Kirk Adams

Kirk Adams is an organizer with the Service Employees International Union.

"Kirk Adams is currently director of health care organizing for SEIU. Previously he has occupied many jobs for SEIU including acting as Chief of Staff and an assistant to the President for many years. He was Organizing Director for the AFL-CIO under John Sweeney for 16 months and prior to that was Southern Regional Director for the AFL-CIO in the late 1990's. He had been an aide to Governor Anne Richards in Texas during her time in office and prior to that had been an organizer for SEIU on the Beverly Campaign in Texas and before that for the United Labor Unions in New Orleans and Boston. Kirk is originally from the Springfield, Massachusetts area and now lives in New York City."

• Director, Organizers' Forum

He is married to Cecile Richards.