General Manager
Adrienne Bechelli is General Manager of the Bay Area Urban Areas Security Initiative, a regional agency that administers state and federal emergency management grants dedicated to preventing, protecting against, responding to, and recovering from terrorist incidents and catastrophic events for the three major Bay Area cities and its 12 counties.
Adrienne has a wealth of emergency management and homeland security experience after serving in the City and County of San Francisco’s Department of Emergency Management (DEM) as Deputy Director, leading the department’s Division of Emergency Services for four years. In that role, she led the City’s response to many events of citywide significance including the COVID-19 pandemic, extreme weather emergencies, and the 2023 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Leaders’ Summit. Adrienne has also served as Chief of Staff for DEM and as an emergency training and exercise planner for the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission.
Adrienne is a San Francisco native and graduate of St. Ignatius College Preparatory. She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Sociology from the University of California, Santa Barbara and a Master's Degree in Public Administration from the University of San Francisco.
Adrienne’s vision and leadership have made San Francisco a more prepared and resilient city, and now she will be able to share this legacy throughout the entire San Francisco Bay Area UASI footprint.