President, Adam Ruiz

ADAM A. RUIZ
President, A R Home Loans Direct, Inc.

A Southern California native, Adam Ruiz is a financial services industry veteran with deep roots in the Temecula Valley as well as in the local business and non-profit communities.   Currently President of his own loan and mortgage company, he has been helping businesses and families in the community purchase and refinance homes and property for nearly 10 years.  He also holds a California Department of Real Estate Broker’s License.

In addition to his position as a leading businessman within the community, at the moment Ruiz is President of the Temecula Valley New Generations Rotary Club, President of his local BNI (Business Network International) and serves as the Networking Co-Chair of the Temecula Valley Chamber of Commerce’s (TVCC) Membership Committee where he oversees and directs Chamber events and activities geared toward increasing membership and improving the membership experience.  While at the Chamber, he served as Co-Chair of the Networking Committee for two years and was also instrumental in creating one of the TVCC’s most enterprising and successful groups, the Valley Young Professionals (VYP), which now boasts more than 50 members of active, entrepreneurial young business people.  In 2006, Ruiz was named Ambassador of the Year by the TVCC, and two years later, his company, A R Home Loans Direct, Inc., was among only a handful of companies to be nominated for the prestigious TVCC Business of the Year Award.

Ruiz’s Temecula roots began long before he formed his own company in the area in 2005.  Originally raised in Oceanside, his parents moved the family to Temecula in 1993.  He attended Temecula Valley High School and then went on to study business economics at the University of California at Santa Barbara.  Ruiz had initially planned on a career as a firefighter, and underwent training as a Fire Explorer from 1994-1996.  Shortly thereafter, he was offered a position with Home Town Financial Services which put him on the fast track in the financial services sector.  While at Home Town, he maintained the top sales position and earned the title of “Loan Officer of the Month” an unprecedented 9 times during his three-year tenure there.  Over the course of his career, he also held positions with Countrywide Home Loan, Liberty Mortgage Services and Liberty Financial Solutions.  At the latter two, he rose to the positions of Corporate Branch Manager, and President, respectively.

Ruiz maintains his CPR and AED certification and recently received additional certification by the Temecula Peace Corps in their CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) program, which provides training to serve as a leader at home and/or in the workplace in the event of a natural disaster or emergency situation.  He contributes
generously of his time and resources to several charitable organizations in the community, including Oak Grove Center for Education Treatment & the Arts, Our Nicholas Foundation, Habitat for Humanity and Wishes for Children.

A married father of two young children, Ruiz enjoys spending time coaching his son’s soccer team with the Temecula Valley Soccer Academy and barbecuing for friends and family.  His hobbies include fitness, playing all sports including football, soccer and basketball, as well as Shaolin Kempo karate, in which he earned his black belt degree.