Rich is Senior Vice President, Public Affairs at MAD Global Strategy. He is a graduate of Manhattan College, Riverdale, NY, with undergraduate degrees in Finance and Economics. Prior to joining MAD Global, he spent 13 years with a national public affairs firm leading their New Jersey Public Affairs practice. He was also a political consultant with Jamestown Associates, where he consulted for over 50 Congressional campaigns throughout the nation, as well as numerous nonprofits and 527 groups. He has an extensive background in grassroots advocacy and community relations while working on issues that range from transportation to health care. He is also the former Mercer County Republican Committee Chairman, two-term Councilman in Robbinsville Township, and former Executive Director of the Burlington County Republican Committee. He has been a registered lobbyist in New Jersey for over 19 years.
Over the past 20 years, Rich has worked on a variety of campaigns focusing on community relations, government relations, third party coalition building, media relations, social/digital strategy and public relations. Rich specializes in working on Public Affairs campaigns that use many different skillsets to accomplish the client’s goal. He has worked on many multifaceted campaigns for clients like JCP&L, Veolia Water New Jersey, Diamond Generating, OpportunityNJ, Right to Repair Coalition, Fuel Your Way NJ Coalition, and countless others. Rich also works with many trade associations nationally and in New Jersey. He has worked with clients such as Mechanical Contractors Association of NJ, New Jersey Farm Bureau, National Small Business Financial Association, Association of Bi-State Motor Carriers, Employers Association of NJ, and many more.
Rich has appeared in many online news publications such as Politico, NJBIZ, ROI-NJ, BINJE, Forbes.com, NJ.com, New York Times, Philadelphia Business Journal, Yahoo.com and many others. He has also appeared on NJ101.5FM, WCBS-NY, New Jersey Network, SpotlightTV, and News12 New Jersey discussing legislative initiatives for his clients.
Rich lives with his wife, Kristin, and their three sons Collin (13), Owen (7), and Dylan (4).
