Dana McDaniel is a Partner in the firm Management Advisory Group, LLC. He has over 34 years of local government management experience, serving as Management Assistant to the City Manager, Deputy City Manager/Director of Service, Deputy City Manager/Director of Economic Development, and City Manager with the City of Dublin, Ohio. Dana also has over 35 years of leadership experience in the Ohio National Guard. Municipal Experience Dana has extensive experience in all aspects of local governance, administration, capital and operating budgets, public works, parks and recreation, fleet, facilities, utilities management, safety services, and development/economic development. His departments received national accreditation in public works, recreation and parks, economic development, and police. Dana formulated and oversaw numerous 5-year capital budgets averaging $250m. He had direct involvement in the retention and expansion of over 27,000 jobs and oversaw the development of a $600m mixed use walkable redevelopment of the city’s riverfront. The city earned and maintained the highest possible ratings on its general obligation bonds from three of the nation’s top credit rating organizations. The City was named a Top- 7 Intelligent Community in the world.
Military Experience
Dana served for over 35 years in the Ohio National Guard. He enlisted as a Private/E1 and earned commissioned officer status. He served in command and staff positions at platoon, company, battalion, group, and brigade levels. He served as Chief Design Engineer for the 16th Engineer Brigade (Theater Army), 4th Infantry Division/Multi-National Division – Baghdad. Upon return from Iraq, he served as Commandant, 147th Regional Training Institute (Ohio’s Military Academy). He was promoted to Brigadier General and “triple-hatted” as Ohio National Guard’s Land Component Commander/ Brigade Commander, 73rd Troop Command/ Commander, FEMA Region V, Homeland Response Force. He was certified by the Secretary of Defense as a Dual-Status Commander. His final assignment was Director, Joint Staff, Ohio National Guard.
Education
Dana holds a B.A. degree from Miami University, a Master of Public Administration (MPA) from The Ohio State University, and a Master of Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College.
Other
Dana has served as the Vice President of the Ohio City/County Management Association, Chair of the Franklin County Emergency Management & Homeland Security Agency, Chair of the Franklin County Public Health Agency, Co-founder of the Central Ohio Mayors/Managers Association, board member Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC), and President of the Ohio National Guard Officers Association. Dana received the Most Admired Executive Award from Columbus Business First and Most Outstanding Alumni in Public Service Award by The Ohio State University Alumni Association
This commentary is intended as an addendum and recent update to the original research article published in World Affairs, “The High Representative in Bosnia-Herzegovina: The Unusual Institutional Arrangement of a Non-Authoritarian, yet Controlled, Democracy”