The Ohio HIDTA program is locally guided and managed by an Executive Board composed of an equal balance of 26 federal, state, and local law enforcement partners.

2026 OHIO HIDTA EXECUTIVE BOARD

Akron Police Department | Chief Brian Harding
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms (Ohio) | SAC Jorge Rosendo
Cleveland Police Department | Chief Dorothy (Annie) Todd
Columbus Police Department | Deputy Chief Robert Sagle
Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Office | Sheriff Harold Pretel
Drug Enforcement Administration (Ohio) | SAC Joseph O. Dixon
Drug Enforcement Administration | (Pennsylvania) ASAC Dan Mavromatis
Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office | Sheriff Alex Lape
Federal Bureau of Investigation (Cleveland) | SAC Josh DelManzo
Federal Bureau of Investigation (Cincinnati) | SAC Jason Cromartie
Franklin County Sheriff’s Office | Sheriff Dallas Baldwin
Homeland Security Investigation (Ohio) | Acting SAC Michael Larson
Independence Police Department | Chief Robert Butler
IRS – Criminal Investigations (Ohio) | SAC Karen Wingerd
Mahoning County Sheriff’s Office | Sheriff Jerry Greene
Ohio BCI&I | Superintendent Bruce Pijanowski
Ohio State Highway Patrol | Colonel Charles Jones
Pennsylvania State Police | Captain Nick Cortes
Toledo Police Department | Chief Michael Troendle
U.S. Attorney’s Office (N/OH) | U.S. Attorney David Toepfer
U.S. Attorney’s Office (S/OH) | U.S. Attorney Dominick Gerace
U.S. Attorney’s Office – (W/PA) | AUSA Jonathan Lusty
U.S. Marshals Service (N/OH) | U.S. Marshal Peter Elliott
U.S. Marshals Service (S/OH) | U.S. Marshal Michael Black
U.S. Postal Inspection Service | Acting Deputy Chief Inspector Lesley Allison
Warren County Sheriff’s Office | Sheriff Barry K. Riley

Key Structure & Leadership

Role: The Executive Board establishes regional strategies, assesses drug trafficking threats, oversees multi-agency initiatives, and supervises the program’s Executive Director (Andrew Deserto).  

Fiduciary Agent: The City of Independence, Ohio and the City of Brooklyn Heights, Ohio, serve as the fiscal and fiduciary agents for the program. The City of Independence staffs criminal intelligence analysts and IT specialists who ultimately report through administration to the board.  

Composition: It brings together an equal number of regional federal representatives (such as the DEA, IRS, U.S. MARSHALS, HSI, ATF and FBI) alongside state and local leaders (including county sheriffs and local police chiefs) to ensure collaborative oversight across Ohio, Western Pennsylvania, and Northern Kentucky.