Mrs. Vivian M. Adams served twelve years on the Chicago Region Public Communications Council of the Church appearing in numerous media interviews, and speaking to schools, colleges, and community groups on LDS doctrine and history. She was then called by the Church to serve as media representative in the Midwest on Controversial Issues. She has been active in state and national politics, and civic and public service organizations, and is a recipient of the Brigham Young University Alumni Community Service Award. She has been a presenter at BYU Education Week and BYU Women's Conference, and in women's conferences across the country. She has published several articles and electronic media on Church related subjects. She is currently Historian and Educational Outreach chairman for the Joseph Smith Sr./Lucy Mack Smith Foundation. She has taught Institute at Harvard, Boston College, and BYU. She and her husband, Carlos, have six children and thirty-two grandchildren, and an adorable great granddaughter.