Sheriff Mark Wasylyshyn

Sheriff - Wood County Sheriff's Office

Mark Wasylyshyn has been the elected Sheriff of Wood County, Ohio, since January of 2005 and is the longest serving Sheriff in Wood County’s History. As the Sheriff, he is the chief law enforcement officer in the county, with additional responsibilities for managing the 264 bed county jail, 9-1-1 Dispatch Center, Special Response Team, Road Patrol, Detective Bureau, Sheriff Sales, issuing carry concealed weapons permits, registering and monitoring sex offenders, violent offenders, arsonists, courthouse complex security, and paper service for the Common Pleas Courts, protection orders for all the municipal courts in the county. He supervises a staff of 132 full-time deputies and six part-time courthouse complex deputies, and is assisted by an auxiliary of 40 members who volunteer their time. His budget is over 11 million dollars a year. Sheriff Wasylyshyn is currently the President of the Sheriff’s Standard Uniform and Car Marking Commission and has served on the board of directors of the National Sheriff’s Association since 2012, and is also a member of the Executive Committee of the National Sheriffs’ Association since 2020, while chairing several of the national committees, including: Outreach Committee, Drone Committee, and Future Conference Location Committee. He is an NSA committee member of the Governmental Affairs Committee, Court Security, Civil and Corrections Committee, Education and Awards Committee, Global Affairs Committee, and Homeland Security Committee. Wasylyshyn was the President of the Buckeye State Sheriffs’ Association in 2017 and currently chairs the Image Enhancing Committee, serves on the Constitution and Bylaws Committee, Internal Affairs Committee, DARE/SRO Committee, Radio & Technology Committee, Legislative Committee, Nominating Committee, Education & Training Committee, and the Awards & Public Relations Committee. Mark Wasylyshyn is a lifelong resident of Wood County. He is a life member of Saint Michael’s Byzantine Catholic Church and serves as trustee. He graduated from Rossford High School in 1979 and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Hillsdale College in 1983. He is also a graduate of the Police Executive Leadership College and the National Sheriff’s Institute. Wasylyshyn is an active member of Rotary and Kiwanis. He and his wife, Jenna, are the proud parents of twins, James and Catherine, born in 1999. The Wasylyshyn family resides on their farm in Webster Township.

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