Rick brings 25 years of experience in marketing, corporate communications and positioning, and crisis management to Northlich, having created and managed programs for some of the nation's leading organizations, including Ashland, Apple, Levi's, Chevron, Clorox, Bank of America, Procter & Gamble, Miller Brewing, and others. Before joining Northlich, Rick was an executive with Burson-Marsteller, first in Chicago and later in San Francisco, where he served as senior vice president/general manager with additional responsibilities as leader of the California region marketing practice, and as a member of the firm's global crisis communications team. Rick is a cum laude graduate of Bowling Green State University, Ohio, where he also has taught news writing. He also is a documentary photographer, having studied at Salzburg College, Salzburg, Austria, and photographed for a number of news stories and other printed materials.
