Vickie Adamson
1313 Shadyside Drive
Raleigh, NC 27612
Wake County: 919-856-5577
Contact Commissioner Adamson
Elected: 2018
Re-elected: 2020, 2022
Term expires: December 2026
Affordable Housing Committee Chair
Health and Human Services Committee Vice Chair
Professional
- Fujitsu Network Switching of America, Raleigh: 1988–1996
- Sr. Accountant
- Quality Software Products (QSP Financials), Raleigh: 1996–1998
- Application Consultant
- Growing Smarts (A PeopleSoft Business Partner), Raleigh: May–October 1998
- Subject Matter Expert
- DB Basics, Raleigh: October 1998–January 1999
- Contract Business Analyst
Regional, State & National Leadership
- Greater Raleigh Convention and Visitors Bureau, Wake County Board of Commissioners Liaison
- InterAct of Wake County Board of Directors, Director
- Wake County Library Commission, Liaison
- Passage Home Board of Directors, Member
Public Service & Community Activities
- Director – Clothing Closet Ministry for Highland UMC – Provide clothing to anyone in need, focusing on ESL Students and homeless families.
- Member of Highland UMC
- Taught Sunday School and VBS, led Youth Council. Missions Committee Member. At Millbrook UMC, I started a ministry to help pregnant women.
- Southeast Raleigh Magnet High School Chair Business Alliance: 2014–2018
- Southeast Raleigh Magnet High School Engineering Academic Board Treasurer: 2015–2018
- Manage Book Department at Retails Thrift Store for Animal Kind: 2006–present
- Ligon Middle PTA President: 2012–2013 and 2013–2014 School Years
- Hunter Elementary School PTA Treasurer: 2008–2009 and 2009–2010 School Years
- Lynn Road Elementary School PTA Treasurer: 2006–2007 School Year
- Artsplosure/First Night Advisory Council: 2014–present
- Artsplosure Volunteer: 1993–present
- Volunteer House Manager, African American Dance Ensemble: 2012–present
Honors & Awards
- Outstanding Achievement Award, Fujitsu, 1993
- Wake County PTA Star Volunteer Award, 2014
- Wake County Public Schools Superintendent Business Alliance Award, 2015
- North Carolina Association of County Commissioners' M.H. “Jack” Brock Outstanding County Commissioner Award, 2023
Education
B.S. Business Administration, East Carolina University, Greenville: 1983
Personal
Husband, Mark; one son, Gabriel, a graduate of Southeast Raleigh Magnet High School