Overview
Ebony Adams is an experienced DEIJ professional with a commitment to transformational movements, strategies, and environments. Adams’ extensive background at progressive non-profits and in post-secondary education has provided the opportunities to explore new theories of change with diverse audiences.
Experience
With more than 15 years of educational and programmatic experience, Adams demonstrates an acute ability to maneuver between program management, community outreach, organizational operations, business development, and external communications. Her work is focused on increasing the visibility and advancing the needs of marginalized communities.
Outside of the office
She speaks and writes widely on film criticism, social justice, and pop culture and is the co-author of History vs. Women, a middle-grade non-fiction work that aims to recover the stories of some of history’s most dynamic (and devilish) women. In her spare time, she is a writer and a very slow runner.
Education and service
Adams graduated with a Ph.D. in English Language and Literature from the University of Minnesota and is honored to work with groups aiming to reduce homelessness and food insecurity like L.A.-based coalition Hang Out Do Good.
