Issue, risk, and crisis communicator specializing in high risk / low trust communications. Before Rick joined Intel in 1998, he was Director of the Office of Emergency Services (OES) for the County of Santa Clara (CA). Before that, he worked as Public Information Officer for the Office of Emergency Services in San Mateo County (CA), serving as a crisis communicator during many emergencies including the 1995 Sonoma and San Mateo County floods; 1994 Northridge Earthquake; 1992 Los Angeles (Rodney King) Riots; 1992 Landers/Big Bear Earthquakes; and the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake. In 1995 and again in 2001, Rick provided media coordination and overhead management support to FEMA's Urban Search and Rescue program (California TF-3) during their responses to terrorist attacks in Oklahoma City and New York City. Rick also served for many years as a volunteer emergency medical technician and Captain of a wilderness search and rescue team. Rick is the recipient of several citations from the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services for his work in Presidentially-declared disasters and received the Pacific Telesis Vail Award and the American Red Cross Presidential Citation for saving a human life. Rick’s background includes work in telecommunications; San Francisco radio and television news, production and marketing at K-101 AM&FM, KMEL 106 FM, KTSF TV-26, and ABC Radio. He holds a First Class FCC radiotelephone license and has been a licensed amateur radio operator for many years. His writings on crisis communications, media, & emergency services have been published in numerous government, emergency management, and public safety industry journals. Most recently, Rick was a contributing editor to the Crisis Communications chapter of a recently published PR writer’s handbook. See it here: http://www.amazon.com/Public-Relations-Writers-Handbook-Digital/dp/0787986313/ref=sr_1_1/104-1446389-1516753?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1178140915&sr=1-1
