David and Caroline Adelman met while they were students at the University of Georgia. A native of Atlanta, Caroline has enjoyed a successful career in public service. She began her career working in the Capitol Hill offices of U.S. Representative Joan Kelly Horne (D - Missouri) and U.S. Senator Harris Wofford (D - Pennsylvania).

She served as the Georgia Press Secretary for the Clinton for President Campaign in 1992, the year President Clinton carried Georgia. David and Caroline moved to Washington in 1992 when Caroline was appointed to serve in the Clinton Administration as Press Secretary to U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno. David worked in the Washington, D.C. office of his law firm during that time.

They returned home to DeKalb County in 1994. Caroline served as Press Secretary in Georgia for President Clinton's successful re-election campaign in 1996. She was also the Georgia Press Secretary for the Gore-Lieberman Campaign in 2000 and the Kerry-Edwards campaign in 2004. Caroline is also a full time mother raising the Adelman's three young children.