Adrienne Roark is the Vice President and General Manager at KPTV/KPDX, the award-winning Meredith owned television duopoly station in Portland, Oregon. She joined the station in June of 2016. Prior to that, she was the President and General Manager at KOIN 6. Adrienne is a veteran award-winning journalist, having worked with the CBS owned and operated television stations in Miami and Dallas-Fort Worth, CBS News and 60 Minutes. In both Dallas and Miami, she ran the local news operations for CBS, created hard-hitting Investigative Units, worked closely with 60 Minutes on a major story on Medicare Fraud, collaborated with CBS News on major breaking stories in Dallas, and did the first ever on-air story shot entirely with an iPhone. Adrienne also worked at WESH, the NBC affiliate in Orlando. There, she helped get sister station WDSU through Hurricane Katrina by setting up an emergency newsroom for WDSU and overseeing 53 days of continuous hurricane coverage.
Adrienne is an Ohio native and a proud alum of THE Ohio State University. She is heavily involved in the Portland community, serving as the Board Chair for the Boys and Girls Club of Portland, as well as working for the Oregon Association of Broadcasters, the Oregon Sunshine Committee, Veterans Legacies and Sport Oregon. She can do all this thanks to her phenomenal stay-at-home dad/husband Dave. When not working, Adrienne loves kayaking with her two sons, running (Hood to Coast three times) and exploring Oregon.