Patti Adams is piccoloist and assistant principal flutist with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra (formerly the New Orleans Symphony) and is on the faculty of Loyola University. She has performed with the National Repertory Orchestra and Colorado Music Festival and recorded and toured internationally with the Mexico City Philharmonic as coprincipal flutist.

In addition to her musical duties with the LPO, Adams played an active role in the start-up period of the orchestra, serving as director of marketing for three seasons. Formed in 1991, the LPO is the longest standing musician-governed and -operated orchestra in the United States. She twice served as president of the orchestra and was a member of its board of directors for numerous seasons. Adams was a member and vice-chair of the Community Advisory Board of WWNO public radio and director of chamber music activities for the acclaimed Windsor Court Hotel and is currently a member of the Classical Arts Award Committee for Gambit Weekly.

Adams has served the NFA in a variety of roles including program chair for its 25th anniversary Chicago convention in 1997; president; member of the Board of Directors; chair of the Advisory Committee; local arrangements chair for the New Orleans conventions in 1989 and 2013; and (currently in her second year) chair of the Gala Awards Dinner. She has performed and presented at numerous NFA conventions and was featured as the cover story of the February 2004 issue of Flute Talk magazine.