Dennis E. Greenhouse

Dennis E. Greenhouse, Director of the Community Capacity Development Office.

In May of 2006, Dennis E. Greenhouse was named by Assistant Attorney General Regina B. Schofield as the Director of the Community Capacity Development Office. Mr. Greenhouse had been the Deputy Director of The Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) since September of 2003.

From 1999 to 2000, Mr. Greenhouse served as the Principal Deputy Director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) at the Department of Justice. Before coming to the COPS Office, Mr. Greenhouse was Acting Deputy Director of the Bureau of State and Local Affairs for the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy where he was recognized for Outstanding Achievement and Significant Contributions to the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Program. Mr. Greenhouse joined the Drug Policy Office in 1997. Prior to that, he held public office for fourteen years. From 1989 to 1997, Mr. Greenhouse was the elected County Executive of the most populous county in Delaware, serving two-thirds of the residents of the state. From 1983 to 1989 he held the post of Delaware State Auditor.

Mr. Greenhouse has been active in a variety of local, state, and national organizations. As Chair of the National Association of Counties Justice and Public Safety Committee, he worked to develop strategies for crime fighting, prevention, and early intervention issues with federal, state, and local officials across the country. He received the National Council of Elected County Executives' Outstanding Service Award for creating the New Castle County Community Partnership. This inclusive and effective substance abuse prevention effort, which partners government, law enforcement, business, and non-profit groups with grass-roots community members, has become a model for similar programs nationwide. As New Castle County Executive, Mr. Greenhouse made public safety a top priority. Under his administration, the New Castle County Police Department became one of the most effective and progressive in the nation. He aggressively supported the department's community policing program, developing and implementing long-lasting neighborhood stabilization programs.

During his tenure with the Federal Government, Mr. Greenhouse has brought his concept of partnership to local, state, and tribal entities and the faith community. He has been honored for his service by community and law enforcement groups including B'Nai B'rith, NAACP, the National Sheriff's Association, National Troopers Coalition, Delaware Police Chiefs, the FBI, FOP, N.O.B.L.E., PAL, Little League, the Arthritis Foundation, and many others. He has been recognized for his contributions in the areas of economic development, housing, water resources and environmental protection, as well as his support for volunteer fire departments.

A graduate of Fairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck, New Jersey, Mr. Greenhouse had a career in finance before his election to public office. Mr. Greenhouse and his wife Elizabeth reside in Rockville, Maryland.