Dr. Andre L. Johnson, a native Detroiter, is the Founder, President, and CEO of the Detroit Recovery Project Incorporated (DRP), a trailblazing multi-service nonprofit that provides a wide range of prevention, treatment, and recovery support services to Detroit’s recovery community. DRP is the first recovery community organization in Michigan designated as a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic.
He has consulted abroad on behalf of the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) with the Ministry of Health in Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar, and Tanzania. He was appointed by former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius to serve a three-year term (2015–2018) on the National Advisory Council for the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. He has taught Addiction Studies and Mental Health at Wayne County Community College, and served on the Third Judicial Circuit Court Family Division Drug Court Team. He also sits on the board of the Wayne Center, which supports individuals with mental illness and developmental disabilities.
In 2016, President Barack Obama recognized him as a “Champion of Change for Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery” at the White House. He completed his clinical internship at a site approved by the American Psychological Association—Tarzana Treatment Center in California—where he worked with adolescents (ages 12–18) experiencing substance use and mental health disorders. In 2023, he was appointed once again to serve on the National Advisory Council of the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
He holds a BA in Psychology from Morehouse College, an MA in Organizational Management from the University of Phoenix, and a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the Michigan School of Psychology. He is also the author of The Recovery Ecosystem: A Wholistic Approach to Recovery, a guide to healing and progress in addiction recovery.