Gale Adcock (born January 25, 1954) is a family nurse practitioner and American politician who has served in the North Carolina Senate representing the 16th district (including constituents in Wake County) since 2023.

[2][3] She also served as Deputy House Minority leader for one term.

[4] She earned an undergraduate degree in nursing from East Carolina University and a master's of science in nursing from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

[4] She has been a nurse practitioner since 1987 and was Chief Health Officer at SAS Institute before retiring in October 2020.

She has received numerous awards and honors, including the Barbara Thoman Curtis Award for political activism from the American Nurses Association in 2018.