As if her day to day job at the library doesn’t keep her busy enough, Adrienne is also a Councilwoman for the Rossville City Council, is a Board Member of the Rossville Community Foundation and is currently on the campaign trail as she runs as a candidate for the Kansas Legislature for District 51.
“While on the campaign trail, I hear much frustration with state government, and people like to blame “Topeka.” I have taken an active, positive voice when I hear this and share how I am proud of Topeka and how instead, I choose to say “Statehouse” when referring to state government. This seems like a small thing to do, but words matter, and intuitively if we can start to change the mindset toward our capital city, perhaps those who live here will start to look more positively on our community as well. The Topeka area is on the cusp of making significant progress in quality of life by engaging new voices to step up and be champions for our community, and I want to play a leading role in this exciting time to be present in Shawnee County.” Adrienne is a member of the Greater Topeka Chamber of Commerce, is the Co-Chair of the Leadership Greater Topeka Planning Committee, and was in the Leadership Greater Topeka class of 2015. Adrienne also received the Rossville Safe Streets Youth Community Champion Award presented by Rossville Safe Streets, is a Certified Fraud Examiner and is a narrator for the Think Big Start Small advocacy campaign for the Kansas Action for Children and Partnership for Early Success.
Please join us in congratulating Adrienne Olejnik, 2016 Topeka’s Top 20 Under 40.
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