Adrienne Diercks is the Founder and Executive Director of Project Success, a youth-development organization that motivates and inspires young people to dream about the future, helps them take steps to get there and gives them the tools they need to achieve their goals. Her passion to help young people achieve their dreams led her to begin Project Success in 1994 with 200 students at Minneapolis North High School and the support of the Guthrie Theater. Today, she has worked with the incredible Project Success team to grow the program to work with more than 17,000 6th-12th grade students and their families in the Minneapolis and Mankato Area public school districts.
Adrienne was named a 2008 Minneapolis Saint Paul Business Journal “Woman to Watch” and has been honored with the Minneapolis Award for her outstanding accomplishments and contributions to the City of Minneapolis. Adrienne was honored with Ann Bancroft Foundation’s “Dream Maker” Award for Achievement and Leadership and as a Woman of Distinction by the Girl Scouts River Valleys in 2017. In 2019, Adrienne received the WEM Foundation’s Outstanding Educator Award for Excellence in Education, honoring her many years of leadership and dedication to inspire a spirit of learning in students. Adrienne was selected as a Minneapolis Southwest High School Distinguished Alumni in 2025 in recognition of her outstanding contributions to the Minneapolis community through the work of Project Success.
Ntxiv rau nws lub luag haujlwm ntawm Kev Ua Haujlwm Zoo, Adrienne yog ib tus tswv cuab tseem ceeb ntawm Minnesota Women's Economic Roundtable (MWER), ua haujlwm hauv pawg thawj coj los ntawm 2015-2022 thiab ua Thawj Tswj Hwm rau peb xyoos los ntawm 2018-2020. Nws yog ib tug kawm tiav ntawm James P. Shannon Leadership Institute thiab yav tas los tus tswv cuab ntawm Women Presidents Organization (WPO).
Ua ntej nws ua hauj lwm nrog Project Success, Adrienne nrhiav tau Possibilities, Inc., ib tug tsis muaj txiaj ntsig uas nws lub hom phiaj yog los txhawb cov menyuam kom npau suav txog lawv lub neej. Hauv lub luag haujlwm ntawd, nws tau mus ncig thoob plaws hauv Minnesota thiab Wisconsin ua kev cob qhia txhawb siab. Adrienne muaj BA hauv Lus Askiv los ntawm Whittier College thiab yog ib tus kawm tiav hauv Minneapolis Public Schools.