Edward. E. Rhine, Ph.D. is Deputy Director,Office of Policy and Offender Reentry with The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction.  In this capacity, he also serves as the Director of the Ohio Institute on Correctional Best Practices.  Dr. Rhine's career has included leadership and management positions in both juvenile and adult corrections.  He was formerly the Chairperson and Release Authority and Deputy Director of Parole, Courts and Community Services for the Ohio Department of Youth Services.  Prior to that, he served as the Director of Field Operations for the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles.  Dr. Rhine has written and edited numerous publications addressing the history and practice of paroling authorities, the impact of due process on prison discipline, leadership and change issues in probation and parole, offender reentry and "best practices" in corrections.

He served as the Community Corrections Features Editor for Corrections Management Quarterly and is currently on the Editorial Committee for the American Probation and Parole publication- Perspectives.  He served as the chief editor for such recent publications as Transforming Probation Through Leadership: The 'Broken Windows' Model and Best Practices: Excellence in Corrections.  He is a member of the International Association of Reentry and serves as the President Elect.  He is also a member of the Probation Reivention Council, the American Probation and Parole Association and the American Society of Criminology.

Finally, he is a member of and has served as chair of the Exemplary Practices Coordinating Council of the Amercian Correctional Association.  He is the recipient of the 2004 E.J. Henderson Award bestowed by the International Community Corrections Association and the 2005 Bennet J. Cooper Award bestowed by the Ohio Community Corrections Organization.  Dr. Rhine recieved his doctorate in sociology from Rutgers University in 1981.