Board & Advisors

Rick has a unique combination of experience in higher education and business. As a former college president and board governance chair, successful technology CEO, and senior operating executive of a $1 billion public company, Rick has consistently been at the forefront of industry-leading initiatives and has a successful history of leading organizations through change and growth.

A former Senior Fellow and board member at The Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB), Rick is a regularly featured speaker on the topic of business model transformation, mergers, affiliations, and supporting service organizations including work with the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB), as well as with the Higher Learning Commission (HLC), Middle-States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE), Northwest Accreditation Commission (NWCCU), New England Commission Higher Education (NECHE), Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) and Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU).

Rick served for more than eight years as a corporate executive at Trimble Navigation. He served as CEO of TracerNET, which was acquired by Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB).  Rick also served as CEO of Lumerit Education that was acquired by Pearson. He was also part of the senior management start-up team at QUALCOMM (NASDAQ:QCOM). Rick has also participated in more than 30 M&A transactions.