Kimberly Adams
Chairperson and Trustee
Kimberly Adams was elected to her first three-year term as an ERFC Trustee in spring 2015 and has served as ERFC Board Chairperson since FY2017. Adams is certified in Certificate of Achievement in Public Plan Policy (CAPP) and participates in the Trustee Leadership Forum (TLF) and other trustee education programs.
Adams is a librarian/media specialist with Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) where she has taught for over 20 years with the majority of those years as a school librarian and 5 years as a classroom teacher. Adams took a break from her role as librarian to serve as the president of the Fairfax Education Association (FEA) from 2019-22. FEA is a local affiliate of the Virginia Education Association and the National Education Association, and represents FCPS employees with state and county legislators, county officials, members of the school board, and the superintendent and his staff. Adams previously served as president of FEA from 2013-16.
Adams earned a Bachelor of Science in education with a minor in English from Central Connecticut State University located in New Britain, Connecticut. She earned her master’s in educational leadership from Concordia University located in Portland, Oregon, and a Certificate in School Library Media from the University of Virginia College at Wise, in Wise, Virginia.