Ambulance Service of NSW          Station Officer Jeff Gamble (Paramedic)

Jeff started work with the PMG (Telstra) as a trainee technician in 1967.  He was a fulltime professional ABC Driving School instructor during 1975 - 1976.  Jeff became an Ambulance officer in November 1976 at Randwick and commenced Paramedic Training in June 1980 and is re-certified as a Paramedic every two years.  He has worked at Ambulance Headquarters, Parramatta and Penrith and was promoted to Station Officer at Springwood in August 1988.  Jeff has been a presenter at TOP since the inception of the Program in March 1992.  He also gives presentations and talks to medical staff, church groups, child care centres and other emergency organisations.  Jeff is currently located at an Ambulance Paramedic Station in Western Sydney.

NSW Police Force                             Senior Sergeant Jim Prendergast

Senior Sergeant Jim Prendergast works in the Greater Metropolitan Region and is the Traffic Co-ordinator for the Western Zone.  Jim has 30 years Police experience with 28 years in the Police Traffic Branch including on road enforcement and traffic administration.
He has also represented Police on Local, Regional and State Traffic Administration Committees including management of major traffic generating events.  This includes close liaison with all Government, Local Government and Corporate bodies with a vested interest in road safety.  Jim is qualified in the use of all NSW Police Service Speed detection and Breath Analysis equipment.  In addition, Jim was part of the development of the original concept of our Traffic Offenders Program and has been a presenter on behalf of the NSW Police since the Program’s inception on 5th March 1992.

Road Safety                                      David Tynan                                                                                   

David currently holds the position of Road Safety Officer with Blacktown City Council.  Prior to joining Council he was a management Consultant in project management, performance improvement and problem solving for 15 years working with almost all of the major organisations and all levels of Government in Australia.
During that time he also developed and delivered the fleet vehicle driver training program, "Think & Drive, Risk Management for the Road".  This program has now been integrated into Blacktown City Council's young driver program and is presented as part of the Blacktown TOP.
David was also an RTA accredited Motorcycle Riding Instructor for 6 years and an Advanced Motorcycle instructor with Stay Upright Pty Ltd.  David is also a member of the Australasian College of Road Safety, the Institute of Public Works Engineers Australia and serves on the Executive of the Survive The Ride Association NSW.

Drug and Alcohol Awareness      Darryl Dewar

Darryl has a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Master of Arts in Clinical Drug Dependence from Macquarie University.
He has bee counselling and lecturing in the Drug and Alcohol field for over 20 years. Darryl has worked in government and private Drug and Alcohol centres in Sydney and has conducted several outcome evaluation studies re Alcohol and Other drugs. He held the position (for 2 years) of Assessment Officer, Drug and Alcohol, for the Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre (MRRC).
He has been presenting Community lectures similar to the TOPs Program to Schools, Parents and Friends meeting at government and private schools and other community groups.
Darryl is available for assessment and court reports and can be contacted on darryldewar@dcs.nsw.gov.au

Insurance                                          Martin Webb

Martin is currently the National Manager - Claims for Western QBE Insurance, a division of QBE Australia Limited specialising in personal insurances including motor vehicle.  Martin has held this position for the last 6 years and is responsible for the planning, coordination and delivery of Western QBE's claims service Australia wide, and is also responsible for the financial results in this area of operations.
Martin commenced his career with the NRMA in 1983 and has extensive experience in claims, sales and portfolio analysis for companies such as NRMA, AMP, Zurich and QBE.

Legal                                                   Shaun Titmarsh

Shaun Titmarsh grew up in the western suburbs of Sydney and has been practicing law for a period in excess of 20 years.  Based in Parramatta and working throughout the New South Wales Court system Shaun has been a volunteer presenter with the Traffic Offenders Program since October 2005.  Shaun is deeply committed to the Program as TOP not only provides assistance to people before the Court and in most cases reduces the penalties imposed by the Court system (based on his experience) representing clients.    
TOP also assists participants in being better educated about the danger of drink driving and other inappropriate driving behaviour.
The Program also assists in educating people as to the likely consequences of their actions when they attend Court.

Spinal Injury Prevention                Craig Cannane

Craig informs people about spinal cord injuries as he is a person confined to a wheelchair and will be for the rest of his life.  This is as a result of a motorbike accident Craig had in 1993 which left him a L1 incomplete paraplegic.  Following the accident and his recovery, Craig decided to become a public speaker.  Craig also plays wheelchair basketball for the Sydney Wentworthville Leagues Club team, the Wheelkings, plays in the National League and is also a member of the Australian Wheelchair Basketball Squad.  Craig's presentation deals with how his accident occurred, about being in hospital, experiencing rehabilitation and what it was like to end up in a wheelchair for the rest of his life.  Also covered is how spinal cord injuries can affect your body and the way you live.  By dealing with these aspects people will learn more about spinal cord injuries and how to be more aware of things around them.  The main emphasis in Craig's presentation is that people must realise they have only one body that they have to keep for the rest of their life and everyone must 'make sure their next set of wheels is not a wheelchair'.

Motor Maintenance                          John Ward

John is a professional mechanical and automotive engineer, his early career being in the automotive industry as a design engineer.  For some years he was a teacher at Sydney Technical College where he taught the Automotive Engineering Certificate course.  Then, after holding senior technical positions with the NSW Environment Protection Authority in the vehicle emissions field, he held various positions in NRMA’s Technical Services operations for 22 years.  John has represented NRMA on the Motor Vehicle Repair Industry Council and Disputes Committee and also the Motor Dealers Disputes Committee of the NSW Office of Fair Trading.  John is now self-employed and with his broad background in motoring and consumer issues he is pleased, on behalf of NRMA, to bring this experience to the Traffic Offenders Program - Motor Maintenance module.