HPRL STRUCTURE

The organization of HPRL is not complicated, because it is a small company with few full-time employees. The organization is as follows:

• President: Professor Hugh H. Hurt, Jr., MS, PE
  • Office Manager: Yuli Preston
  • Laboratory Technician: Brian Nieto
• Laboratory Manager:
• Research Associates:
  • Sandra Lee Browne
• Principal Consultants and Advisers:
  • Ayub K. Ommaya, MD

The board of Directors of HPRL is composed of the following professionals:

• Professor H.H. Hurt, Jr., Professor Emeritus, USC; President, HPRL
• Dr. Ayub K. Ommaya, Neurosurgeon, Professor of Neurosurgery, Georgetown University
• Mr. W. R. Willen, Esq., Managing Counsel, Product Regulatory Group, American Honda
• Mr. Art Friedman, Senior Editor, Motorcyclist and Cruiser Magazines
• Mr. Jay W. Preston, CSP, PE, MIOSH, Safety Engineer
• Dr. H.H. Hurt III, Senior Engineer, Applied Physics Lab, Johns Hopkins University
• Mr. Keith McKibben,  (McKibben Engineering Company)

The Board of Advisers of HPRL is represented to the Board of Directors by the Director of Research, and the membership consists of:

• Mr. R. D. Jablonsky, PE (Consulting Engineer)
• Mr. Keith McKibben (McKibben Engineering Company)
• Dr. A. F. Reynolds (Neurosurgeon)
• Dr. Alan Nahum (Neurosurgeon, Professor Emeritus of Neurosurgery, University of California)
• Dr. Jocelyn Pedder (Accident Reconstruction Consultant)
• Mr. Randy Swart (Bicycle Helmet Safety Institute)

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