Elizabeth W. Adkins

Elizabeth W. Adkins (born 1957) is an American archivist who was the president of the Society of American Archivists. She was the leading archivist at the Ford Motor Company and Kraft Foods. Since 2015, she has worked at Grant Thornton International as the director of information governance.

Education Adkins was born in 1957. She attended Binghamton University for her BA in History and attended Carnegie Mellon University for her MA in history.

Adkins was the Society of American Archivists Treasurer from 2000 to 2003, and later served as vice president and president of the society. She also served as chair for the Business Archives Section and has taught the Business Archives Workshop since 1992. She has served as chairperson of the Northern Virginia chapter of ARMA and has been elected Chapter Leader of the Year for five of the past six years.

Adkins has spoken at several conferences and events on archives.

Awards and honors Society of American Archivists Fellow Award, 2002 Distinguished Service Award from the Academy of Certified Archivists