Adrienne Lemon

Director of the Institutional Learning Team

Adrienne Lemon has served as Search for Common Ground's Director of the Institutional Learning Team since 2017. In this role, Adrienne oversees the quality of global program design, monitoring, and evaluation, as well as all research, and learning across the organization.

She first joined Search in 2013 as the Regional Design, Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist for the East, Central, and Southern Africa regions. She went on to become Senior Specialist for those regions before assuming her current role. Prior to Search, Adrienne conducted her PhD research in Burundi on political participation during civil war. She also served as a consultant on conflict and peacebuilding related to extractive industries, gender-based violence, and youth empowerment.

Adrienne is an expert on social movements and collective behavior, particularly concerning periods of conflict and post-conflict reconstruction. Her doctoral research synthesizes how identity in Burundi (based on age, gender, class and ethnicity) has shaped people's social networks and their choices related to violence during moments of political crisis.

Originally from the United States in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, Adrienne holds a Ph.D. from Boston University and a B.A. from Furman University. She speaks English and French.