Madelyn R. Adams

Madelyn R. Adams serves as the Executive Director at GreenLight Fund Atlanta.

Madelyn was most recently at Kaiser Permanente, where she held leadership positions in both Georgia and Northern California, ultimately serving as Senior Director of Community Health for Northern California.

Prior to joining Kaiser Permanente in 2012, Adams served as the executive director of the Atlanta-based East Lake Foundation and spent 10 years as an executive with Atlanta Journal-Constitution, culminating in the role of vice president of Administration and Diversity. A dedicated volunteer, Adams serves on the board of trustees of the Jesse Parker Williams Foundation and the Hughes Spalding Hospital Operating Committee for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. She is also on the Advisory Boards of the Black Freedom Fund, WABE (Atlanta’s NPR station) and Woodward Academy where she served on the governing board for 20 years.

Adams earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Duke University and a MBA from the Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania.