Gale Adcock

Gale Adcock is a family nurse practitioner and American politician who has served in the North Carolina Senate representing the 16th district since 2023. Adcock previously served in the North Carolina House of Representatives representing the 41st district from 2015 to 2023. She also served as Deputy House Minority leader for one term.

Life and career

Adcock was raised in southwestern Virginia. 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. She has been a nurse practitioner since 1987 and was Chief Health Officer at SAS Institute before retiring in October 2020. She was elected to the North Carolina House in 2014. She lives in Cary, North Carolina. She previously served on the Cary City Council from 2007 to 2014.
Adcock has served as president of the North Carolina Nurses Association, chair of the North Carolina Center for Nursing, and as a 2-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.