Richard has worked at the intersection of sustainable business, public policy and advocacy for thirty-five plus years. Over the years, he has helped establish several influential domestic and international organizations that have improved the quality of life in America and across the world. His experience involves coordinating United Nations programs, co-owning a solar energy firm, consulting to private companies on sustainable development issues, teaching at several colleges, and working in a leadership role in the public sector as well as with several national NGO’s on sustainable economy and workplace, voting rights, democracy, clean energy and environmental issues. His career has spanned the private, public, and nonprofit sectors. He earned a Master’s in Public Administration from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Raised outside of Washington, D.C, Richard has resided in Denver for 22 years.