Kimberly Pope Adams 
T
he Honorable Kimberly Pope Adams was born and raised in Hopewell, 
Virginia. The daughter of a union worker and a school crossing guard, she 
learned the value of hard work at an early age. After graduating from Hopewell 
High School with honors, she earned her Bachelor of Science in Accounting 
and Information Systems from Virginia Tech in 2005. Twelve years later, as a 
working single mom, she earned her Master of Business Administration. For 
nearly twenty years, Kimberly has been a public servant of the Commonwealth 
of Virginia. Currently, she is the Assistant Director of Financial Compliance and 
Operations at Virginia State University. Her civic and community involvement 
includes: NAACP (Dinwiddie Branch), Virginia League of Planned Parenthood 
Board of Directors, Lamb Center for Arts and Healing Board of Directors, and 
Dinwiddie County Public Schools Gifted Advisory Committee to name a few. In 2023, the Honorable Kimberly 
Pope Adams ran the most competitive General Assembly race in Virginia, falling short by only 53 votes. Never giving 
up, she returned in 2025 to unseat the incumbent, and became Delegate representing House District 82. When 
not working, serving, and volunteering, you can find Kimberly cheering on the Dinwiddie Generals Varsity Football 
Team, where her 17-year-old son Joshua is the starting running back.
Alma Mater
Words by Felicia D. Anderson 
Chorus:  
Hail State! Hail State! Hail, Hail, Hail! 
We’re loyal sons and daughters true to the Orange and Blue 
Our hearts beat warm with love from Thee 
Though near or far from Thee we be 
Virginia State, Virginia State, Hail, Hail, Hail!
O, the warm mellow sunlight is shining 
And the trees like great sentinels stand;  
They are guarding our dear Alma Mater 
The pride of Virginia’s land.  
 
Alma Mater, O Mother so tender, 
Thy children beloved gather here
 To drink from thy fount clear and sparkling 
And breathe thy pure atmosphere  
 
Forth we go to the world to do service 
Thy lofty command to fulfill
  “With thy light go dispel all darkness 
And thus do thy Father’s will”  
 
Live on, Live on! Alma Mater, 
To thee we shall always be true; 
Our vows we shall pay unto heaven, 
And thee, our Orange and Blue.  
 

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