Senior Technical Advisors

Gordon Rousseau, expert in dangerous goods regulations, is Special Advisor to The Journal of HazMat Transportation and was formerly President of HMT Associates, LLC. He has held key positions in the U.S. Coast Guard, the Interstate Commerce Commission and the U.S. Department of Transportation where he managed these agencies' hazardous materials regulations development and waiver issuance programs. Mr. Rousseau was Executive Director of the Rigid Intermediate Bulk Container Association, where he was instrumental in developing key provisions for incorporation into DOT's final rulemaking HM-181E: Intermediate Bulk Containers for Hazardous Materials.
Frits Wybenga has served with distinction as the Deputy Associate Administrator for Hazardous Materials Safety in DOT. He represented the United States at the UN Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods and its Sub-Committee for fifteen years and was its Vice Chairman for eight years. He also served as the U.S. Member and Panel Vice Chairman for the ICAO Dangerous Goods Panel. He may be reached at (301) 929-1668 (phone); or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
Edward Mazzullo, Regulatory Analyst, was formerly Director of the Office of Hazardous Materials Standards within DOT’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (and its predecessor, RSPA). He has over 30 years of hazardous materials regulatory experience with DOT. The group he directed had responsibility for hazardous materials standards development and for providing assistance to shippers, carriers, and others in understanding and complying with the HMR. Ed may be reached at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Legal and Regulatory Specialists

Glenn P. Wicks, Esq. is President of the Wicks Group, PLLC. a Washington, D.C. firm that provides legal and consulting services to transportation interests on regulatory and commercial matters. He also advises The Journal of HazMat Transportation on legal issues relative to the transportation of dangerous goods by air. Mr. Wicks has advised and represented clients in transportation matters for 14 years. He has successfully handled numerous hazardous materials related enforcement actions on behalf of air, ground, and other shippers and has the presented to the Virginia Bar Association on related topics. Mr. Wicks is an honors graduate of the George Washington University Law Center where he served on the editorial board of the Journal of International Law and Economics. He is currently a member of the Governing Committee of the American Bar Association forum on Air and Space Law. He may be reached at (202) 457-7790 or via fax at (202) 457-7799 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
Ronce Almond is an associate with the Wicks Group PLLC and advises clients on corporate and regulatory matters including transportation-related proceedings before federal agencies. Mr. Almond graduated with honors, cum laude, from Duke University School of Law. He also received a Master of Arts in Political Science from Duke.
Earl V. Lind is a Independent Consultant on Hazardous Materials Packaging and plastics materials properties and processing. He retired on December 31, 2006 from Mauser Corp. He has over 30 years experience in packaging of hazardous materials working for CCA, SPPI, Russell-Stanley and Mauser Corp. He is a regular contributor to The Journal of HazMat Transportation. Mr. Lind is a member of the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE), the American Chemical Society (ACS), and the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). Mr. Lind may be contacted at 48 Briarwood Drive, Little Egg Harbor, NJ 08087, 609-296-4431, 609-296-4451 (fax), email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
Patrick Coyle recently joined The Journal of HazMat Transportation’s writing staff and will be providing reviews and reports on DOT dockets, industry comments on those rulemaking activities, and guidance on specific compliance dates and requirements. He also brings expertise in chemical security matters. He has 15 years experience in the US Army, and worked 16 years in the chemical process industry where he held various positions in operations.