Upcoming and Past Appearances
Upcoming Appearances
- March 30 – Visiting the Texas Capitol with our new partner (to be announced later) to discuss distracted driving with our Texas Representatives and Senators
- March 31 – 3pm – 4pm Podcast guest speaker for “The Path Forward” – Virtual
- April 5 – Presenting for TMCEC (Texas Municipal Courts Education Center)
- April 6th – AAA Press Conference
- April 12 – Williamson County Professional Women’s Conference guest speaker
- April 15 – AAA Distracted Driving Teen Fair – Presenting Allie’s Way video and speaking about distracted driving prevention as well as the Allie’s Way Act Senate and House bills.
- April 21 – Houston Council of Safety Professionals – Presenting Allie’s Way Video & speech
Past Appearances
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September 29, 2022 – Allie’s Way Professional PSA was released to the public at the Round Rock Cinemark 14. TXDOT Commissioner Laura Ryan was a keynote speaker. Guest speakers included Lt. Johnson RRPD, Juliette McCawley (Producer) from Mosaic Media, Vina Asaya of South University, Marci Corry of Safe2Save, Mike Guidry of Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, & Alejandra De La Torre of State Farm Insurance.uRound Rock Chamber Business Leader Series – CEO Roundtable Participant
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September 13, 2022 (virtual) Participated in a virtual summit with the National Highway Transportation Safety Association & TXDOT
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September 9, 2022 (virtual) Discussion with TXDOT about the upcoming Allie’s Way PSA Release event endorsed by TXDOT.
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September 8, 2022 (San Antonio) Roosevelt High School speaking opportunity to high school students who were also able to try out the driving simulator (provided by Texas A&M) to see how difficult it is to text and drive.
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September 7, 2022 (Taylor) I attended the Pre-Legislative Summit where I met Adriana Cruz, Executive Director of Economic Development & Tourism for the Office of Gov. Abbott. I also shared our mission and progress with Jesse Ancira, Former Chief of Staff for the speaker of the House, Joe Strauss.
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September 6, 2022 (Virtual) Meeting with the Austin Chamber of Commerce to discuss upcoming events and how we could get involved more in the city of Austin to promote distracted driving prevention.
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September 2, 2022 (Virtual) Meeting with Austin City Manager, Spencer Cronk, to further discuss Allie’s Way & a relationship with the City of Austin to encourage safe, undistracted driving. He was very supportive given that they have their city hands free ordinance.
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August 31, 2022 (Virtual) Meeting with Gatsby.com to discuss a partnership for the Allie’s Way PSA Release Event.
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August 26, 2022 (Virtual) Met with Texas Transportation Institute at Texas A&M to discuss collaborating on future presentations and events. They have done so much research and advocacy on distracted driving prevention.
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August 23, 2022 (Round Rock) Met Secretary of State, John Scott, at the Chamber of Commerce Power Lunch at the Embassy Suites and discussed future initiatives to prevent distracted driving. Secretary Scott was such a supportive, incredible person with whom I am honored to have made acquaintance. To this day, he supports our mission and our progress.
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August 17th (College Station) Podcast interview with Dr. Valerie Segovia on the “Path of Most Persistence” podcast. In this interview, we discussed perseverance through our grief journey and how this led to Allie’s Way and the movement forward to positively impact our Texas roads. We also dived a little into how my childhood shaped me and molded me into the person that I am today. “For us, it was about fighting. I wanted to honor Allie.” – Jamie White. Listen here: “For us, it was about fighting, I wanted to honor Allie.” – Jamie White – The Nuclear Power Institute “The Path of Most Persistence” Podcast | Podcast on Spotify
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August 9, 2022 (virtual) First meeting with Senator Zaffirini’s office to discuss future initiatives for distracted driving prevention and how a possible future law might work in conjunction with our law enforcement officers.
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August 8, 2022 (virtual) Meeting with Jaso Alexander, Chief of Staff to the Austin City Manager, to discuss partnering with the City of Austin for distracted driving awareness.
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July 20, 2022 (Nacogdoches) Presented Allie’s Way PSA & spoke about distracted driving prevention at the Nacogdoches PD Teen Academy where I was joined by Allie’s older sister, our teenage daughter, Madison White.
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July 14, 2022 (Round Rock) Attended Round Rock Republican Women meeting to discuss Allie’s Way and our initiatives.
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July 12, 2022 (Round Rock) Attended Business Leader Series – CEO Roundtable event.
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June 9, 2022 (Midland, TX) Jamie presented to employees of Hardy Equipment Rentals in efforts to build distracted driving awareness in an area where there is a high fatality rate due to these types of collisions.
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June 8th, 2022 (Hobbs, NM) Jamie White presented in Hobbs, NM to members of the Permian Road Safety Coalition – While the Permian Basin has 1% of the population living in that area, sadly 11% of fatalities from car crashes are occurring there. It is imperative to build distracted driving awareness and drive those numbers down.
- May 25, 2022 (Austin) @ 4:30 pm – Jamie White attended the Austin Chamber of Commerce Mobility Summit 2022 at St. David’s Episcopal Church to meet other professionals in the transportation industry and build connections with people who can help steer distracted driving fatalities in the other direction as we keep seeing the numbers rise. Our goal is to make relentless forward progress to bring those numbers down.