As communications director, Rick is responsible for developing and executing communications strategies to support Fund for Shared Insight’s goals, which include expanding the number of nonprofits and funders who use beneficiary feedback to inform and improve their work and building a stronger feedback field nationally. After serving as vice president for programs and communications at the Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation from 2010 to 2017, Rick launched an independent consulting practice focused on philanthropy. Before joining Meyer in 2003, Rick was executive director of the Ohio Association of Nonprofit Organizations and held senior management positions at BoardSource. Rick co-authored the Daring to Lead 2006 and 2011 national studies of nonprofit executive leadership, and is a columnist for The Chronicle of Philanthropy.