Former OCRRA leader serving in new role with DEC

A former leader of the Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency (OCRRA) is now serving as a regional director the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC).

The DEC on Thursday announced the appointment of Dereth Glance to the role of regional director in the department’s region 7. It covers Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Madison, Onondaga, Oswego, Tioga, and Tompkins counties.

The appointment was among four that DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos announced Aug. 10.

Glance most recently served as DEC’s deputy commissioner for environmental remediation and materials management. In that role, she oversaw DEC’s divisions of environmental remediation, materials management, and mineral resources.

Prior to joining DEC, Glance served as OCRRA executive director and was appointed by U.S. President Barack Obama as U.S. Commissioner at the International Joint Commission.

Glance’s experience also includes work with Citizens Campaign for the Environment; New York State’s Great Lakes Basin Advisory Council; Clean Water Network; and Onondaga Lake Partnership Outreach Committee, among other roles.

Besides Glance’s new role, Seggos also announced Suzanna Randall as the DEC’s first chief resiliency officer, Peter Reuben as the first-ever director of DEC’s Office of Indian Nation Affairs, and Cecilia Walsh as the DEC’s director of media relations.