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Biographical

Family:

Press Releases

Education

• Ohio State University - PhD, art education and multicultural education (1981)

• North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University - MS, art education (1972)

• North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University - BS, art education (1968)

• West Side High School (Newark, N.J.) - Diploma (1964)

Office History

Election Results

• 2021 (Nov. 3, 2020 election)

  12th Congressional District of North Carolina
  Alma Shealey Adams, 100.00%

  Democrat

• 2019 (Nov. 6, 2018 election)

  12th Congressional District of North Carolina
  Alma Shealey Adams, 73.00%

  Democrat
  Paul Wright, 27.00%

  Republican

• 2017 (Nov. 8, 2016 election)

  12th Congressional District of North Carolina
  Alma Shealey Adams, 67.02%

  Democrat
  Archie Leon Threatt (Leon), 32.98%

  Republican

• 2015 (Nov. 4, 2014 election)

  12th Congressional District of North Carolina
  Alma Shealey Adams, 75.35%

  Democrat
  Vince Coakley, 24.65%

  Republican

Employment History

• 12th Congressional District of North Carolina (2014)

  Congressional Candidate

• Bennett College for Women (1972-2012)

  Art Professor

• Steele Hall Art Gallery (Greensboro, N.C.)

  Director

Associated Organizations

Membership:

• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

• National Art Education Association

Place of worship:

• New Zion Baptist Church (Greensboro, N.C.)

Election campaign:

• Alma Adams for Congress (North Carolina)

Board membership:

• North Carolina Women's Legislative Caucus

  Chair

• North Carolina Legislative Black Caucus Foundation Inc.

  Chairperson

• National Council on the Arts (March 2020-)

  Ex Officio Member

Arts organization:

• African American Atelier Inc. (1990-)

  Co-Founder

Board membership:

• American Legacy Foundation (1999-2005)

  Founding Member

Elected office:

• Greensboro (N.C.) City Council (1987-1994)

  Council Member

• Greensboro (N.C.) City School Board (1984-1986)

  Board Member

Awards

• Spirit of Enterprise Award (U.S. Chamber of Commerce) (June 2020)

• Human Rights Medal (North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University) (Jan. 2020)

• Legislative Champions for Maternal and Child Health Award (Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs) (2020)

• Distinguished Community Health Defender Award (National Association of Community Health Centers Inc.) (2018)

• Distinguished Community Health Advocate Award (National Association of Community Health Centers Inc.) (2017)

• AbilityOne Award (National Industries for the Blind) (March 2016)

• Trumpet Award (Trumpet Awards Foundation) (2016)

• Nick Jeralds Advocacy Award (Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Coalition of North Carolina) (May 1998)

Activities and Interests

• Hobbies: collecting hats
  

Official Signature

Contact Information

• Email, member official contact form

Privately Financed Travel

Personal Financial Disclosures

Disclosures as a member:

Congressional Staff

Committees

• House Agriculture Committee
House Agriculture Committee General Farm Commodities, Risk Management and Credit Subcommittee
House Agriculture Committee Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture and Horticulture Subcommittee
• House Education and the Workforce Committee
House Education and the Workforce Committee Higher Education and Workforce Investment Subcommittee
House Education and the Workforce Committee Workforce Protections Subcommittee, Ranking Member

Caucuses

• Bipartisan Historically Black Colleges and Universities Caucus, Co-Chair and Founder
• Bipartisan Women Veterans Task Force
• Black Maternal Health Caucus, Co-Chair and Co-Founder
• Congressional Animal Protection Caucus
• Congressional Apprenticeship Caucus
• Congressional Arts Caucus
• Congressional Black Caucus
• Congressional Black Caucus Black Youth Suicide and Mental Health Task Force
• Congressional Blue Collar Caucus
• Congressional Career and Technical Education Caucus
• Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues
• Congressional Caucus on U.S.-Turkey Relations and Turkish Americans
• Congressional Coalition for Autism Research and Education
• Congressional Cooperative Business Caucus
• Congressional Diabetes Caucus
• Congressional E-Learning Caucus, Co-Chair
• Congressional Equality Caucus
• Congressional HIV/AIDS Caucus
• Congressional House Manufacturing Caucus
• Congressional Humanities Caucus
• Congressional Law Enforcement Caucus
• Congressional Library of Congress Caucus
• Congressional Pre-K and Child Care Caucus
• Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus
• Congressional Progressive Caucus
• Congressional Progressive Caucus Agriculture and Nutrition Task Force, Chair
• Congressional Public Broadcasting Caucus
• Congressional Safe Climate Caucus
• Congressional Small Business Caucus
• Congressional STEAM Caucus
• Congressional Tri-Caucus
• Congressional TRIO Caucus
• Congressional Voting Rights Caucus, Deputy Vice Chair
• Democratic Women’s Caucus
• Friends of Switzerland Caucus
• Gun Violence Prevention Task Force
• Historic Preservation Caucus
• House Democratic Caucus
• House Public Education Caucus
• House Small Brewers Caucus

Fun Fact

Caught Our Eye

• Rep. Bucshon is making the most of his last year in office

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on April 1, 2024
  Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-Pa.) accepted $63,000 in privately funded travel in 2023 ― the seventh highest of any member of Congress that year. Since announcing in early January that he will not seek reelection, Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-Ind.) has already beaten that. read more

• CBC trip to Israel and Rwanda was some of the all-time highest interest-group spending on private congressional travel

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Oct. 2, 2023
  Last month, Congressional Black Caucus members traveled to Israel to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before continuing to Rwanda - a trip that represents some of the highest-ever spending by an interest group on private congressional travel. read more

• Despite improvement, last year's staff turnover was still among the House's worst in decades

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on March 20, 2023
  The House's staffer turnover is still near decades-high levels, despite the chamber's efforts to increase pay last year. read more

• House Democrats are losing staff faster than Republicans

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Sept. 26, 2022
  House Democrats are having a harder time retaining staff than Republicans are. read more

• House chief of staff heads to Smith-Free Group

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on May 17, 2022
  Rep. Alma Adams' (D-N.C.) chief of staff has made his first move to K Street. read more

• Cerner picks up former Democratic chief

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on May 13, 2021
  A major health-care IT supplier has upped its government-affairs team with the addition of a former House chief of staff. read more

• Lobbying law firm picks up Adams staffer

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on July 30, 2015
  A national law firm that lobbies on issues ranging from defense to banking has hired a former Hill scheduler and director of operations as a legislative analyst. read more

• New members begin making their voices heard

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on Nov. 24, 2014
  Newly elected members of Congress may still be waiting to take office, but that hasn't stopped them from beginning at least one official task - weighing in on issues with press releases read more