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Graham Adams, PhD currently serves as the Executive Director of the South Carolina Office of Rural Health, a not-for-profit entity that works to improve and enhance rural health delivery in South Carolina.  Dr. Adams has fifteen years of experience in the health care field and has worked extensively in the areas of rural health, primary care, public health infrastructure development, community mental health and program development for underserved populations.  He has provided leadership to many public health and access improvement projects and currently serves on the advisory boards of many state, regional and national initiatives.  Dr. Adams currently serves as the President-Elect for the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health.

Dr. Adams received his undergraduate degree in psychology from Frostburg State University and holds a Masters in Public Health and a Doctorate of Philosophy in Health Administration, both from the University of South Carolina.  He also holds an Adjunct Assistant Professor position in both the Department of Public Health Sciences at Clemson University and the University of South Carolina Department of Health Services and Policy Management.  Dr. Adams serves on numerous academic advisory boards including: the Southeast Regional Center for Health Workforce Studies (UNC-Chapel Hill), the South Carolina Rural Health Research Center Expert Workgroup (USC) and the Clemson University Department of Public Health Sciences Advisory Board.