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Rick, a native Seattleite and first-time filmmaker, combines his experience as an educator, performer, and playwright to shape his first production,Seattle Black Panthers Fight for Justice & Freedom, scheduled for completion in late 2026. A storyteller at heart, he’s written a stage play about his mother’s battle with pancreatic cancer and appeared on numerous community stages over the last 15 years as a performer. He was a lead character in Eddie Smith's short film Behind Closed Doors. Rick earned his B.A. in Broadcast Communications from the UW and began his broadcast career as a sports producer at KOMO TV, followed by being Executive Producer of KJR’s first sports talk show, Callin' All Sports, in 1989. He was the first black sports talk show host in Seattle when he took to the airwaves in 1992. Rick has served as emcee for live community events like the Cierra Sisters World Cancer Day and MLK Day celebrations. He is a lead play-by-play announcer forRainier Avenue Radio's prep sports coverage. 2026 marks his 14th year at Seattle Academy, where he serves as DEIB Coordinator, focusing on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) initiatives, which include supporting the school's 27 Affinity Groups across both the upper and middle schools. He also plays a support role in delivering professional development training and resources to faculty and staff. Rick has served as a nonprofit executive at organizations such as Rotary and Rainier Vista Boys & Girls Clubs, and CAMP (now Byrd Barr Place). His career included City government as well, where he spent four years focused on nonprofit capacity building and social enterprise as part of Mayor Paul Schell’s Strategic Planning and Human Services initiatives for the City of Seattle in the early 2000s. He has also served on multiple nonprofit boards and is a currentShare Fund Committee Member.