Gale Adcock
Honorific prefixSenator
State senateNorth Carolina
StateNorth Carolina
District16th
Term startJanuary 1, 2023
PredecessorWiley Nickel
Office 1Deputy Minority Leader of the
North Carolina House of Representatives[1]
Term start 1January 1, 2021
Term end 1January 1, 2023
Leader 1Robert Reives
Predecessor 1Robert Reives
Successor 1Ashton Clemmons
State house 2North Carolina
State 2North Carolina
District 241st
Term start 2January 1, 2015
Term end 2January 1, 2023
Predecessor 2Tom Murry
Successor 2Maria Cervania
Alma materEast Carolina University (BSN)
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (MSN)
Birth dateJanuary 25, 1954 (age 72)
Birth placeCary, North Carolina, U.S.
SpouseKevin
PartyDemocratic

Gale Adcock (born January 25, 1954) is a family nurse practitioner and American politician who has served in the North Carolina Senate representing the 16th district (including constituents in Wake County) since 2023. Adcock previously served in the North Carolina House of Representatives representing the 41st district (including constituents in Wake County) from 2015 to 2023.[2][3] She also served as Deputy House Minority leader for one term.

Life and career

Adcock was raised in southwestern Virginia.[4] She earned an undergraduate degree in nursing from East Carolina University and a master's of science in nursing from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.[4] She has been a nurse practitioner since 1987 and was Chief Health Officer at SAS Institute before retiring in October 2020.[4] She was elected to the North Carolina House in 2014.[4] She lives in Cary, North Carolina.[4] She previously served on the Cary City Council from 2007 to 2014.[3]

Adcock has served as president of the North Carolina Nurses Association, chair of the North Carolina Center for Nursing, and as a two-term member of the North Carolina Board of Nursing. She is a Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, a Fellow of the National Academies of Practice, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. She has received numerous awards and honors, including the Barbara Thoman Curtis Award for political activism from the American Nurses Association in 2018.

Committee assignments

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2021-2022 session

  • Appropriations
  • Appropriations - Health and Human Services
  • Health
  • Commerce
  • Regulatory Reform
  • Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

2019-2020 session

  • Health
  • Education - Universities
  • Commerce
  • Finance
  • Regulatory Reform
  • Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

2017-2018 session

  • Appropriations
  • Appropriations - General Government
  • Appropriations - Information Technology
  • Homeland Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs
  • Wildlife Resources
  • Health

2015-2016 session

  • Appropriations
  • Appropriations - General Government
  • Homeland Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs
  • Wildlife Resources

References

  1. ^ "Adcock Appointed to New N.C. House Position". 2020-12-16. Retrieved 2021-05-30.
  2. ^ "Cary Council member Gale Adcock defeats Rep. Tom Murry for N.C. House seat". News Observer. November 5, 2014. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
    - "Representative Gale Adcock - Biography". North Carolina Legislature. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
  3. ^ "The Voter's Self Defense System"
  4. ^ "Meet Gale". Gale Adcock 4 House. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
  5. ^ "Gale Adcock". ballotpedia. Retrieved 2021-09-23.

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