Adams will step into the role as interim vice president and dean beginning July 1.
Kim is nationally recognized for her medical advocacy work for disadvantaged and underserved communities.
“Evolving our approach to foster student success and integrate classroom and out-of-classroom experiences will help us continue to be transformational for our students and deliver on our promise to provide a world-class education."
The three candidates respectively received 12,141, 11,745, and 10,281 votes from fellow alumni.
Gaudelius is stepping down after two years in the position.
"We too often like to benchmark ourselves against other people. I'd like for us to get to a point where everybody else is benchmarking themselves against us."