Jesamie Peters
Region 6 Target Zero Manager | Clark & Skamania Counties
Bio: Jesamie Peters serves as the Target Zero Manager for Clark and Skamania Counties, where she brings together partners across engineering, enforcement, education, emergency response, public health, Tribal Nations, local government, and community organizations to advance Washington’s Target Zero vision of eliminating traffic fatalities and serious injuries.
She believes meaningful change happens when communities share responsibility for creating an environment where everyone can travel safely. Her work focuses on building partnerships, translating data into action, and inspiring communities to make safe travel a shared value.
Grounded in the Safe System Approach, Jesamie believes traffic deaths and serious injuries are preventable. She works to foster a positive traffic safety culture where the safe choice becomes the easy choice, human mistakes do not have to result in tragedy, and every person and organization plays a role in creating safer roads and a shared commitment to safe travel.
Jesamie earned a Bachelor of Arts in Integrated Strategic Communication from the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at Washington State University.
Top Traffic Safety Priorities
- Impaired Driving Prevention
- Safe Speeds
- Active Transportation User Safety
Current Projects
- Building and strengthening regional traffic safety partnerships.
- Coordinating high-visibility enforcement and public education campaigns.
- Expanding youth engagement through Teen Target Zero and Teens in the Driver Seat.
- Advancing the Slower is Safer campaign, Safe Routes to School partnerships, and community events, including Move With MADD Vancouver.