Adreanna Riley

Adreanna Riley has 13 years of experience in the field of child welfare workforce development and,
previous to that, 14 years of experience in bilingual (English/Spanish) social work, primarily with
farmworking and immigrant families.

In Santa Cruz County Family Reunification/Family Maintenance, with the Family Preservation Court
program, she worked with families for whom drug use, mental health and and/or intimate partner
violence were substantial complicating factors, and previously, she provided preventive services
with Welfare to Work participants.

At San Andreas Regional Center, she provided developmental assessments and case management
for developmentally disabled children and adults, including family supports, and mentored new
social workers in the field.

Adreanna served as a Workforce Development Specialist with the Bay Area Academy for nearly 12
years, consulting with counties on effective systemic implementation of social work practices,
creating curricula and developing creative learning activities across the spectrum from coaching, to
classroom training to elearnings, and facilitating equity projects at the personal, interpersonal and
institutional levels. She was also the regional lead on Safety Organized Practice, Structured
Decision Making and the Cultural Responsiveness Practice Behaviors Tool.

As the Program Development Manager, she supervised the resident trainer/coach, curriculum
specialist, and five workforce development specialists, fostering strategic planning, developing
workplans, and building an implementation approach to services.

Adreanna is a white, married, lesbian, mother of two children; and an avid dancer, hiker, gardener
and ocean-swimmer. She is excited to return to Seattle, her hometown, to be closer to extended
family, and continue learning and contributing to the development of an equitable child welfare
system.