Dr. Andre Johnson

Dr. Andre L. Johnson, a native Detroiter, is currently the Founder/President/CEO of the Detroit Recovery Project Incorporated (DRP). DRP is a trailblazing multi-service non-profit agency that provides a wide spectrum of prevention, treatment, and recovery support services to the city’s recovery community.  DRP is the first recovery community organization in the state of Michigan designated as a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic providing both behavioral and physical health services to throughout metro Detroit.

Dr. Johnson has consulted on behalf of the United States President Emergency Plan Against Aids abroad to the Department of Ministry of Health, in Dar Es Salaam, Zanzibar, Tanzania. Dr. Johnson was appointed by Kathleen Sebelius former U.S. Secretary of Health Human Services to serve a three-year term (2015-2018) as a National Advisory Council member for the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment/ Substance Abuse Mental Health Service Administration.  Dr. Johnson taught Addiction Studies and Mental Health classes at Wayne County Community College He is a pass member of the Third Judicial Circuit Court Family Division Drug Court Team. Dr. Johnson is a board member of the Wayne Center an agency that provides services for the mentally ill and the developmentally disabled.

The United States President Barack Obama recognized Dr. Johnson as the “2016 Champion of Change for Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery” at the White House. Dr. Johnson completed his clinical internship at an approved American Psychological Association site at Tarzana Treatment Center treating 12–18-year-olds with substance use and mental health disorders in Tarzana, California.

In 2023, Dr. Johnson was appointed by U.S Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use by Dr. Miriam E. Delphin-Rittmon to serve as a member of SAMHSA National Advisory Council.  Dr. Johnson holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Morehouse College, a Master of Arts degree in Organizational Management from the University of Phoenix, and a Doctor of
Psychology in Clinical Psychology, from Michigan School of Psychology.