Dick holds a real estate broker's license, with degrees from Indiana University in business administration and Purdue University with a degree in Industrial Supervision and additional graduate work done in business and Education. Dick experienced 25 years in the hospitality industry in various capacities. Dick was program chair for Hospitality management at Indiana Vocational Technical College and state wide curriculum director. Dick managed 150 students, 8 part time instructors and the apprentice cooks 3 year training program. Dick was the eastern US coordinator for TAPS (a contractor for JTPS) and managed groups in Philadelphia, Chicago, Rochester, Buffalo, McKeesport Pennsylvania(Pittsburg) ,Newark, NJ, Omaha Nebraska, Fayetteville, NC and Tulsa Oklahoma. The job placement rate was 95% with average class size of 30 students . Dick has done work at MCF and MCJ with men, women and youth using CBT with media intervention and aided recall utilizing notebook journaling. Dick initiated Scouts beyond bars for children whose parents are incarcerated as a way to provide structure to the parents and youth affected by incarceration. As a continuation of the jail work, Dick manages PRAM, serves on the advisory board at Industry and the Juvenile Justice Council. Dick is a US Navy veteran.