Rick oversees Strategic Planning for Alliance. His primary focus is on investment opportunities, deal structures and financing structures to best position Alliance for long term growth.

Rick serves as a member of the Illinois General Assembly’s Public Accountant Registration Committee and is the immediate past Chairman of the Illinois CPA Society’s Ethics Committee. As part of the AICPA’s Peer Review program, Rick has conducted many reviews of other certified public accounting firms.

His professional affiliations include: American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Illinois CPA Society, MSI Global Alliance, Illinois CPA Society Ethics Committee (Immediate Past Chairman).

Rick has a Bachelor of Science in Accountancy, Northern Illinois University and is a licensed CPA in the State of Illinois. He is very involved in the community. He is Treasurer of The Standard Club, Chicago, IL, on the Board of Directors of Camp Independence, on the Board of Directors of the Deerfield, Bannockburn, Riverwoods Chamber of Commerce—Past Chairman of the Board and a former Board of Directors Member for Big Brothers‐Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago and Cancer Wellness Center.