His journey started in the retail food, food distribution and restaurant industries as a teenager in New York.  He went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in Hotel & Restaurant Management from SUNY Plattsburgh and continued to work in the restaurant industry managing large restaurants and catering halls after college.

Adam’s entrepreneurial spirit led him to leave the restaurant industry and start a frozen food manufacturing company that produced frozen dinners for companies such as Weight Watchers and its primary distributor, Pro Portion Foods.  Due to Adam’s success and experience, Weight Watchers recruited him to manage one of their recently acquired Nutrition Cafés that included a natural foods retail section.  The Natural Products Industry was very young at this time, yet Adam resonated with the values associated with natural foods products.  He discovered a love for natural foods, and it was a natural progression for him to become general manager of a leading high-volume health food store in New York.

A passion for the natural products industry and its values and ideals is still at the heart of everything he has done and continues to set out to do.

Adam’s professionalism and business sense directed him to then start another company where he consulted for start-up retailers and manufacturers. He guided them on how to set up and prepare their businesses for success both regionally and nationally.

As Adam’s experience and reputation grew, Natural Specialty Sales — which later became owned by Acosta Foods — recruited him onto their sales team.  Adam quickly found he loved the brokerage business and experienced significant success as a broker representative, breaking all the company’s sales records.