Experience

University of Virginia Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lecturer

  • Jan 2014 - Present



Center for Christian Study

• Charlottesville, Virginia Area

• Director of Graduate Ministries

  • Sep 2016 - Present



Lockheed Martin

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director for Health, Human Services and Health Information Technology

  • Jun 2010 - Aug 2016

  As Lockheed Martin Director for Health, Human Services and Health Information Technology, Rick focused on health and health IT solutions that provide enhanced quality and value in health care and public health. Drawing on his leadership experience in the public and private sectors in health, health policy, privacy and human services policy, Rick was responsible for advancing policy and strategic opportunities in health care, public health and health information technology, and for engagement with federal and industry thought leaders on achieving better solutions in health care. While at Lockheed Martin he also served on national boards and panels addressing health information technology, privacy, informed consent and cybersecurity. Show less



B&D Consulting

• United States
• Public Policy Offices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Advisor and Counsel

  • Oct 2009 - Jun 2010

  As Senior Advisor and B&D Consulting and Counsel to Baker & Daniels, Rick provided strategic, policy and legal counsel on health care, human services, and health privacy issues. He advised hospital systems on complex privacy compliance and patient care issues, and in responding to federal investigations alleging breaches in protecting patient psychiatric data. He assisted industry innovators working with federal partners to develop new means of assessing quality health care delivery; and advised a nationwide human services consortium on implications of significant changes in federal policy and regulation. Show less



U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS)

• Counselor to the Secretary, Science & Public Health

  • Jun 2007 - Jan 2009

  Senior advisor to the Secretary, providing policy counsel and program leadership to HHS, executive branch and senior agency officials on all matters related to the FDA, National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality: • Guided development and finalization of all significant initiatives, regulations and supporting budgets involving these agencies, including all major new FDA drug, device, food and import safety authorities, development of regulatory pathways for new generations of diagnostics, and guidance on transgenic animals and animal cloning. • Coordinated HHS policy on domestic and international HIV/AIDS prevention efforts, and modernization of lists of diseases affecting immigration to the United States. • Led development of implementing regulations for new legislatively-created Patient Safety Organizations, enabling hospitals and providers to share reports on quality of patient care that is protected from unauthorized disclosure and discovery in civil litigation. • Lead advisor on medical privacy and issues at the intersection of privacy and health information technology. • Oversaw and coordinated agency response on urgent policy issues ranging from import and food safety to care for World Trade Center first responders. • Coordinated and helped negotiate HHS and executive branch positions that led to passage of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act. • Oversaw the HHS Personalized Healthcare Initiative, pressing department-wide efforts to advance research and approval of innovations in genetic and molecular medicine. Show less



U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Counselor to the Secretary, Human Services

  • Mar 2005 - Jun 2007

  Senior advisor to the Secretary, providing policy counsel and program leadership to HHS and Executive Branch senior officials on matters related to the Administration on Children and Families, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Administration on Aging, Office for Civil Rights, and the HHS Office on Faith Based and Community Initiatives. • Led HHS resolution of key policy issues to develop regulations implementing the first major welfare reform legislation in ten years. • Coordinated HHS efforts in wake of Hurricane Katrina to reform antiquated and costly Louisiana health care delivery system;. • Led the Secretary’s team charged with coordinating the HHS, Department of Education and Department of Justice nationwide review of school violence, mental health and privacy issues in response to the Virginia Tech shootings tragedy. • Key contributor to policy, regulation and guidance addressing legal parameters for participation by religious organizations in federal grant programs. • Coordinated HHS support and served as Secretary lead representative to the decennial White House Conference on Aging. • HHS representative to the President’s Board on Safeguarding Civil Liberties. Show less



U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

• Director, Office for Civil Rights

  • Aug 2002 - Nov 2005

  Led the HHS Office for Civil Rights, with 270 staff in ten national offices and $35 million annual budget, and responsible for nationwide compliance and enforcement of federal laws protecting health privacy and prohibiting discrimination on the basis or race, ethnicity, disability, age or sex. • As head of nationwide compliance and enforcement for HIPAA Privacy, led final adoption and nationwide rollout, implementation, and enforcement of the HIPAA Privacy Rule. Oversaw response to over fifteen thousand privacy complaints in the first two years after the rule became effective, and all privacy regulations and guidance issued by HHS. • Concluded settlement agreements over longstanding civil rights matters related to services for people with disabilities and federal obligations to provide services to persons with limited English proficiency, with major institutions and jurisdictions, including the City of Los Angeles, the state of Oregon, and Yale/New Haven Hospital. • Served as the chief U.S. spokesperson, in national and local media, on medical privacy and on civil rights issues in health care and human services. Testified before Congress and was frequent keynote speaker at national conferences on medical privacy and civil rights • Routinely met, addressed, and engaged interest and advocacy groups on medical privacy and civil rights issues. • Worked closely with the newly-founded HHS Office on Disability to educate, inform and coordinate federal efforts to address the needs of persons with disabilities. • Member of senior HHS policy councils on Privacy, Health Information Technology, Medicare Modernization, Limited English Proficiency and Health Disparities. Led and oversaw major OCR staff reorganization, involving buyout and union negotiations, needed to realign OCR for new and expanded responsibilities. Show less



Gammon & Grange, P.C.

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director and Shareholder

  • Jan 1989 - Jul 2002

  • As co-chair of the firm’s non-profit practice, provided counsel to senior executives and boards of tax-exempt organizations on broad range of corporate and regulatory issues, including federal and state tax-exempt and corporate compliance, corporate structure and governance requirements, employment law, intellectual property and constitutional law. • Represented clients in successful, multi-year complex copyright royalty litigation against major national media interests. • Represented clients in successful challenges to government and Internal Revenue Service reviews of exempt status, charitable purpose and political activity. • Advised clients on broad state and federal compliance/risk management issues. • Extensive review of contractual arrangements between exempt organizations and senior personnel, corporate partners, and service providers. • Served as mediator and concluded successful resolution of significant media rights dispute between two national non-profit entities. • Frequent lecturer at seminars and national conferences on law of exempt organizations, governance, employment, and ethics issues. • Editor of Nonprofit Alert monthly newsletter, plus numerous Nonprofit Alert Memoranda on topics of concern to nonprofit entities. Show less