Public Service
Record of Service
A record of leadership, civic work, and organizational affiliations in Norfolk and Hampton Roads.
Adale’s Record of Service to Norfolk, Virginia
School board & education governance
- Norfolk Public School Board 2018 – Present
- Past Norfolk Public Schools Board Chair (2020 – 2022)
- Norfolk Public Schools, Policy Committee, 2018 – 2020 & 2023 – Present
- Virginia School Boards Association (VSBA) Federal Legislative Committee (2024–Present)
- Tidewater Regional School Board Representative Selection Committee (2025–Present)
- Access College Foundation, Board of Directors, Norfolk Public Schools Representative (2024–Present)
Education & training
- Graduate, University of Virginia, Sorensen’s Political Leaders Institute, Class of 2021
- Class of 2021 Representative, Alumni Council, Sorensen’s Political Leaders Institute (2021–Present)
Civic service
- WHRO HRETA Committee 2018–2020
- Norfolk Commission of Life-long Learning (2019–2022)
- Norfolk’s Poverty Reduction Committee (2013–14), Education and Workforce Development Committee
- Norfolk Jury Commission (2010–11)
- Naval Station Norfolk Centennial Commission (2015–16)
- Lambert’s Point Open Space, Board of Directors (2025–Present)
- World Affairs Council of Hampton Roads, Board of Directors (2025–Present)
Organizational affiliations
- Principal of A.M. & Co. Strategies, LLC
- Formerly Executive Director of the Slover Library Foundation (2015–2025), overseeing operations, development, events, community engagement and impact, marketing, and communications
- Slover Foundation liaison to the Norfolk Public Library Board of Trustees (2015–2025)
- Magnolia Circle of the King’s Daughters, Past President & Chair of the Dragon Boat Race Fundraiser (2014–Present); CHKD Membership, Advocacy, and Communications Committees
- Member of the Garden Club of Norfolk, Virginia, and America