Dean Crisp

Dean Crisp is a leadership influencer & president of Leaders Helping Leaders Network which has graduated more than 2000 students since its inception in 2018. As a 30-year veteran of law enforcement and 17 years as a chief of police, Crisp has received numerous state and national awards for his innovation as a law enforcement leader. Perhaps the most distinguished award Crisp ever received was the National Thomas Jefferson Award for Public Service as a police officer in Asheville. He was the first police officer to receive this award and the youngest at the time. The award was received in the spring of 1983 for his work in creating a summer camp for disadvantaged youth in the Asheville and Buncombe County, NC. Dean served as FBI-LEEDA's National Training Director and was instrumental in creating that organization’s Trilogy program.

Crisp is a graduate of the FBI National Academy & had the honor to train with the Israeli National Police in 2007. Dean is a highly sought after speaker on leadership & law enforcement. Dean has published many articles for major law enforcement magazines and is the bestselling author of Essential Leadership Lessons from the Thin Blue Line, published by Light Messages Publishing in Durham, NC in 2021. His most recent book release is The Leadership Recipe expands his leadership knowledge to the private sector. Dean is host of Straight Talk on Leadership with Dean Crisp podcast. When Dean is not traveling & teaching, he enjoys spending time with his family and friends throughout the Carolinas. He resides with his wife and their dog in Asheville, North Carolina. Learn more at www.lhln.org