Millie I. Webb was national president (2000–2002) of Mothers Against Drunk Driving

Mothers Against Drunk Driving

Mothers Against Drunk Driving is a non-profit organization in the United States that seeks to stop drunk driving, support those affected by drunk driving, prevent underage drinking, and overall push for stricter alcohol policy...

 (MADD), during which time she was especially active in promoting federal legislation pressuring states to lower their maximum legal blood alcohol concentration (BAC

Blood alcohol content

Blood alcohol content , also called blood alcohol concentration, blood ethanol concentration, or blood alcohol level is most commonly used as a metric of alcohol intoxication for legal or medical purposes....

) for operating motor vehicles to .08.

In 1991, Ms. Webb was elected to MADD's National Board of Directors

Board of directors

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, where she became vice-president. She received the organization's Golden Achievement Award in 1998.

During her presidency, Ms. Webb appeared on Fox Television's The O'Reilly Factor

The O'Reilly Factor

The O'Reilly Factor, originally titled The O'Reilly Report from 1996 to 1998 and often called The Factor, is an American talk show on the Fox News Channel hosted by commentator Bill O'Reilly, who often discusses current controversial political issues with guests.The program was the most watched...

, The Today Show the Dr. Laura television program, and NBC Nightly News.

MADD presidents

• Candy Lightner
  Candy Lightner
  Candace Lynne "Candy" Lightner is the organizer and founding president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving . On May 3, 1980, Lightner’s 13-year-old daughter, Cari, was killed by a hit-and-run driver at Sunset and New York Avenues in Fair Oaks, California.The leniency of the sentence given to the...
  
   1980–1985
• Norma Phillips Thorworth
  Norma Phillips Thorworth
  Norma Phillips Thorworth was the second national president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving . She became involved with the organization soon after her son, Dean, and his girlfriend, Tish Crothswaite, were killed by a drunk driver on Thanksgiving Day 1981 in San Diego, California.- MADD presidents...
  
   1985–1988
• Micky Sadoff 1988–1991
• Milo Kirk
  Milo Kirk
  Milo Kirk was the fourth president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving , serving 1991-1993. Ms. Kirk's young son suffered several severe injuries, including loss of sight in one eye, after a teenage driver with three prior DUI convictions hit the Kirk vehicle...
  
   1991–1993
• Rebecca Brown 1993–1995
• Katherine Prescott
  Katherine Prescott
  Katherine Prescott was the sixth president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving , serving 1995-1997. Ms. Prescott's 16-year-old son was killed by a driver with a blood alcohol concentration of .17 percent, which is over twice the current maximum level. The tragedy led Ms...
  
   1995–1997
• Karolyn Nunnallee
  Karolyn Nunnallee
  Karolyn Nunnallee was the seventh president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving , serving 1998-1999. Ms. Nunnallee's ten-year-old daughter, Patty Nunnallee, was killed in the Carrollton bus disaster in 1988...
  
   1998–1999
• Millie I. Webb 2000–2002
• Wendy Hamilton
  Wendy J. Hamilton
  Wendy J. Hamilton was national president of the United States pressure group Mothers Against Drunk Driving from July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2005. After experiencing three tragedies in her family involving drunk drivers, she became active in MADD in 1984. In 1995, she joined MADD's National Board of...
  
   2002–2005
• Glynn Birch
  Glynn Birch
  Glynn Birch was the 10th president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving . He was appointed to the Board of Directors in 2000, after having served as president of the MADD Central Florida chapter....
  
  July 2005–June 2008

External links

• MADD's official website