Rev. Loris  N. Adams has spent the last decade helping schools develop and sharpen skills and content centered on the best practices for ensuring students and families of diverse backgrounds succeed.  She is the newly appointed and inaugural Head of DEI and Ethical Leadership at the National Cathedral School in Washington D.C.  where she leads an office centered on DEI,  global programming, community service, and ethical leadership. In her fifteen-year tenure in independent schools, she has served as Director of Equity and Community Life at The Hewitt School in New York City,  Director of Community and Equity Affairs at St. Mark's School in Massachusetts, and as the Lower School Dean of Community Life and Chaplain at Trinity Episcopal School in North Carolina. Loris holds a BA in computer science, an MDiv in theology and a certificate in diversity and intercultural competence. She is an iPEC certified coach and member of the international coaching federation (ICF). Rev. Adams has presented at numerous conferences, including HGSE’s Let’s Talk About It!, Seoul of a Leader, Association of Independent Schools in New England (AISNE), the North Carolina Association of Independent Schools (NCAIS), the New York Association of Independent  School in New York (NYSAIS),  and the National Association of Independent Schools People of Color Conference ( NAIS PoCC).