Michael Roberts (Past Speaker)

Mike Roberts is a Transportation Specialist with the U.S. Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration, Office of Hazardous Materials Initiatives and Training.  Mr. Roberts is the Hazardous Materials Safety Assistance Team’s Southwestern Region Coordinator. As a member of the Hazardous Material Safety Assistance Team, Mr. Roberts is dedicated to providing hazardous materials education, technical assistance and outreach throughout the nation.  

A primary goal of this team is to improve hazardous materials transportation safety and security through increased communication and education.  This requires interaction and coordination with the modal administrations, industry associations, and state and local government organizations.  

Mr. Roberts’s prior experience includes serving as a State Police Officer in New Mexico working the last six years in the commercial motor vehicle division where he received training from the US Department of Transportation in all aspects of commercial motor vehicles including Hazardous Materials and inspections. As a Police Officer he completed 800 to 1000 commercial motor vehicle inspections a year. After retiring from the State Police Mr. Roberts work for the Federal Motor Carrier Administration as an Enforcement Officer. 

Mr. Roberts served in the U.S. Air Force in Munitions and Nuclear Weapons.