Mike Alvarez

Biography

Mike Alvarez is a Chief with the California Highway Patrol (CHP), the largest state law enforcement agency in the nation. He has been a Chief with the CHP since 2022, and has served in several field and administrative capacities. Most recently, Mike served as the Chief of the CHP’s Departmental Affairs Division, overseeing Internal Affairs, Risk Management, Public Records, and the Audits and Inspections programs. Currently, he is the Chief of the CHP’s Coastal Division, and has operational oversight of all the CHP offices on the central coast, spanning from Santa Cruz County down to Ventura County.

Chief Alvarez holds a Bachelor of Science from UCLA, a Master of Arts from the Naval Postgraduate School, and is currently a doctoral student at Pepperdine University. Mike has completed the USC Price, Safe Communities Institute Executive Leadership Program and holds an Executive Leadership Certificate from Cornell University.

Chief Alvarez is an adjunct professor at the University of Virginia, facilitating Command College courses at the national level. He is also an adjunct professor a local community college, where he teaches Introduction to Homeland Security and Terrorism.