C. Andre Daniels

C. André Daniels moved to Westampton in 1980 and has proudly served his community as a Committeeman/Councilman since 2009. He was appointed to serve as Mayor for 2016. Previous service includes being elected to 2 terms as a member of the Westampton Township School Board earning the designation of Certificated Board Member. In addition he was appointed to serve as a member of the NJ SBA Legislative Committee serving the 7th Legislative District as an Alternate and also served as an active member of the Burlington County School Boards Association.  He was honored to have chaired the Student Affairs & Community Relations, Policy and Legislative committees and also served as a member of the Buildings and Grounds committee. André is also a proud Rotarian having received a Paul Harris Fellowship Award in 2009, in addition to being awarded a Vocational Service Award by The Willingboro Club in June, 2011. André served as President of the Willingboro Rotary Club for the year 2011-2012 and is a graduate of The Rotary Leadership Institute and is also a former Trustee of Rotary District 7500 Gift of Life Committee. Presently, Mr. Daniels serves Burlington County as a Board Trustee to BCCAP Burlington County Community Action Program, is the 1st Vice-President of the Willingboro & Vicinity NAACP, and a Trustee for The O League and also sits on the Burlington County Gang Prevention Task Force chaired by Sheriff Jean Stanfield and formerly sat on the Burlington County Chamber of Commerce's Government Affairs Committee and the YMCA of Burlington & Camden Counties as an Advisory Board Member.

Mr. Daniels has also served National PTA as an elected At-Large Board member having served two consecutive  two-year terms and chaired the Resource Development Committee.  He has traveled extensively as a National Service Representative and Keynote speaker representing National PTA to State PTA conventions around the country including the Western States CLASS Conference 2014 in Bismarck, North Dakota and the Military Interstate Conference in Seattle Washington in 2015. Additionally André formerly was a member of the Field Service Committee, At-Large Member of the National Council of States, Youth Involvement and Membership Committees as well as an inaugural NJPTA delegate to the first Emerging Minority Conference in Detroit. André served as Chair of NJPTA’s Legislative Activities Committee for 7 years and also served as a member of Long Range Planning, Resolutions and the newly formed Common Core Curriculum Standards Initiative Committee and the Internal Audit Committee. Former committee membership includes Procedures and Bylaws, NJPTA Delegate to NPTA Convention 2006, and serving as the first Chair of NJPTA’s Male Involvement Initiative and founder of NJPTA PRIDE Initiative (Participation & Responsibility Involves Dad's Everywhere).  Mr. Daniels has also served his local PTA where, as President, he led the Westampton PTA in winning seven State Awards and has also served as Chair of the Ways and Means Committee for Burlington County Council PTA.

At the 2015 National PTA Convention in Charlotte North Carolina, André was awarded the prestigious 2015 Presidents Award and also presented with a National PTA Lifetime Achievement Award. A point of pride honor was bestowed upon André in Austin Texas in 2014 when he received the Excellence in Advocacy Award by United States Army ROTC Cadet Commander Major General Combs. In 2013 André was appointed to represent National PTA to the Department of the Army's Strengthening America’s Youth Committee (SAY). The Strengthening America’s Youth (SAY) Leadership Committee was established in 2010 to bring together a group of action-oriented leaders and organizations whose primary mission is to support and advance the success of students and young people across the United States. The committee participates in vigorous discussion and information sharing about the challenges facing the Nation’s youth including the crisis in education, childhood obesity, and workforce readiness. Additionally, in 2014, André was awarded the coveted Rotarian of The Year Award, by the Rotary Club of Willingboro, New Jersey for humanitarian, civic and community involvement.

André’s life of service and commitment to Country and Community began as a United States Air Force Veteran who served honorably and with commendation during Desert Shield/Storm.  His military service prepared him to be not only an advocate for children and youth but also a civil servant to the community at large. As an elected member of the governing body in his hometown of Westampton, New Jersey, André takes seriously his personal belief that service and duty to community is a privilege born out of our responsibility as American Citizens who enjoy rich freedoms paid by the men and women who have served and continue to serve our Country and Community. While stationed at Tyndall AFB and McGuire AFB. Mr. Daniels was very involved in community outreach efforts and was president of the Airman’s Action Committee as well as a member of the coveted Honor Guard detail receiving General officer endorsements as well as an AF Commendation Medal and many Department of Defense, Department of the Air Force and Air War Weapons Center recognitions.

After being discharged for medical reasons in 1991, André worked for the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia as manager of Supply Processing and Distribution, The City of Philadelphia as a Procurement Specialist, and State Representative W. Curtis Thomas of the 181st Legislative District in Philadelphia. In 1994 he was diagnosed with FSGS Focal Segmental Glomeruli Sclerosis and was told one day he would need dialysis. After several efforts to save his kidneys he eventually went on dialysis. During those long painful sessions over 4½ years he made a promise that if he ever had an opportunity to receive a transplant he would make the most of it. Faith in God and the hope and opportunity of medical science he was blessed with a kidney transplant on June 10, 2002.   Seven days after being released from the hospital he got a call that his daughter forgot her lunch and as fate would have it he drove to her school still fresh from surgery where he was simply asked by a parent, “Would you consider volunteering for PTA?” He credits that moment as a pivotal point in his life where he began his life journey to repay the debt and blessing borne from his opportunity at a second chance at life.

André is the former Executive Director of the Boys and Girls Club of Burlington County having attained the designations of Youth Development and Management Professional from The Academy of Boys and Girls Club Professionals. In addition to those aforementioned groups, Mr. Daniels serves on a host of other statewide and national boards and committees.

Mr. Daniels earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Education with a specialty in Curriculum and Training Development from Southern Illinois University and an Associates Degree in Contracts Administration from the Community College of the Air Force. He holds the designation of Youth Development Professional and Management Professional from The Academy of Boys and Girls Clubs Professionals and earned the designation of Certificated Board Member through the New Jersey School Board Association Board Member Academy.

Mr. Daniels’ military decorations include the Air Force Commendation Medal, National Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Major Command Outstanding Unit Award, Non-Commissioned Officer of the Quarter and was presented with the Burlington County New Jersey Distinguished Veteran Award.

André is a retired, 100% disabled Persian Gulf Veteran who deeply loves and cares for his six children and eight grandchildren.