Anthony Schembri

With over 30 years of experience in public service, he has the privilege of being appointed to posts by three governors, two mayors of New York City, a county executive, a city manager and a district attorney.

- leading departments of 14k sworn, 5k civilians and with over one-billion-dollar budgets.

His skills lie in organizational development, making an organization better at what it does. As a talent hunter, he believes that the best way to improve an organization is to improve its participants. 

As a motivational leader, he able to foster teamwork and energize staff to higher levels of performance. 

He achieved cohesion among disparate groups to work collectively to achieve goals.

He offers a unique combination of practical experience in policing, education, teaching, and training with legal and academic credentials. 

His educational background includes a Juris Doctorate from a top law school, a master's degree in public administration from a leading university, and a bachelor's degree in criminal justice.  A graduate of Harvard's Kennedy School of Government he earned Harvard's award for Innovation in Government.  

Keynote speaker for the NAACP on Crime in the Black Community.

Member: International Association of Crime Analysts, Police Executive Research Forum and the Intenational Association of Chiefs of Police serving them at the United Nations. 

New York Times: “Has a reputation as an Innovator”. 

Anthony Schembri is a respected law enforcement and academic professional with over four decades’ experience in the field. Over the years, he has drawn praise from such varied sources as New York City Mayor, President Jimmy Carter, Florida Governor Jeb Bush, and New York Governor Mario Cuomo. 

 Anthony Schembri has served as an Inspector General, investigating cases of major crime and corruption. 

He was appointed by the Mayor of New York as Corrections Commissioner, a position putting him in charge of 12,000 uniformed officers and 20,000 inmates at 19 separate jail facilities. Today, the Sarasota County, Florida, resident serves as a Visiting Professor at Oxford and Sheffield Hallam University and named Outstanding Professor of the Year at the University of Florida.