Dr. Adams is the Founder of GAR (Gender, Age, and Race) Diversity Consulting. She is a former director in the National Diversity & Inclusion Office at Kaiser Permanente (KP), ranked #1 in the 2016 DiversityInc Top 50 survey. Prior to KP, Dr. Adams worked for 10 years as a global management and technology consultant. She holds a Doctorate of Psychology degree in Organization Development. Dr. Adams is author of the forthcoming book: Women, Minorities, and Other Extraordinary People: Solutions to the diversity crisis in technology and beyond (Fall 2017). She resides with her family in Northern California and can be reached at www.drbarbadams.com