Adrienne Alford Transitioning to HR Director for Abbotsford Police Department – Menno Place Team

MEMO

Date: January 11, 2024
To: All Menno Place Staff
From: Sujata Connors, CEO
Re: Adrienne Alford Transitioning to HR Director for Abbotsford Police Department

Menno Place has been fortunate to have a leader such as Adrienne Alford supporting us over this past year. Adrienne first came to Menno Place in a consultant capacity and later joined the Executive Team as Interim Director of People and Culture. After much pondering, and a very lengthy process, Adrienne has opted to accept an opportunity as Director of Human Resources with the Abbotsford Police Department.

Adrienne has let me know that she loves all of us here at Menno, however, her heart tells her that a career in healthcare is not for her in the long run and she would like us to be set up for long term success. Many of you may be aware that she worked for a very long time within military, and RCMP communities, so a return to that culture feels like a very natural calling to her.

Adrienne will be with us until February 2nd. She will be starting her new adventure on the February 5th. In the meantime, she will be focusing her time and attention wrapping up large projects and existing priorities. We are incredibly grateful for the time that we have had working with Adrienne. Her dedication, grace, knowledge, and professional leadership at the helm of the People and Culture team at Menno Place will be profoundly missed.

While we are in the process of the hiring the Manager, People and Culture as well as the Executive Director, People and Culture Strategy, an interim leadership support strategy will be implemented to support our People & Culture and Scheduling Teams. Many thanks to Ron Willms who will provide executive oversight to the People & Culture Team.

Please join me in wishing Adrienne the greatest of success in her new position.