Adriene Bruce serves as Director of Business Development & Economic Impact for the Michigan Region at SDI Presence LLC. In this role, she leads efforts to establish and expand the firm’s presence across metro Detroit and Southeast Michigan. A native Detroiter, Adriene relocated with the firm to Michigan to develop collaborative, strategic partnerships across a diverse range of industries and business sectors while strengthening the company’s civic and community relationships. Since joining SDI in 2023 as Director of Diversity, she has advanced the firm’s signature “presence” initiatives, which are designed to drive revenue growth and cultivate business partnerships. She will continue cultivating the strategic relationships she has built nationwide across the commercial, utility, aviation, and SLED sectors since joining the firm. She also oversees outreach and community engagement as advisor to EQU, an employee-led, all-inclusive business resource group focused on colleague development, community involvement, mentoring, and fostering an inclusive company culture.
Adriene plays a key role in advancing SDI’s commitment to inclusive culture, particularly by supporting smaller suppliers and partners in the local communities the company serves. With three decades of experience, she has a distinguished record of designing and implementing supplier and small business development programs for global organizations. Her expertise includes stakeholder and employee engagement, community reinvestment, and the development of initiatives that deliver results across corporate, nonprofit, and national environments.
Throughout her career, Adriene has held leadership positions at MillerKnoll, the Women’s Business Enterprise Council of Ohio River Valley, KeyBank, Fifth Third Bank, Ameren Corporation, JP Morgan Chase, and Kelly Services, Inc. Her contributions have earned numerous honors, including recognition by the Women’s Informal Network as one of Metropolitan Detroit’s Most Influential Black Women; the St. Louis Minority Business Council’s “Buyer of the Year” and “The Chairman’s Award”; inclusion in “Who’s Who in Black St. Louis”; and recognition as one of Lambert Airport’s Women Builders of Dreams. In 2022, Diversity Plus Magazine named her one of its “Top 25 Diversity Change Leaders,” underscoring her commitment to advancing inclusive business practices.
Adriene has served on several boards throughout her career and has been actively involved within the NMSDC network and its regional affiliates for more than two decades. She holds an Inclusive Management certification from Cornell University’s School of Labor and Industrial Relations, an Advanced Supply Chain Management certification from the John Cook School of Business at Saint Louis University, and a Bachelor of Science degree from Howard University’s School of Human Ecology.
