Adrienne Mead is a Senior Organizational Development Consultant. Her career has been at the intersection of Organization Development, Learning, Change, and Human Resources. Adrienne uses this combined perspective to help teams and organizations achieve their desired results and realities. Adrienne has special interest and expertise in building high performing teams, consulting on strategic change, leadership effectiveness, and developing organizational culture.

Adrienne has served in leadership and internal consulting roles with various organizations and industries over 17 years, including Stanford Healthcare, Stanford Children’s Health, El Camino Hospital, and Underwriter’s Laboratories. Her career journey enables her to bring a wide variety of perspectives to support the complex challenges that leaders and organizations face. 

Adrienne holds a M.S. in Organization Development from the University of San Francisco. She is an Associate Credentialed Coach with the International Coaching Federation (ICF), as well as a certified Strengths Coach with Gallup CliftonStrengths. Adrienne completed her coach training at Fielding Graduate University, where she earned a graduate-level certificate in Evidence-Based Coaching. 

Adrienne brings a number of professional certifications to UC Davis, including Grove Strategic Visioning and Team Performance, Prosci Change Practitioner, Crucial Learning, MBTI and DiSC instruments, Peter Block’s Flawless Consulting, Appreciative Inquiry, and Lego Serious Play facilitation.

Adrienne was born in Sacramento and raised in Citrus Heights, and is excited to be working for UC Davis, contributing to the communities of Sacramento. Friends describe Adrienne as active, energetic, easygoing, thoughtful, and caring. She is happiest when she is learning, creating, and helping. She is best at brainstorming, innovating, and problem-solving. 

Clifton Strengths Top 5: Futuristic, Ideation, Input, Intellection and Learner

MBTI: Introverted, Intuition, Feeling and Perceiving

DiSC: Steadiness - Conscientiousness