Dana Schrad

Dana Schrad is a 1980 graduate of the University of Nebraska School of Journalism and a 1988 graduate of the T. C. Williams School of Law at the University of Richmond. She has taken doctoral courses at Virginia Commonwealth University and has taught Constitutional Law and Current Criminal Justice Issues for the Bluefield College criminal justice undergraduate program. From 1989 until 1996, Dana was Staff Attorney for the Virginia State Crime Commission, where she was in charge of a variety of criminal justice and law enforcement studies and ran a Drug Trafficking Study task force for two years. She directed a study of drug courts and worked as part of a team to help localities develop drug court programs. Dana has also been a school-community team trainer and has worked with a variety of youth risk prevention programs. Prior to entering law school, she was a police beat reporter, Executive Producer and Assignment Editor at a CBS television affiliate for ten years.

Dana has acted as the Executive Director of the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police since January 1996 and oversees the development of training programs for police executives; in addition, she advocates on policing and criminal justice issues on behalf of the association. She is the Executive Director for the Virginia Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators. Dana previously served as a member and chair of the Virginia Board of Juvenile Justice. She serves on the Roadway Safety Committee for the International Association of Chiefs of Police as well as numerous Virginia administrative and legislative special study workgroups and committees. She is also a member of the Legal Offices Section.