Rich is currently a doctorate student in organizational development at Washington State University and a commentator on KPAM radio (860 AM). Rich is also a Senior Associate with Citygate Associates which provides consulting services to local and state government in the areas of government management, community development, emergency services, strategic planning and organizational development.
Rich was City Administrator for the city of Cascade Locks, Oregon. He was also the Director of Clark County's Community Development Department (Vancouver, Washington) which had 165 employees, a $17 million annual budget and reviewed $588 million in new construction annually. He was Planning Director for METRO (Portland area's regional government) in charge of land use, solid waste, open space, emergency management and stormwater planning. He was also the Acting City Manager/Community Development Director for the City of Oregon City. Rich was also an economic development Senior Policy Analyst during the administrations of Governors Victor Atiyeh and Neil Goldschmidt.
Rich is the former President of the Southwest Section of the American Planning Association's Washington Chapter. A former state board member of Oregon and Washington's state APA chapters, and Oregon Planners' Journal editor for four years. Rich was Vice-Chair with the Urban Land Institute's Oregon/SW Washington District Council. Rich used to maintain APA's Planning Publication's Directory website, was an Urban Studies editor for LookSmart, Open Directory Project (DMOZ), and Wikipedia. Rich is also webmaster for About Planning. Rich is on Twitter and Facebook!
Rich is pursuing a doctorate degree [Ph.D.] at Washington State University.
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