J. Randal Van Dyne, assistant vice president and executive director of the All Hazards Training Center at The University of Findlay, recently was named to a five-member review panel to initiate the process of selecting the 16th superintendent of the Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP).            

The OSHP Leadership Review panel was established by Cathy Collins-Taylor, director of the Ohio Department of Public Safety (ODPS), to assist in the selection of the patrol’s next leader. Under Ohio law, the director of the ODPS holds the authority to fill the position. Panel members will evaluate the qualifications of applicants for the superintendent’s position and then make non-binding recommendations to the director based on their evaluations.

“I am truly honored that Director Taylor selected me to participate on this panel,” said Van Dyne. “I know full well how important this selection of the Superintendent of the Ohio Highway Patrol is to not only that fine organization, but to the entire state of Ohio … I intend to draw from my experiences to help make the best selection we can possibly make for the next superintendent of the Ohio Highway Patrol.”            

Van Dyne is responsible for the management and development of programs within the All Hazards Training Center at UF. He has served as a governor’s appointee to the State Emergency Response Commission since 2002, and currently chairs the Internal Control Board for the Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium, a U.S. Department of Homeland Security-funded consortium created to deliver DHS-approved training to rural first responders and other important rural community constituents.

Van Dyne is a former board member of the U.S. Hazardous Materials Advisory Council and past president of the Ohio Society of Hazardous Materials Managers.            

For additional information about the All Hazards Training Center, visit http://seem.findlay.edu/. The Center was previously known as the School of Environmental and Emergency Management (SEEM).