After a successful career in banking, in 1989 Joy Adams continued her career in the financial services industry as an associate with a local financial services firm. Four years later, she purchased the firm and began managing and developing associates and brokers, while continuing to build and service her own clients. In 1996, she renamed the firm Adams Financial Group and it has grown into a full-service financial services firm.

Joy is a graduate of the Certified Financial Planning Profession Educational Program of the College for Financial Planning in Denver, Colorado. She completed a Financial Planning Internship at the University of Colorado and received her Chartered Financial Consultant certification from the American College in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.

An active member of the East Texas Estate Planning Council and the East Texas Chapter Financial Service Professionals, she's also past president and active member of the Tyler Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors and past State Professional Development Chairman for the Texas Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors. In addition, she served several times on a committee for Drake University and the State Board of Insurance to review state insurance exams. Joy is a member of the Financial Planning Association, a life member of the Million Dollar Roundtable¹ and a life member of the Texas Leaders Roundtable.

She is also an Investment Advisor Representative and registered representative with Securian Financial Services, Inc.

Joy and her husband Robert are active members of the Mt Carmel Baptist Church and make their home in Troup, Texas.

_{¹Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) is an independent membership organization of life insurance and financial service professionals. Membership levels are based on commissions, premiums, or fees generated within a year from investment and insurance products. Members must apply annually and pay a fee. Members must be members in good standing of a Professional Association which has met the following criteria: in existence at least 2 years, have 100 or more members, must be a nonprofit organization, must have a code of ethics and an effective means of dealing with breaches of its code. Members must also adhere to the MDRT Code of Ethics. Working with this advisor is not a guarantee of future financial results. Investors should conduct their own evaluation.}