Sue Adams started with the UU Funding Program in 2002 as Grant Administrator. She retired from her full-time staff position in 2015, and has been working part-time as the Financial Consultant. She administers four scholarships for the UUA, the Stanfield D'Orlando Arts Scholarships, the Joseph Smith Scholarship for undergraduates, and the Otto Stanfield Law Scholarship.

She is a long-time member of First Parish in Waltham, and since 2015 has been involved with the Brandeis University Bolli Program and Waltham Connections for Healthy Aging. She lives in a multi-generational home with her husband, Ron Adams, her grandsons and a great granddaughter.