Wayne W. Bradley Sr. is presently the President and CEO of Detroit Community Health Connection (DCHC), a non-profit community-based primary healthcare organization, founded in 1988 to provide comprehensive medical healthcare to the uninsured and underinsured residents of the City of Detroit regardless of their ability to pay. DCHC is a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) supported by federal grants, administrated by the Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC) and the US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).

Mr. Bradley spent 27 years with The Wellness Plan, a state licensed HMO predominately serving the public sector, where he held numerous executive positions from his first, Administrator of Consumer Relations to his last, Director of Government and Community Affairs. The Wellness Plan known as CHSD at the time Mr. Bradley was first employed there had 25,000 members and grew to, at one point, to 162,000 members, grossing over 300 million dollars at its zenith.

In August 2005, Mr. Bradley served as Campaign Manager for Dr. Jimmy Womack, Candidate-at- Large, Detroit Board of Education. With no previous political experience, Dr. Womack received the second highest vote out of a total field of 59 candidates in Primary Election. This created the challenge to Mr. Bradley to make Dr. Womack the top vote candidate in the November General Election! Dr. Womack won a seat on the Board, and was the second highest vote getter in the Candidate-at-Large Category, and was then elected as President of the Board by his peers.

Mr. Bradley has also served the citizens of Detroit as a police officer, receiving citations including the City’s highest citation and the Medal of Valor when he was severely wounded in an armed robbery attempt in 1970.

Mr. Bradley was born in Detroit at Wayne Diagnostic Hospital, which may have contributed to his name. Raised in Detroit, he graduated from Central High School and Wayne State University, hence his devotion and commitment to the City and surrounding communities demonstrated by his vast participation in Metro Detroit activities. Mr. Bradley is involved in a number of community and professional organizations including the NAACP, Detroit Branch (Life and Golden Heritage Member); the Detroit Urban League; Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Detroit Alumni Chapter; Peter Salem Lodge #40- Prince Hall – F&A Masons, and a number of United Way funded agencies—such as Peoples Community Services; Barat Human Services; THAW, and Caregivers as a member of their board of directors. Mr. Bradley was a founding member of 100 Black Men of America – Greater Detroit Chapter; Detroit Central Optimist Club; Board of Directors of Detroit Community Health Connection, and is the current Chairman of the Board, Detroit Area Agency on Aging and Chairman of the Board for Northeast Guidance Center. He is active with the Mt. Vernon Village Condominium Association, and serves on the Board of Governors of the Renaissance Club and the Detroit Society of Clubs.