Partners for Highway Safety is a non-profit 501(c)(3) youth traffic safety organization. PHS was founded on September 18,1992 in memory of Gregory Paul Burris, a young life that ended abruptly Mother's Day week-end on May 10, 1992, one day after his seventeenth birthday.

Greg was the only child of Paul and Ann Burris. “Everything we had died with Greg. All that we lived and worked for is gone. His death has left a terrible hole in our lives," said Paul Burris. Out of the pain and loss, Paul and Ann began a crusade to prevent needless deaths; thus, Partners For Highway Safety was born.

Today, PHS is made up primarily of parents, family members, and friends who have lost children in automobile crashes, as well as other concerned citizens who have experienced the pain of loss through traffic fatalities. PHS is considered a leader in the field of teen traffic safety and every year our programs reach thousands of teen drivers in our effort to reach our goal of reducing teenage crashes, injuries and deaths. Our programs have received many local, state and national awards and several are now model programs for our nation.