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Richard spent nearly three decades inside Congress, most of them in the chair that controls a Member's scarcest resource: the calendar – and all of that with one Member. That tenure with the same Member is unusual on the Hill; holding the same function while the office grew from a rank-and-file House seat to a Senate leadership operation is close to unheard of. Richard's tenure earned him a network of trusted, bipartisan relationships across both chambers and a reputation as a steady hand to House and Senate leadership offices.
He most recently served as Deputy Chief of Staff to U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt, where he directed operations for a leadership office of more than sixty professionals and led strategic engagement across the Capitol complex and with organizations and prominent businesses nationwide. That vantage point taught him the internal dynamics of an office and the art of connecting the right person to the right issue at the right moment. Directing an operation that size also meant building it: he has spent his career assembling teams that run on trust rather than hierarchy and giving the people on them room for personal development and growth beyond their title.
The move from Capitol Hill to the private sector was a deliberate one, and the skill set carried over intact. He knows the value of time, how to leverage that toward priorities, and how to make an ask land at the moment it can actually be heard, which is exactly what effective advocacy requires. Richard now applies that judgment on behalf of clients who need Washington to work for them rather than around them.
As an entrepreneur and small business owner, and someone who successfully sat on both sides of the table, Richard knows what it takes for a business to engage government successfully, and what it costs when that engagement goes wrong. He knows how to build an organization that will hold together under pressure and is passionate about ensuring people around him leave the room more confident and capable than when they entered.
Richard spent nearly three decades inside Congress, most of them in the chair that controls a Member’s scarcest resource: the calendar – and all of that with one Member. That tenure with the same Member is unusual on the Hill; holding the same function while the office grew from a rank-and-file House seat to a Senate leadership operation is close to unheard of. Richard’s tenure earned him a network of trusted, bipartisan relationships across both chambers and a reputation as a steady hand to House and Senate leadership offices.
He most recently served as Deputy Chief of Staff to U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt, where he directed operations for a leadership office of more than sixty professionals and led strategic engagement across the Capitol complex and with organizations and prominent businesses nationwide. That vantage point taught him the internal dynamics of an office and the art of connecting the right person to the right issue at the right moment. Directing an operation that size also meant building it: he has spent his career assembling teams that run on trust rather than hierarchy and giving the people on them room for personal development and growth beyond their title.
The move from Capitol Hill to the private sector was a deliberate one, and the skill set carried over intact. He knows the value of time, how to leverage that toward priorities, and how to make an ask land at the moment it can actually be heard, which is exactly what effective advocacy requires. Richard now applies that judgment on behalf of clients who need Washington to work for them rather than around them.
As an entrepreneur and small business owner, and someone who successfully sat on both sides of the table, Richard knows what it takes for a business to engage government successfully, and what it costs when that engagement goes wrong. He knows how to build an organization that will hold together under pressure and is passionate about ensuring people around him leave the room more confident and capable than when they entered.