Adrianne Ferree, daughter of immigrant Argentine parents, has worked for over 37 years for a law enforcement agency in Los Angeles. For 27 of those years, she worked as a licensed architect and project manager and, eventually, Asst. Director of the agency’s Facilities Bureau. She led a team of 23 planners, architects, project managers, and support staff that managed over $500M in capital projects. For 7 years, she ventured out to try something new and oversaw the jail vocational programs and created several new inmate programs to introduce environmental sustainability. During this time, she discovered the disconnect between jail programs and non-existent opportunities for inmates to use the skills learned upon release. She then discovered it wasn’t just re-entry individuals that lacked access to tools, equipment, and spaces but the whole region of South LA, including Compton, was missing them too. She quickly connected the Makerspace concept as a place that provides tools, equipment, and resources to allow people to pursue their quest for establishing a business, DIY home improvements, inventing new products, or learning new skills. In short… a place where people make it!She is an avid environmentalist and as such intends to impact The Makers Hub with circular and shared economies principles and clean energy structure and practices.For more information on how you can get involved with The Makers Hub email us at info@themakershub.org.