Adriene founded Next Level Training Strategies after a 29-year career at Aetna and CVS Health, where she progressed from administrative assistant to Executive Director of Learning & Development Centralized Operations. In that role, she led an organization of more than 900 people and managed a $10 million software budget, overseeing large-scale learning transformations that affected thousands of employees across the enterprise.

Throughout her career, Adriene gained deep expertise across the full L&D spectrum—strategy development, operational optimization, technology implementation, change management, and team development. She learned firsthand what it takes to gain executive buy-in, navigate organizational politics, build high-performing teams, and create sustainable learning solutions in environments where competing priorities and resource constraints are constant realities.

Adriene created the Performance First model that guides our client engagements, a framework that ensures learning initiatives are strategically aligned with business outcomes while remaining realistic about implementation challenges. Her approach emphasizes building internal capability, understanding organizational culture, and making decisions grounded in what actually works—not just what's trendy or theoretical.

Adriene brings authenticity and candor to client relationships. She listens before she advises, tells the truth about what she believes will work (even when that's uncomfortable), and partners with clients through the challenging work of implementation rather than handing over a plan and walking away.