Richard has served as Executive Director of RMM since 1991. Ordained as an Episcopal priest, Richard has served in congregations in New York and Massachusetts and as a chaplain at Vassar College. He has also worked for a number of non-profit organizations in Massachusetts and New York including: Greater Boston Legal Services, Oficina Hispana, and the Episcopal City Mission. Richard also staffed the Burgess Urban Fund in eastern Massachusetts. Richard is also a Trinity Transformational Fellow with Trinity Church Wall Street. He has been honored with the Kennedy-Sam Hirsch Award from the New York State Labor-Religion Coalition, the President’s Award from Marist College and by the Westchester ACLU. In 2022 Richard was named by City & State NY as one of New York’s top 100 faith leaders, as well as one of its top 100 labor leaders.