene crash investigation, paper and electronic data collection form design, study parameters/procedures, and field operations.
John P. Pfeiffer
State Records Liaison
Rebecca has served as lead traffic engineer/analyst and project manager in many evacuation and emergency planning projects, specifically in the development of Evacuation Time Estimates (ETE) for nuclear power plants, wildfire, and other natural and man-made hazards both nationally and internationally. Rebecca earned her graduate degree from New York University and her undergraduate degree from Rutgers University. She is a licensed professional engineer in New York, Pennsylvania, and Alabama and a certified Professional Traffic Operations Engineer. She has been with KLD since 2011.
Rebecca Cohen
Program Director – Evacuation and Emergency Planning
Kacie Wood, SHRM-CP possesses a diverse background in business management, human resource management and accounting. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Management and a Master of Science in Human Resource Management from Stony Brook University, as well as an accounting certification from Cornell University. Kacie handles the financial reporting, cash management, tax compliance, provides audit support, month end close process, general ledger management and budget monitoring at KLD. Kacie is a New York State Public Notary.
Kacie Wood
Assistant Controller
Field Operations Managers (FOM's)
Jennifer Haggan started her career with KLD in 2017 as a Crash Technician Assistant in the South Portland, ME office. Through her hard work and determination, Jennifer progressed to the role of Team Leader and is now currently the Field Operations Manager of CISS Region 1. This diverse experience has equipped her with the knowledge and skills to effectively manage and lead teams.
Jennifer Haggan
FOM 1
Chris started his career with KLD in 2015. He was hired at the launch of the CISS program and helped play a key role in its establishment. He initially served as a Team Leader and opened the office in Oklahoma. He later relocated to Ohio where he resumed his role as Team Leader. Subsequently, he transitioned into the position of Field Operations Manager in September of 2023.
Chris Douthit
FOM 2 and Senior FOM
James began his career with KLD in 2018 with the opening of the office in Charlottesville, Virginia. Prior to joining the KLD team, James served 28 years in the fire/rescue field as a Lieutenant, Paramedic, and Hazmat Specialist. James holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Education from Concord University and an Associate’s degree in Fire Science from J. Sargeant Reynolds College.
James Smith
FOM 3
Lauree Spurlin started working for KLD in 1998 on the NASS contract in the Tuscaloosa, AL office as Team Leader until 2014. Afterwards, she worked in the remote environment on a variety of projects and special studies. In 2019 she moved over to the CISS contract and is currently the field operations manager of CISS Region 4.
Lauree Spurlin
FOM 4
Taylor started his career with KLD in Dallas, Texas in 2016 as a crash technician in the CISS Program. He gained valuable field experience at this office until moving into the Team Leader position at the Ardmore, Oklahoma office. Taylor continued to broaden his skills in this role as he expanded the office and trained new personnel. In February of 2024, Taylor transitioned into the role of Field Operations Manager.
Frederick Taylor Brooks
FOM 5
Jayce Pearson received a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics and a Masters degree in Space Studies/Planetary Science. He began his career in transportation opening the CISS Sacramento office in 2016. He is passionate about education and enjoys the challenge of explaining complex ideas in easy to understand ways.
Jayce Pearson
FOM 6
Support Team
Ms. Pitzer has been with KLD since 1986 and started in the field for the NASS contract. She is currently the CISS Field Support Coordinator. She is responsible for arranging travel when needed, checking rates and compliance with contract obligations, ordering and logging M&S needs of the PSUs and the San Antonio Office.
Paula Pitzer
Field Support Coordinator
Marguerite (Maggie) Ruby has 18 years of experience in the Administrative field and has worked for KLD Associates, Inc. since April 2018. Areas of responsibility include field operations support for all teams, onboarding new hires, and maintaining government-level security clearance system-wide.
Marguerite Ruby
Security Coordinator
B.A., Business Management, with 31 years in vehicle crash research and analysis. She began her KLD career in 1991 as a part-time research assistant for the NASS and worked her way up to Project Manager for CRSS Sampling in July 2020. She worked with the CRSS COR and ACOR while overseeing CRSS Sampling Production for 28 PSUs (Primary Sampling Units).
Sherry Wiggs
Fleet Manager