Richard Grady:
CLASS OF 1967
West High SchoolClass of 1967
Madison, WI
University of Wisconsin - BusinessClass of 1974
Madison, WI
University of Wisconsin - EngineeringClass of 1968
Madison, WI
Cherokee Heights Middle SchoolClass of 1963
Madison, WI
Nakoma Elementary SchoolClass of 1960
Madison, WI
Richard's Story
A current city council member, Richard was born and raised in Madison, Wisconsin. He attended Nakoma Elementary, Cherokee Middle and West High School, and then the University of Wisconsin-Madison (Economics). He was a member of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity
Rick retired from Cornerstone Credit Union League where he served as Vice President for Research and Economics. While at the League he led all primary and secondary investigations on economic issues affecting financial institutions and consumers. He advocated on behalf of consumers and community financial institutions, especially during the Great Recession of 2008-2009 and the Savings and Loan failures in the mid 1980’s. His 30 years of financial and technology experience provided a platform for spotting future trends and opportunities, and authoring position papers on banking laws and regulations. Currently he is a deal partner with the private equity firm Blackmore Partners.
Rick serves or served as:
• Councilman, City of Plano
• Chair of the Emergency Preparedness Planning Council of the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG)
• Member of NCTCOG Regional Transportation Council, and member of the:
o Unmanned Aerial Systems Committee
o Broadband Committee
• Member of the Dallas Regional Mobility Coalition
• Board Member of the Texas Municipal League and member of the Legislative Committee
• Board Member of the National League of Cities, and member of the:
o Finance, Administration and Intergovernmental Relations Committee
o Large Cities Council
o Military Communities Council
o Legislative Committee
• Board Member to the Collin County Homeless Coalition
• Board Member of The Samaritan Inn
• Board Member of The Turning Point
• Former Board Member of the Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance and member on the Veterans Committee
• Chairman of Friends of Consumer Freedom, a nationwide non-profit organization dedicated to financial literacy education
• Founder and member of the Collin County Veterans Coalition
• Member of the Texas Health Resources Leadership Council
• Member of the Texas Health Resources Governance Committee
• Regional Director of the Texas Municipal League Region 13
• Former President, Texas Municipal League Region 13
• Former Chairman of Plano’s Planning and Zoning Commission
• Former Chairman of the Community Relations Commission.
Rick started his community service at the age of 13 when he joined the Civil Air P...Expand for more
atrol, a U.S. Air Force Auxiliary that performs three congressionally assigned key missions: emergency search and rescue, disaster relief operations and aerospace education. He earned his private pilot’s license at the age of 16. He joined the U.S. Air Force ROTC program in college and performed his active-duty service with the United States Army, first with the Military Assistance Command Vietnam as an intelligence specialist, and then the U.S. Army 1st Aviation Brigade, as a non-commissioned officer managing a company of forward air controllers and pathfinders in Vietnam. He was twice decorated with the Army Commendation Medal and the Vietnam Cross of Gallantry, and earned four bronze combat battle stars. In 2017 Rick was honored with the Congressional Veterans Commendation by U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson.
In civilian life Rick led public relations, M&A, and intelligence activities for Fortune 500 companies such as Affiliated Computer Services, Computer Task Group, and, for 20 years, at Electronic Data Systems, where he worked in mergers and acquisitions, corporate intelligence, sales training and spearheaded technological developments in SaaS, microcomputer networks, Internet technologies and cloud-based operations. He also served with the Credit Union National Association (CUNA), The IndUS Entrepreneurs Association (TIE), as Executive Director of the venture-capital trade association, as senior partner of two public relations agencies and, for ten years, a rating-busting rock & roll disc jockey for a leading college-town commercial radio station.
He is involved with the:
• Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
• Air Force Association
• American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
• American Legion
• American Veterans Association
• Army Aviation Association of America
• Association of the United States Army
• Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals
• Civil Air Patrol
• Collin County Homeless Coalition
• Collin County Veterans’ Coalition
• Dallas Regional Mobility Coalition
• Emergency Preparedness Planning Council
• Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance
• National League of Cities
• Non-Commissioned Officers Association
• North Central Texas Council of Governments
• Regional Transportation Council
• Texas Municipal League
• Texas-600 Continuum of Care
• University of Wisconsin Alumni Association
• Unmanned Aerial Systems Committee
• Veterans of Foreign Wars
• Vietnam Veterans of America.
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