Name
Nicholas Worrell
Job Title
NTSB Safety Advocate
Company
NTSB
Speaker Bio
Chief of Safety Advocacy Nicholas Worrell has worked for the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) for more than 30 years. He has served as a Public Affairs Officer and a safety advocate, culminating in his 2015 promotion to Chief. Prior to joining the NTSB, Mr. Worrell served for eight years in the U.S. Marine Corps.
With expertise in transportation safety and advisory strategies, Mr. Worrell regularly addresses local and state governments; private industry; youth safety leaders; and educators about NTSB investigations and safety recommendations. Internationally, in 2019 and 2022, Mr. Worrell spoke before Nigerian, Kenyan, Ghana, Cape Verde, and South African government representatives under the Safe Skies for Africa Initiative and helped facilitate coordination of safety initiatives throughout the Caribbean (St Lucia, Jamaica, Guyana, Trinidad, and Barbados). From 2017-2021, he also addressed the International Road Federation’s Caribbean Regional Congress and the U.K.’s National Safer Roads Partnerships Conference.
Mr. Worrell also coordinated the periodic development of the agency’s Most Wanted List of transportation safety improvements and working closely with the Director of Safety Recommendations and Communications and NTSB Chair, and Modal Directors, he has worked to transition NTSB safety advocacy to a nimbler more modern model, yet still allowing transportation communicators to plan and speak with a single, credible voice.
Born in Bridgetown, Barbados, Mr. Worrell attended the St. James Secondary School. He graduated from The Master’s University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science, and earned a master’s in public policy from Howard University and a master’s in Strategic Public Relations from George Washington University. He was also named a certified speaker/coach/trainer by the John C. Maxwell Leadership Center in 2018. Mr. Worrell recently completed his Leadership Coaching for Organizational Performance at American University.
In 2022 Mr. Worrell received NTSB’s Chair’s Award, the agency’s highest honor, in recognition of long-term and substantial contributions to the mission of the NTSB, and in 2023 he was awarded these honors from major national and international safety outreach organizations:
Safe Kids Worldwide’s Exemplary Leadership Award, “for government leaders that model the way, inspire a shared vision, challenge the process, enable others to act, and encourage the country to join in.”
Impact Teen Drivers’ Exemplary Service Award, “for his dedication and remarkable contributions toward creating safer communities.”
With expertise in transportation safety and advisory strategies, Mr. Worrell regularly addresses local and state governments; private industry; youth safety leaders; and educators about NTSB investigations and safety recommendations. Internationally, in 2019 and 2022, Mr. Worrell spoke before Nigerian, Kenyan, Ghana, Cape Verde, and South African government representatives under the Safe Skies for Africa Initiative and helped facilitate coordination of safety initiatives throughout the Caribbean (St Lucia, Jamaica, Guyana, Trinidad, and Barbados). From 2017-2021, he also addressed the International Road Federation’s Caribbean Regional Congress and the U.K.’s National Safer Roads Partnerships Conference.
Mr. Worrell also coordinated the periodic development of the agency’s Most Wanted List of transportation safety improvements and working closely with the Director of Safety Recommendations and Communications and NTSB Chair, and Modal Directors, he has worked to transition NTSB safety advocacy to a nimbler more modern model, yet still allowing transportation communicators to plan and speak with a single, credible voice.
Born in Bridgetown, Barbados, Mr. Worrell attended the St. James Secondary School. He graduated from The Master’s University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science, and earned a master’s in public policy from Howard University and a master’s in Strategic Public Relations from George Washington University. He was also named a certified speaker/coach/trainer by the John C. Maxwell Leadership Center in 2018. Mr. Worrell recently completed his Leadership Coaching for Organizational Performance at American University.
In 2022 Mr. Worrell received NTSB’s Chair’s Award, the agency’s highest honor, in recognition of long-term and substantial contributions to the mission of the NTSB, and in 2023 he was awarded these honors from major national and international safety outreach organizations:
Safe Kids Worldwide’s Exemplary Leadership Award, “for government leaders that model the way, inspire a shared vision, challenge the process, enable others to act, and encourage the country to join in.”
Impact Teen Drivers’ Exemplary Service Award, “for his dedication and remarkable contributions toward creating safer communities.”
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