 
COUNCIL MEMBER PROFILE
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Name |
Gale Adcock |
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Street Address |
300 Legault Drive, Cary, NC 27513
NOTE: All mail for Town-related business should be sent to the mailing address below |
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District |
D |
CONTACT INFORMATION
VITAL STATISTICS
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Place of Birth |
Martinsville, VA |
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Date of Birth |
1954 |
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Other places (cities) lived |
Lynchburg; VA; Greenville, NC; Raleigh, NC |
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Number of Years as Cary Resident |
Since 1993; resident of North Carolina since 1976 |
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Number of terms served on Town Council (including current) |
First term: 2007-2011 |
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Expiration Date of current term |
December 2011 |
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Other political offices and/or appointments held, now or in the past |
Blue Ribbon Task Force on the State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees; NC Board of Nursing; NC Center for Nursing; Legislative Study Commission on Access to Health Insurance; NC Health Planning Commission; Special Voter Registration Commissioner, Wake County Board of Elections |
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Current Employer |
SAS Institute |
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Current Occupation |
Director, Corporate Health Services |
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Number of years in current job or current line of work |
Registered nurse since 1975; Family nurse practitioner since 1987; employed at SAS since 1991 |
EDUCATION
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Highest grade completed |
Masters Degree |
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Degree(s) obtained |
Bachelors of Science in Nursing; Masters of Science in Nursing |
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School(s) attended |
Virginia Baptist Hospital School of Nursing; ECU; UNC-CH |
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Primary areas of study |
Nursing; primary care |
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Professional licenses, certifications |
RN license; national certification as a Family Nurse Practitioner |
PERSONAL
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Marital Status |
Married |
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Number of children |
2 |
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Number of school age children |
2 |
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Number of grandchildren |
0 |
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Church, religious denomination |
St. Michael’s Episcopal Church |
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Current Civic Club Membership(s) |
Wake County Democratic Women; WakeUp Wake County; women's Forum of North Carolina |
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Current Professional Association Membership(s) |
NC Nurses Association; American College of Nurse Practitioners; American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Honor Societies: Sigma Theta Tau; Phi Kappa Phi |
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Current Charitable Work, Association(s) |
Adjunct faculty, UNC-CH, Duke and ECU; numerous volunteer church activities; Friends of the Page-Walker |
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Current Party Affiliation |
Democratic |
AWARDS, HONORS, RECOGNITIONS
- Inducted into the NC Nurses Association (NCNA) Hall of Fame, 2008
- Distinguished Alumnus, East Carolina University School of Nursing, 2006
- NCNA Board of Directors' Award for Outstanding Service, 1997
- Who's Who in American Nursing”, Sixth Edition, 1996
- Alumna of the Year, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, School of Nursing, 1996
- NCNA Nurse Practitioner of the Year, 1995
- Woman of the Year, NC Foundation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, 1995
- The World “Who's Who of Women”, Thirteenth Edition, 1994
- Woman of the Year, Raleigh Business and Professional Women's Club, 1994
- Recipient, American Urological Association‑Allied, Past Presidents' Lectureship, 1992
- American Journal of Nursing (AJN) Award for Best Single Editorial, 1992
- AJN Award for Excellence in Writing: 1992
- American Nurses Association Search for Excellence Winner, 1992
- NC Great 100 Award for Nursing Excellence, 1990
- League for Nursing Graduate Nurse Fellowship Award, 1987
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate Alumni Award, 1987
- NCNA Board of Directors’ Award for Outstanding Service, 1985
- Josie Winston Woodson Award for outstanding character, leadership ability and initiative, 1975
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