| Honorific-Prefix: | Senator |
| Gale Adcock | |
| State Senate: | North Carolina |
| State: | North Carolina |
| District: | 16th |
| Term Start: | January 1, 2023 |
| Predecessor: | Wiley Nickel |
| Office1: | Deputy Minority Leader of the North Carolina House of Representatives[1] |
| Term Start1: | January 1, 2021 |
| Term End1: | January 1, 2023 |
| Leader1: | Robert Reives |
| Predecessor1: | Robert Reives |
| Successor1: | Ashton Clemmons |
| State House2: | North Carolina |
| State2: | North Carolina |
| District2: | 41st |
| Term Start2: | January 1, 2015 |
| Term End2: | January 1, 2023 |
| Predecessor2: | Tom Murry |
| Successor2: | Maria Cervania |
| Alma Mater: | East Carolina University (BSN) University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (MSN) |
| Birth Date: | 25 January 1954 |
| Birth Place: | Cary, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Spouse: | Kevin |
| Children: | 2 |
| Party: | Democratic |
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.
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. 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.[3]
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 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.
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