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American Traffic Safety Services Association
GOVERNMENT
RELATIONS
ATSSA Represented at Democratic and Republican
National Conventions
Site-Safe LLC Opens New Facility in Kentucky
Site-Safe LLC held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new facility in Leitchfield, Ky. this summer. Representative Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.)
attended the celebration with ATSSA members David Rich, president; Leslie Elmore, sales manager; and Jeff Tidaback, sales manager, all
of Site-Safe.
ATSSA President & CEO Roger Wentz and ATSSA Vice President
of Government Relations Nate Smith attended the Republican
National Convention (RNC) and the Democratic National
Convention (DNC) in Cleveland and Philadelphia, respectively, in
July. Marking the first time ATSSA was represented at the high-
profile events, Wentz and Smith brought the roadway safety
infrastructure message to the conventions.
ATSSA co-hosted transportation industry receptions at each
convention for dozens of members of Congress, their staffs and
Representative Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.) celebrates Site-Safe’s ribbon-
cutting for the company’s new facility in Leitchfield, Ky. in July.
Site-Safe employees included Bryan Covell (from left); Alan Bernard;
Guy Laprade; Brett Guthrie; Kelly Rich; David Rich, president of the
company and a member of ATSSA’s Operating Committee; Jeff
Tidaback, Kentucky ATSSA Chapter president; Leslie Elmore; Scott
Boyd; and David Hynes.
other industry stakeholders. Saf-Ti-Co, Inc., of Louisville, Ky.,
provided welcome signs at the RNC reception, and Custom
Products Corp., of Jackson, Miss., created patriotic signs to
welcome guests at the DNC event.
ATSSA’s Director of Government Relations Robby Wehagen served
as deputy director of Government Affairs during the RNC for five
months. During this time, he was integral in bringing attention to
the roadway safety industry and raising the profile of ATSSA
member companies to legislators.
Rep. Rob Wittman
(R-Va.) (center) meets
with ATSSA President &
CEO Roger Wentz (left)
and ATSSA Vice
President of Government
Relations Nate Smith
during the Republican
National Convention in
Cleveland this summer.
Director of Government
Relations Robby Wehagen (left)
networks with Speaker of the
House Paul Ryan (of
Wisconsin’s first Congressional
District) during the Republican
National Convention in
Cleveland.
ATSSA was a gold
sponsor of “Connecting
America’s Future:
Runways, Rivers, Roads
and Rails” at the
Republican National
Convention in Cleveland.
ATSSA President & CEO Roger
Wentz (right) meets with
Transportation and Infrastructure
Committee Chairman Bill Shuster
(R-Pa.) during the Republican
National Convention in Cleveland in
July. Shuster received ATSSA’s
2016 Roadway Safety Champion
Award during ATSSA’s annual
Legislative Briefing & Fly-In in D.C.
this April.