Rawle Andrews, Jr., Esq. is the Executive Director of the American Psychiatric Association Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the American Psychiatric Association (APA). Founded in 1844, the APA is the oldest medical association in the United States and the largest psychiatric association in the world. He also serves as the two-term President of the Bar Association of the District of Columbia.
Before joining the APA Foundation, Mr. Andrews spent more than 15 years at AARP, where he held several progressively responsible management positions. Most recently, he served as a Vice President and a member of AARP’s national leadership team. Prior to AARP, he practiced law for 16 years.
Mr. Andrews has an extensive record of civic and professional leadership. He is a member of the Thurgood Marshall Center Trust Board of Directors and Rotary International, District 7620. He previously served as a Commissioner of the American Bar Association Commission on Law and Aging, the D.C. Access to Justice Commission, and currently serves on the D.C. Superior Court Civil Rules Advisory Committee. He is also the National Chairman of the Public Policy Committee of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
In addition, Mr. Andrews has served as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University and the Howard University School of Law.
His honors and recognitions include:
Mr. Andrews earned his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the Howard University School of Law, where he was a member of the Howard Law Journal. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Texas Southern University and completed executive leadership education at the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business.
