Adrienne Abbate

For over 25 years, Adrienne Abbate (she/her) has been advocating for public health and social justice issues in a career that spans the private, public, and government sectors. Adrienne is the founding executive director of the Partnerships for Community Wellness (formerly the Staten Island Partnership for Community Wellness). Under her leadership, Partnerships has flourished as a dynamic public health organization addressing critical issues including chronic disease prevention, mental health, substance misuse, and health inequities. Partnerships currently oversees several collaborative projects, including the Child Wellness Initiative and TYSA Behavioral Health Coalition, a coalition that has driven systems-level change and has been heralded by state and local governments and public health policymakers as a model for communities around the country.

Adrienne has been appointed to advisory committees at the local, city, and state levels to inform topics ranging from opioids to COVID-19. She is currently an executive board member of Nonprofit Staten Island, formerly the Staten Island Not-for-Profit Association.

Her interest in systems-level work and passion for education and public health have allowed Adrienne to align her professional and personal interests to show the interconnectedness of health to educational outcomes. Since 2018, she has served as a Curtis High School Community School Advisory Board member. Adrienne holds a Master of Public Administration degree in Health Policy from the NYU Wagner School of Public Service and is a doctoral candidate in the inaugural Community-Based Leadership EdD program at the College of Staten Island, CUNY.