Former Member, Interim Joint Committee on Education, Commonwealth of Kentucky House of Representatives

Representative, Commonwealth of Kentucky House of Representatives, District 87, 2001-2019

Candidate, Treasurer, Commonwealth of Kentucky, 2015

Former Member, Appropriations and Revenue Committee, Commonwealth of Kentucky House of Representatives

Former Member, Budget Review Subcommittee on Primary and Secondary Education, Commonwealth of Kentucky House of Representatives

Former Vice Chair, Education Committee, Commonwealth of Kentucky House of Representatives

Former Member, House Budget Review Subcommittee on General Government, Commonwealth of Kentucky House of Representatives

Former Co-Chair, Interim Joint Committee on Labor and Industry, Commonwealth of Kentucky House of Representatives

Former Member, Interim Joint Committee on Natural Resources and Environment, Commonwealth of Kentucky House of Representatives

Former Member, Interim Joint Committee on Transportation, Commonwealth of Kentucky House of Representatives

Former Member, Interim Joint Committee on Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection, Commonwealth of Kentucky House of Representatives

Former Chair, Labor and Industry Committee, Commonwealth of Kentucky House of Representatives

Former Member, Natural Resources and Energy Committee, Commonwealth of Kentucky House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Elementary and Secondary Education, Commonwealth of Kentucky House of Representatives

Former Member, Tourism and Outdoor Recreation Committee, Commonwealth of Kentucky State House of Representatives

Former Teacher, Bell County School System

Member/Deacon, West Cumberland Avenue Baptist Church, present

Member, Gideons International

Member, Kentucky Education Association

Member, National Rifle Association (NRA)

Coach, Girls High School Softball, 1990-1998

Awards:

Friend of Education Award, Kentucky Educator's Association, 2014;
Retired Teacher's Award, Bell County/Pineville Retired Teacher's Association, 2015

Father's Name:

Jim

Father's Occupation:

Rick's father Jim worked in the coal mines at the Black Star Coal Company in Harlan, becoming permanently disabled following a serious accident in the mine when Rick was just five years old.

Mother's Name:

Berle

Mother's Occupation:

Employee, local grocery store

Spouse's Occupation:

Schoolteacher