Mr. Daniel M. Slane was appointed to the Commission by House Minority Leader John Boehner on December 10, 2007 for a two year term expiring December 31, 2009.
Mr. Slane is the founder and co-owner of the Slane Company whose principal businesses include real estate development, lumber, furniture, waste treatment, telecommunications, energy and medical treatment for cancer tumors. Prior to becoming a member of the Commission, Mr. Slane manufactured plywood and related wood products at factories in Harbin, Dalian, Fuzhou and Balu (Pizhou), China. The Company also has a trading office in Fuzhou, China and employs 136 Chinese staff. (In 2007 he sold his interest in this company). Mr. Slane has extensive international business experience, including operating a business in China.
Mr. Slane served two years on active duty as a U.S. Army Captain in Military Intelligence. He served for a number of years as a Case Officer with the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. He worked in the White House under President Gerald R. Ford.
Mr. Slane was the former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Ohio State University. Ohio State is the nation’s largest university with an annual budget of $4 billion dollars. He is also the former chairman of University Hospital, a 1,000 bed regional hospital in Columbus and the former chairman of the James Cancer Hospital, one of eleven NIC Comprehensive Cancer Centers in the country. He currently serves on the board of two financial institutions and on a number of non-profit boards.
He received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration and Juris Doctor Degree in Law from The Ohio State University. He holds a Master’s Degree in International Law from the Europa Institute at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Mr. Slane is a member of the Ohio Bar and formerly a partner in the law firm of Grieser, Schafer, Blumenstiel and Slane