Adrienne Bechelli

Adrienne Bechelli is a Deputy Director for the San Francisco Department of Emergency Management.  She directs response operations, policy implementation, hazard and threat analysis, training and excercise development and planning.  Prior to being appointed as a Deputy Director, she served as the Department's Chief of Staff.  In her previous City and County of San Francisco employment, she also spent six years at the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission as an agency planner, trainer and emergency analyst where she managed the Department’s emergency training and exercise program. 

Adrienne is an experienced emergency manager who has been deployed to respond to multiple emergencies affecting the San Francisco Bay Area. She has led the activation of the incident command system in both planned and emergency incidents, including leading San Francisco's response to COVID-19.  She has spoken throughout California and Nevada on best practices during emergency incidents in the utility sector.

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.