POWER OF ATTORNEY



     I, Janis F. Kerns, appoint Lawrence L. Hooper, Jr., Gail
Valenti, and John Chester Bridgeman, signing singly, attorney-
in-fact to:

    (1)  Execute on my behalf and in my capacity as an officer of
         Adams Diversified Equity Fund, Inc. and Adams Natural
         Resources Fund, Inc., Maryland corporations (the "Companies"),
         Forms 3, 4, and 5 (the "Form" or "Forms") in accordance with
         Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the
         "Act") and the rules thereunder; and

(2)  Perform any and all acts on my behalf which may be
necessary or desirable to complete and execute any Form and
timely file such Form with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar
authority; and
(3)  Take any other action in connection with the foregoing
which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of
benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by
me, it being understood that the documents executed by such
attorney-in-fact on my behalf pursuant to this Power of
Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms
and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in his or
her discretion.
     I grant to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any act necessary or proper to be
done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein
granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or
could do if personally present.  I ratify and confirm all that
any such attorney-in-fact shall lawfully do by the rights and
powers granted by this Power of Attorney.  Each attorney-in-
fact shall have full power of substitution or revocation.

     I acknowledge that each attorney-in-fact, in serving in
such capacity at my request, is not assuming, nor are the
Companies assuming, any of my responsibilities to comply with
Section 16 of the Act.

     This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and
effect until I am no longer required to file the Forms with
respect to my holdings of and transactions in securities
issued by the Companies, unless I earlier revoke it in a
signed writing delivered to the Office of the Secretary of the
Companies for distribution to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power
of Attorney to be executed as of this 10th day of January,
2018.


___________________________        /s/ Janis F. Kerns
           Witness             Janis F. Kerns
___________________________
                      Witness



State of Maryland)

City of Potomac)

On this 10th day of January, 2018, before me, the undersigned,
personally appeared Janis F. Kerns, known to me (or
satisfactorily proven) to be the person whose name is
subscribed to within the instrument and acknowledged that she
executed the same for the purposes therein contained.

In witness hereof, I hereunto set my hand and official seal.





Marietou Yao___________________________ (SEAL)
Notary Public

State of:_Maryland_______________________

My Commission Expires: 09/09/2018_________