A veteran administrator with the Mississippi Alcohol Safety Education Program is the first president of an organization working to reduce the number of impaired drivers on American highways.

Lightsey

Michael L. Lightsey, MASEP's operations coordinator, will lead the newly formed National Organization of State-Impaired Driving Programs Inc., which currently represents nearly 20 states from Maine to Florida to Oklahoma, and including Alaska.

Established in 1972 and based at Mississippi State University, MASEP is the statewide driver improvement program for first-time offenders convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol or other substances. It operates under the authority of the state implied consent law.

Lightsey is in his 18th year with MASEP, a unit of MSU's Social Science Research Center.