Board Members - Bios
Ronald C. Ruecker
Chief of Police
Sherwood Police Department
Ronald C. Ruecker was appointed Director of Public Safety for the City of Sherwood, Oregon in April, 2007. He had retired as Superintendent of the Oregon State Police on December 1, 2006 after more than 31 years of service. In his career with the State Police, Superintendent Ruecker advanced through the ranks beginning in 1974. He served as Deputy Superintendent, Commander of two of the Department’s three Bureaus, and was the Director of the Office of Professional Standards. He was appointed by Governor John Kitzhaber as Oregon’s Homeland Security Advisor in 2001 and served in that role until 2004. Director Ruecker is a graduate of the FBI National Academy, the FBI’s National Executive Institute and the Program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University

