Adrienne Wheeler serves as the Executive Director at Louisiana Appleseed. Ms. Wheeler earned a Bachelor of the Arts Degree from Sarah Lawrence College, a Master of the Arts from New York University, and a law degree from Loyola College of Law, New Orleans. Ms. Wheeler is a an attorney, military family member, and second generation Filipino immigrant predominantly from Savannah, Georgia. She graduated from Loyola College of Law, New Orleans in 2011 as an Echoing Green Fellow, was a 2012 Propeller Fellow, was named one of Gambit’s 40 Under 40 in 2013, and received the Gillis Long Poverty Law Center Public Service Award in 2014 for her work as an attorney. She is a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association’s Criminal Justice Committee and the Building Bridges Committee. In 2011 she founded the Justice & Accountability Center of Louisiana that focuses on re-entry and the criminal justice system. She was the Director of Law & Policy until 2015 when she was appointed by the Board of Directors as the Executive Director. During her tenure, she created a local organization that grew to have statewide recognition and impact for direct legal services and criminal justice systems advocacy. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Justice and Accountability Center. She is married and has a daughter.