Derek Veitenheimer is the Executive Director of SEARCH, a role he assumed in July 2024. He previously served as the organizations Director of Research and Statistics. With over 17 years of prior experience in the Wisconsin criminal justice system, he is an expert in large-scale justice data collection and analytics.
He has served on several national-level committees, including the FBIs Uniform Crime Reporting Subcommittee and its National Use-of-Force Task Force.