Chief of Family & Community Engagement
Email Adrienne Cole Johnson
804-226-5340
As chief of family and community engagement, Adrienne Cole Johnson leads the work of HCPS’ school-based and community-based family engagement staff. Programs and initiatives she oversees include:
Community School initiatives
21st Century after-school programs
The Family and Educator Resource Center (Bridge Builders Academy workshops and our Mobile Resource Center)
Community partnerships
With more than 15 years of experience in educational and community settings, Cole Johnson has been successful in forging key relationships and partnerships to benefit youth. Before becoming HCPS’ director of family and community engagement, she served as community outreach coordinator and director of family and community engagement at the Peter Paul Development Center in Richmond. In addition to her work in nonprofit settings, she has significant experience working with colleges and universities, and local and federal legislative government and data. She is passionate about macro-level systems change and building capacity across marginalized communities.
She holds a bachelor’s degree from Old Dominion University in interdisciplinary studies with a focus on secondary education and a minor in human services counseling. She received her master’s degree from the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis, with a concentration in social and economic development and Afro-American studies.
She is a proud wife and mother, who values the love and support of her family.