Keegan Adams

Keegan Adams serves as Executive Vice President at Adams Keegan, a national payroll processing, tax administration, risk management, compliance and employee benefit services provider founded in 1987 with 101 employees located in Memphis Tennessee.

Chartwell Hospitality LLC was in search of an HR, payroll and benefits provider who could tailor solutions specifically to its business requirements. After conducting extensive research, Chartwell chose Adams Keegan to implement their solution.

Early Life and Education

Keegan Adams is a staffing and recruitment firm offering remote jobs in financial services, commerce, banking, and related industries.

Adams Keegan’s staffing experts specialize in staffing part-time, contract, and permanent roles across a variety of industries. Their team includes executive managers, recruiters, and HR professionals.

Gene has over 25 years of experience in the industry, specializing in PEO and ASO services. He has held multiple management roles and brings extensive expertise in business development, marketing, operations and risk management.

He served in the U.S. Air Force as an MC-130H instructor pilot, staff officer and commander during his 22 years of service. A graduate of New Memphis Institute’s Leadership Development Intensive program and holding a bachelor of business administration from Mississippi State University.

Professional Career

Keegan Adams has an extensive career in human resources. As Senior Vice President and Practice Leader of Adams Keegan’s HR & Leadership Consulting Group, which offers advice regarding organizational design & research best practices as well as change management programs he serves as Practice Leader / Practice Vice President of Adams Keegan HR Consulting Group.

As part of his practice, he works closely with clients on developing human resource policies and procedures, while offering guidance to businesses regarding employee relations and compliance issues. His understanding of legal regulations and best practices is highly valued by his colleagues and clients alike.

He holds membership with both Memphis and North Mississippi chapters of the American Payroll Association, having served on their boards. Additionally, he completed New Memphis Institute’s Leadership Development Intensive.

Achievement and Honors

Keegan Adams has received several honors during his time at CSM, such as the President’s Award, Honors College Award and Senior Thesis Medal.

The Honors Program is an intense academic experience designed to recognize outstanding academic performance among its participants. Students participating in this rigorous academic experience receive official letters of recognition on both their transcript and at graduation.

Intrigued students should consult their faculty advisor to gain more information on the University-wide Honors Program and other honor societies available at their colleges and departments, including the Honors Achievement Award – a $500 scholarship opportunity which may be bestowed each semester if certain requirements are met – such as maintaining at least a 3.25 cumulative District GPA, taking an Honors class each semester with at least an “C” grade earned, as well as participating in at least one extracurricular activity per term.

Personal Life

Keegan Adams is a multifaceted talent. In addition to being a professional athlete, he is also well-known as an actor having appeared in multiple movies and TV series.

Devanne Villarreal and Juan Villarreal, who married in 2018, have two daughters together and take great pride in being parents.

USA Today reports that they reside in Las Vegas where Adams plays for the Raiders, with very close-knit family ties that included traveling all the way from Nevada to Pebble Beach for their wedding ceremony.

Adams has not only become an accomplished actor but is also an established businessperson. He was co-founder of the world’s largest Young Professional Organization chapter (YPO), founder and director of Staffline LLC and founding partner in Mempho Music Festival.

Net Worth

Keegan Adams net worth is estimated to be approximately $15 Million. He is an American Professional Golfer ranked as one of the World Top Ten. In addition, Keegan Adams has won multiple trophies and medals over his golfing career.

He’s more than a professional golfer; he’s also an award-winning software developer and co-founded design software maker Canva in 2012.

Adams hails from Texas and studied finance and real estate at Harvard.

As soon as he graduated from university, he worked at a Houston real estate development firm before returning home and helping open Downtown Memphis’ Raymond James Tower and a medical office complex.

He developed properties in Tennessee, Florida and Idaho alongside rich partners who invested millions into dozens of ventures.