Idaho Department of Health and Welfare Director Alex Adams has been selected to serve as the Assistant Secretary for the Administration of Children and Families at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Adams has been director of the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare since June of 2024. He was the administrator of the Governor’s Division of Financial Management from 2019 to 2024. He also recently served as interim director of the Idaho Public Charter School Commission and was executive director of the Idaho Board of Pharmacy. Prior to joining the Board of Pharmacy, Adams was Vice President of Pharmacy Programs at the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, an Arlington, Virginia trade association that represents over 40,000 pharmacies nationwide.
Adams earned his bachelor’s degree and Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Toledo in Ohio, graduating as class valedictorian, and he earned his Master of Public Health degree from Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore.
Adams is the third Idahoan to be appointed to a key position in the Trump administration.
