Dedicated law enforcement professional with 25 years of experience in public safety and service, administration, management, community and media relations, multi-agency collaboration and training and instruction. Qualified public speaker with experience in organizing special events, police correspondence and presentations. Strong relationship-building skills, work ethic and integrity. Committed to organizational efforts to foster and encourage respect, dignity and fairness.

Andre C. Anderson is the Police Chief of the Ann Arbor Police Department in Michigan.  He previously served as the Executive Assistant Police Chief with the Tempe, Arizona, Police Department. As a police leader, Andre has served in law enforcement for more than 34 years and in leadership roles for over 22 years. He has been fortunate to serve over every leadership command of a modern-day police department. He has served in every rank, from an officer to detective, Commander, Assistant Chief, Executive Deputy Chief, and Police Chief.  He holds a master’s degree in education and leadership from Northern Arizona. His career includes but is not limited to leading Patrol Divisions, the Criminal Investigations Division’s Homicide and all investigative Units, the Special Events Division responsible for national and local events, NFL Arizona Cardinals, Phoenix Coyotes, the NCAA Final Four, major soccer events, and nationally recognized entertainers. Chief Anderson has led community policing and community engagement squads and has taught and traveled abroad, helping organizations learn the concepts of community policing. Andre C. Anderson serves as the Special Assistant to the National President of the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE). He was also the NOBLE Regional and local Arizona President. With NOBLE, he was tasked with engaging in national community dialogue and working with others to usher in methods designed to build trust and legitimacy from lessons learned from the President’s Task Force on 21st-Century Policing. The United States President’s office called upon him and the NOBLE President to serve with others to ease tension during national protests. Andre is most known for serving as Executive Deputy Police Chief of Rochester, New York, and the Interim Police Chief in Ferguson, Missouri, both police departments facing several national concerns.  During his tenure at both locations, he led successful conclusions to civil unrest, which eased tension, created better relationships in the community, introduced and led modern-day evidence-based community policing, and was the initial lead policing expert to negotiate with the Department of Justice Consent Decree levied as a “Pattern or Practice of Discriminatory Policing.”  For his role in Ferguson, he was inducted into the National Law Enforcement Museum, Washington, DC Chief Anderson’s leadership philosophy is rooted in his belief that identifying dedicated police professionals who embody the organization’s image and remain committed to community policing and its values is crucial for success. Chief Anderson is married, an avid chess player, and an NFL sports fan. He is led by faith and enjoys making cheesesteaks and spending time with family and friends.

Over 2 decades of designing, developing and implementing local, state and federal initiatives that result in increase and expansion of available services. Experience in engaging nontraditional providers; in funding sources by building organizational capacity. Direct service provider to vulnerable populations(Criminal Justice Involved-inside/out, Chemically Dependent, HIV/AIDS, Mental Illness, LGBT ). Utilizing strengths based perspective to stimulate motivation that results in participation and engagement in their recovery process. * Expert in providing technical assistance to grantees and aligning grant program contracts to meet the goals and objectives of federal funding requirements * Successful in building strategic partnerships that leverage resources and collaborate with high levels of retention and loyalty. * Exceptional track record that demonstrates a high level of self-motivation, creativity and initiative to achieve both personal and organizational priority and strategic goals. Specialties include: contract management and development, governmental partnerships, grant funding, supportive housing, fiscal management, program design and development, proposal writing, morale development of program staff, relationship building, technical support, case management services

A dedicated nonprofit organization leader empowering communities, fostering workforce success, and driving positive social impact.