BIO
Councilwoman SPARKLE K. ADAMS has placed her stamp on the City of Forest Park, the United States Air Force, and the United States Postal Inspection Service, in addition to her community, civic organizations, her church, and her family. She recently acquired her GA Certification in Mediation at the Justice Center of Atlanta.
In the City of Forest Park, GA, Sparkle K. Adams became the first African American elected to the city council in November 2005. Another African American historical event occurred in 2008 when Sparkle K. Adams was appointed Mayor Pro Tem of the City of Forest Park by unanimous vote. She is politically astute as she engages herself in conversation with her constituents, peers, and superiors in local, national, and global issues. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Forest Park Street School. To her credit, she was instrumental in engaging the Forest Park Street School with the Local Redevelopment Authority that is strategically planning to rebuild the closed Ft. Gillem Army Base.
Councilwoman Adams consistently demonstrates her commitment to the community by heightening her visibility and accessibility to her constituents. As a member of the Forest Park Kiwanis Club, Adams volunteered at the semi-annual Pancake Breakfast as a "chef of pancakes". She has demonstrated her commitment through her creation of a Teen and Junior Council and her identification of neighborhood Block Captains. Councilwoman Adams volunteers in the Gang Intervention Program at Babb Middle and Forest Park High School, where she created and implemented a program called, "Make It Happen". Make It Happen brings professional artists, musicians, cosmetologists, and other entrepreneurs recruited by Councilwoman Adams to Babb Middle School to speak, share, and inspire. Her goal is to recognize, celebrate and develop community awareness. She gives freely and unselfishly of her time to community activities and inspires others. She has a positive impact upon the direction and success of community projects, programs, and individuals to improve the lives of others.
As Master Sergeant Sparkle K. Adams, she has dedicated 25 years of honorable and distinguished service to the United States Air Force and Air Force Reserves. During her military career, Master Sergeant Adams served as an Air Traffic Controller, Supervisor Air Cargo Special Handling, Family Support Specialist, Military Equal Opportunity Specialist, Honor Guard, and Group Career Advisor. Master Sergeant Adams was selected to prepare a presentation at the Pentagon to represent the Air Force Reserves before Congress on Re-Inventing Government Award for the Georgia Inter-service Family Assistance Committee on the Family Readiness Initiative.
Mrs. Adams is a member of the Atlanta Chapter Tuskegee Airmen where she goes to schools, churches, businesses, and other organizations to speak about the famed World War II Tuskegee Airmen. She has served in the capacity of Public Relations chairperson and Chaplain.
Then, as the saying goes, there is her "day job" with the United States Postal Inspection Service. Sparkle K. Adams has been a stellar performer sojourning
over the years as a member of the Women’s Advisory Council, a Steward for the American Postal Workers Union, an analyst for the International Association of Law Enforcement, a member of the Northern Georgia Identity Theft Task Force, a member of the Suspicious Activity Report Team, a member of the Diversity Advisory Group, and has served three times as a key worker for the Combined Federal Campaign.
In her work with the Postal Inspection Service, Sparkle has earned several Exceptional and Outstanding Performance Awards, and recognition for doing great things. Sparkle has been a significant team contributor to successful prosecutions of criminals through her participation on Mail Theft, Violent Crimes, Narcotics and Money Laundering investigations teams and several Identity Theft Task Forces. Sparkle spearheaded the creation and development of the diversity initiative presently used in the Atlanta Division of the Postal Inspection Service. She created a charter and organized several sub-committees currently used to guide the Inspection Service Diversity Program nationwide.
Sparkle K. Adams has her Masters Degree in Public Administration and considers herself as a coordinator, educator, collaborator, and motivator, just to name a few positive "ATOR’s". She and her husband, Bernard Adams, are renowned in their community for having cookouts with plenty food for friends and neighbors. She is active in Ben Hill United Methodist Church’s Majestic Choir. She and her husband collectively have four children, and four grandchildren.
