Adrienne Gemperle has successfully led people functions for a large scale global Fortune 500 company as well as high-growth, disruptive, start-ups. Adrienne’s passion is to enable organizational success through building progressive, mission-driven culture where people thrive and grow. Adrienne joins Sweetgreen from SoulCycle where she served as Chief People Officer. SoulCycle is a leading fitness brand differentiated by talent and its mission to “move people to move the world.” At SoulCycle, Adrienne led the talent strategy and built a people function for global expansion and the innovation and launch of the digital bike. She served as CPO for Plated, reporting to the Founders and led the people strategy through a period of high-growth and positioning for sale. Plated is leading meal-kit service serving fresh, delicious meals to the US market through subscription and in-store pick up. Plated’s funding included investment on Shark Tank and was acquired by Alberstsons in 2018, making Plated Shark Tank's most profitable venture. A former Starbucks executive, Adrienne spent 10 years in a variety of leadership roles serving as SVP HR, Partner Resources for the US and Americas, Global HR Operations and Head of Global Staffing. Adrienne led a dynamic team of over 150 HR professionals responsible for the partner experience strategy serving over 100,000 retail partners (employees) and 10,000 stores. Adrienne holds a BA, Communications from Washington State University and a MS, Management from Antioch University. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband James and their two children Rachel and Max and two dogs Leo and Friday. They’re a family inspired by food, fitness and travel.

Source: Sweetgreen, Inc. on 01/06/2022