Our Leadership Team
Steven Adams
Steven Adams leads ICC Global Trade as President and CEO, investing most of his energy in leading and developing new and existing business relationships—both domestically and abroad. Steve has been involved in numerous business sectors in his career tenure, including real estate, cable television, technology, advertising and marketing, retail and specialty food manufacturing, and wholesale food distribution and sales. As an owner or partner, he’s been on the leadership team of five different businesses, and has helped to establish foundational roots for two others. He has an extensive knowledge base related to business start-ups, growth strategies, sales, marketing and management.
Steve earned an MBA from Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business in Marketing, and received a BA in Business with a minor in Economics from Grove City College. He is an avid reader of non-fiction business and faith-based books, newsletters and blogs, and enjoys listening to leadership and business-focused podcasts. He also enjoys fitness training, golf, and photography.
Email Steve: sradams@iccglobaltrade.com
Colleen Adams
Colleen Adams leads ICC Global Trade as VP and Chief Innovation Officer. Her leadership in strategic planning as well as innovating new product offerings is vital to ICC’s long term goals.
In addition to serving ICC Global Trade, Colleen has been a part of the leadership team at Water Street Mission. She served as Executive Director of Water Street Health Services before her current role of Vice President of Programs. Prior to joining Water Street, she was a Principal at Strategic Community Care Solutions, and Executive Vice President at OPEN MINDS. She has taught more than seventeen years as an adjunct professor at Eastern University.
Colleen attended Messiah College for her BSW in Social Work, Temple University for her MSW in Social Work, and Eastern University for her MBA in Business Administration.
Email Colleen: cadams@iccglobaltrade.com
Rick Balmer
Rick is ICC Global Trade’s Senior Director of International Sales and Marketing. He has significant international trade experience, having worked in international marketing and sales for more than five years, where he participated in numerous international trade missions and sales trips, and marketed 30+ commodities and gemstones, mineral ores, and mineable properties internationally. He has done business in or visited 12 countries, and he lived in China for six years, where he taught at the university level.
Previously, he was a highly effective senior project manager and environmental scientist/water resources specialist.
Rick attended Dickinson College, where he earned a BS in English and Geology, and he also earned an MS in hydrogeology from Wright State University. To round out his education, he earned a two-year certificate in cross-cultural and faith-based studies. He enjoys the outdoors, computers, photography and is an avid reader.
Email Rick: rcbalmer@iccglobaltrade.com