On November 18, 2019, Timothy J. Adams made history as the first African American to serve as mayor of the City of Bowie in its 138-year history and was reelected in 2023. Timothy J. Adams is an accomplished community leader with more than 30 years of experience in business, government and philanthropy.
Mayor Adams is President and CEO of Systems Application & Technologies, Inc. (SA-TECH), a company he founded in 1989. SA-TECH is a progressive and steadily growing professional services firm with origins in the high technology and technical support areas of the defense industry. SA-TECH's business lines include technical services (engineering, logistics and information technology) and facilities management. Mr. Adams holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of New Orleans and a Bachelor of Science degree from Xavier University in New Orleans, LA. He has also attended the Minority Business Executive Program at Tuck College of Business at Dartmouth College and the Business Innovation Management Program at the A. James Clark School of Engineering and the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, College Park. He received an Honorary Doctorate from Bowie State University in May 2017.
Thankful for the advisors and mentors from whom he has benefited throughout his career, Mr. Adams has generously returned that assistance by giving his time, talents and financial support to a variety of businesses and community organizations that touch the lives of people in his community and around the country.
Mr. Adams resides in Bowie, Md. with his wife, The Honorable Sheila R. Tillerson Adams, twins, Timothy Jr. and Kayla. Mr. Adams recently welcomed a new joyful addition to his family, grandson Nehemiyah, son of his late daughter, Tiara, who is his guardian angel.