About Dr. Andre
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.
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 Mr. 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 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.