Richard J. Adams, Jr., CAE, CCE

President

Rich Adams is President and Chief Executive of NACM of Arizona / Southwest Business Credit Services, and has served in this capacity since 1992. A Certified Credit Executive (CCE) and a Certified Association Executive (CAE), Mr. Adams has worked in the credit and finance industry since 1975.

Mr. Adams actively supports the business credit profession locally as well as nationally, and he is among the senior affiliated association executives within the National Association of Credit Management (NACM) based in Columbia, Maryland. Mr. Adams recently remarked during a presentation to business and civic leaders that “NACM provides an invaluable palate of services to credit managers at all levels of professional development. Additionally, the real-time credit information NACM affiliates provide to their clients literally saves millions upon millions of dollars in potential credit losses annually”.

Mr. Adams is affiliated with the following civic, charitable and governmental organizations:

· Member, City of Mesa Planning & Zoning Board

· Graduate, Valley Leadership Class 21

· Member, Rotary Club of Phoenix, Club 100

· Past Member, Governor's Economic Security Advisory Council, State of Arizona

· Commissioner, Arizona Plumbing Code Commission

· Past Member of Board of Directors of OASIS (Older Adult Service & Information System)

· Past Member, City of Mesa Charter Review Committee

· Past Chairman, City of Mesa Museum & Cultural Advisory Board

· Graduate, Mesa Leadership Training & Development (Mesa LTD)

· Past Chairman of the Board, Arizona Special Olympics

Adams believes that the services NACM Arizona / Southwest Business Credit Services provides will become even more valuable as the tempo of technology continues to speed up. He is actively positioning the organizations to meet those challenges.