Richard started as Events Manager at MNM after two years working for NY Sen. Chuck Schumer on his successful 2010 re-election campaign, helping to plan over 150 events in NYC and throughout the country to raise nearly $18 million in campaign funds.  Prior to moving to New York, he worked in the D.C. office of veteran political consultant Nancy Jacobson following 8 months on the ground in New Hampshire, Missouri and Ohio for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.  He went to Georgetown University, where he caught the political bug majoring in Government and African-American Studies and led the school’s AIDS Coalition.  He is from Cincinnati, OH and plans to stay in NYC for a long time.