Rich lives in Bellingham, WA with his wife Stephanie and daughter Danna. Since moving to Bellingham from Maryland in 2001, Rich has been a nonprofit consultant, a Board Member of the Whatcom Land Trust, and a volunteer river advocate for many issues. Rich is the former Executive Director of American Whitewater, and before that, Conservation and Hydropower Program Director. He is happy to be on, under, or in water in whatever form; snow, river or ocean.