[1] Her father, Stasys Nutautas, was a businessman; her mother, Ona Soblytė-Nutautienė, assisted her husband in various commercial activities.

In 1944, when the Soviet Army returned to Lithuania, Alma Nutautaitė fled with her family to the West.

She finished high school in Germany, and later studied Philology at Erlangen University in Nuremberg.

[2] During the presidential election held in Lithuania in 1997, Valdas Adamkus campaigned for the presidency and won.

After Adamkus became president, Adamkienė became involved in various Lithuanian social programs focusing on the welfare of children.