An attorney who worked in mortgage finance, property management and public affairs, Adams was one of the leaders of a blue-ribbon committee that in the late 1990s examined slum housing in Los Angeles.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/homeless-housing/story/2023-05-17/skid-row-housing-trust-mark-adams-receiver

In a less partisan time, the disproportionately high funding for tech colleges and and low funding for the UW system would trigger calls for a blue-ribbon commission to analyze the systems and make recommendations.

Source: https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2023/07/11/murphys-law-states-technical-colleges-have-financial-clout/