For Rick, it’s always been about being creative.

He is the author of the award-winning “Tabitha Fink” children's book series.

Prior to that, for more than 25 years, his range of talents has been a driving force in both his personal life and successful broadcasting career.

At KPIX in San Francisco, Rick won numerous industry awards for promotion of news, the San Francisco 49’ers and Oakland A’s. At WGN-TV Chicago, Rick won a national Emmy award for his AIDS awareness PSA featuring Michael Jordan.

Rick served as VP Creative Services and Digital Media for Tribune Broadcasting, leading the promotion and marketing efforts of more than 20 major market TV stations and their web sites.

During his career he moved seamlessly through edit systems from CMX to Final Cut, taught himself to shoot film, pushed for Tribune’s entry into SMS mobile promotions and personally built the very first Tribune Broadcasting web site.

Rick is a winner of multiple National and regional Emmy, Telly and Promax awards.