Rick Ridder

Rick Ridder is President and Co-Founder of RBI Strategies and Research. A former presidential campaign manager and a senior consultant for six other presidential campaigns, Rick has consulted for numerous U.S. Congressional, gubernatorial, and state and local initiative campaigns. Internationally, he has worked in over 23 nations including the successful campaigns of eight heads of state.

For his work in electoral reform,  Rick was recognized with the “Award of Achievement” from the Gleitsman Foundation for “commitment and leadership initiating social change,” and the IAPC’s Founders Lifetime Achievement Award for “contributing to the robust debate of world issues, civil discourse, and the sharing of knowledge of the democratic political process.”

He has written for numerous publications in the US and abroad, and has appeared on “The Daily Show,” all major US networks, and numerous foreign broadcast networks. His book, Looking for Votes in All the Wrong Places, received top honors for “Humor” and “Politics” from the Colorado Independent Publishers Book Association.

He is a former member of the Metropolitan Denver Baseball Commission and is a current member of the Colorado Transportation Commission.

He holds a B.A. from Middlebury College, a M.S. from Boston University, and was a Special Student at Harvard Law School. He lives in Oak Creek, Colorado with his wife and business partner, Joannie Braden.