Adrianne W. Ball is a STEM educator from the Chicagoland area and serves as the Director of Programs at Project SYNCERE, an engineering education nonprofit that creates pathways of opportunities for minority students to pursue STEM careers. She has her B.S. in Civil & Environmental Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a Masters of City Planning from the University of California, Berkeley, and is currently working toward her Ph.D. in Education from DePaul University. Outside of Project SYNCERE, Adrianne remains active in her community by serving as a Board Member and Director of Youth Ministry for a faith-based non-profit in Chicago’s Roseland community, as well as serving as Chair Emeritus of the American Society for Engineering Education Student Division.