biography

Rico is an experienced executive leader, facilitator, and creative strategist. Before his current role, he was the Vice President for Policy & Collaboration at Philanthropy New York (PNY) where he worked with national and New York based grant making institutions to develop events for foundation staff members. Prior to his time at PNY, Rico was the Vice President of Strategic Projects and member of the executive team responsible for the expansion, evolution and management of The Posse Foundation. He has played multiple roles that have supported the growth of Posse, notably as the national director of training and site development, which helped replicate the Posse program during the early stages of the organization’s growth.. During his 20 years at Posse, Rico has codified and developed Posse’s comprehensive curriculum and processes, led multiple staff trainings and has helped develop Posse’s unique brand.

In 2008, Posse honored Rico alongside Lloyd Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs; Deval & Diane Patrick, Former Governor and First Lady of Massachusetts and Nancy Vickers, President Emerita, Bryn Mawr College. Rico led a series of organization wide initiatives for Posse, which included the cultivation of a new consulting arm, whose aim was to leverage Posse’s expertise and work with institutions, organizations and companies build more inclusive cultures and design youth leadership and resilience programs for diverse populations. He graduated magna cum laude from Vanderbilt University with a degree in Human and Organizational Development and English Creative writing.