Leadership Team

Adrienne Lever, Executive Director

Adrienne Lever was first appointed as Executive Director of the Mayor’s Public Engagement Unit (PEU) in 2019. During her tenure at PEU, she has spearheaded a number of critical initiatives - from connecting homebound New Yorkers to meals at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic to launching PEU’s Tenant Helpline. Under her leadership, PEU has successfully executed outreach campaigns to support New Yorkers in accessing critical benefits and services like health coverage, internet and transit discounts, and rent relief.

Adrienne brings over 15 years of community organizing, campaign management, and government experience to the City. She is an alumnus of the Obama and Clinton presidential campaigns, and a founding member of Swing Left, a national grassroots political organization. She also worked as a Senior Director at Democracy Works, a non-profit that builds tools to streamline the election process and coordinate voter registration efforts at US colleges and universities, and served as a Director of Partnerships at Change.org, the world’s largest civic action petition platform. From 2009 - 2011, Lever served as a political appointee to the Obama Administration, under the US Department of Energy.

Adrienne is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), and the London School of Economics (LSE). She lives with her family in the South Bronx.