OLI names new state coordinators

Operation Lifesaver, Inc. Interim President Wende Corcoran announced new State Coordinators for the nonprofit rail safety education organization in three states. Jeffrey Pitcher now leads Maine Operation Lifesaver (ME OL); Alan Stouder leads Ohio Operation Lifesaver (OH OL); and Kathy Zander is Operation Lifesaver of the Dakotas (ND/SD) leader.

Pitcher, who has been a volunteer with ME OL since 2010, lives in Hermon, Maine. His career experience includes more than 25 years in the railroad industry, including seven years as a regulatory inspector and manager and 18 years of service with short line railroads in Maine.

Stouder, a resident of Pioneer, Ohio, has been active with Operation Lifesaver for 17 years as a volunteer, coach and Rail Safety for Emergency Responders course instructor. He has been nominated twice for Operation Lifesaver’s F. Tom Roberts Outstanding Volunteer Award. Stouder has 41 years of service with Norfolk Southern in its track department and is Chairman of BMWE Local 888. He also is an instructor for the American Red Cross, in Volunteer Support and Diversity Training.

The North Dakota Safety Council (NDSC) administers the Operation Lifesaver of the Dakotas program. Zander, who officially took the reins of the program in March, came to the NDSC in 2011 as an administrative assistant in the Traffic Safety Department. In April of 2017, she helped coordinate the OL of the Dakotas program, and subsequently was tapped to manage the Home & Community area of NDSC, which includes OL of the Dakotas. She lives in Bismarck.