Brad Bulla

At the age of 17, Brad’s son, Jed, was a champion fiddle player and had been playing since he was six years old.  In August 2005, Jed was practicing to compete at the Grand Master Fiddle Contest, but his life was cut short when he took a ride with an underage drunk driver.  The pickup got up above 100 MPH before the driver lost control.  Jed was thrown from the truck to the side of the road, where he died.  Brad starting working with MADD shortly after the crash.  He has been a frequent speaker on victim impact panels, including at the national 2009 Lifesavers Conference, and a force for stronger drunk driving laws in his home state of Tennessee.