Rick has more than thirty years’ experience in the non-profit housing and community development field. For the past 23 years he has served as Executive Director of the Philadelphia Association of Community Development Corporations (PACDC), a membership association of organizations working to create an equitable city where every Philadelphian lives, works, and thrives in a neighborhood that offers an excellent quality of life. He currently serves on a number of housing and community development-related boards, and has helped lead a number of successful advocacy campaigns.