Dr. Darrin T. Grondel is the Senior Vice President of Traffic Safety at both Responsibility.org and the National Alliance to Stop Impaired Driving (NASID). With extensive experience as the former Director of the Washington Traffic Safety Commission and a commander with the Washington State Patrol, Dr. Grondel brings a deep understanding of traffic safety issues and leadership in traffic safety initiatives, especially drunk and impaired driving.
In his current role, he spearheads national efforts to eliminate drunk and drugged driving through advocacy, legislative support, programming, and technical assistance at the federal, state, local and tribal levels. A key initiative under his leadership is the development of NASID, a national coalition of subject matter experts dedicated to combating multi-substance impaired driving. This coalition aims to improve the DUI system across all stages including prevention, training, enforcement, toxicology, adjudication, screening and assessments, probation, and treatment.
Dr. Grondel actively contributes to the traffic safety community as a member of several prominent committees, including the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Roadway Safety Committee, the National Sheriffs Association’s Traffic Safety Committee, Lifesavers Impaired Driving Committee, the National Safety Council’s Alcohol, Drugs and Impaired Driving Division, Impaired Driving Behavioral Interventions Working Group with the International Council on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety, and the Association of Transportation Safety Information Professionals’ Impaired Driving Data Working Group and Tribal data working group.
He holds an Educational Doctorate in Organizational Leadership from the University of Massachusetts Global, a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from The Evergreen State College, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Brigham Young University. Additionally, he is a graduate of Northwestern University’s School of Police Staff and Command.