Rick Moyers, M.A.

Rick has nearly two decades of experience in working to strengthen the management and leadership of nonprofit organizations and increase the voice and visibility of the nonprofit sector. Before joining Meyer, he spent four years as executive director of the Ohio Association of Nonprofit Organizations, based in Columbus, and from 1992 to 1999 he held senior management positions at BoardSource, a national organization dedicated to strengthening nonprofit boards of directors. He is a frequent speaker and trainer on nonprofit management and leadership issues, and has written for The Chronicle of Philanthropy and Nonprofit Times. While at BoardSource, he co-authored A Snapshot of America’s Nonprofit Boards, the first national nonprofit governance survey, and while at Meyer was a co-author of Daring to Lead 2006, a national study of nonprofit executive directors. He is also the author of The Nonprofit Chief Executive's Ten Basic Responsibilities, published by BoardSource in 2006.

A long-time Maryland resident, Rick holds a bachelor's degree from Columbia Union College inTakoma Park and a master’s degree from the University of Baltimore. He has served in a variety of volunteer roles for the Foundation Center, the Nonprofit Roundtable of Greater Washington, the Community Foundation for the National Capital Region, and the Montgomery County Community Foundation. He is a past board member of Imagination Stage, a family theater and arts education organization in Bethesda, and currently serves on the board of the Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers. Rick is a 2009 graduate of Leadership Montgomery. In 2009, his work received national recognition when he was chosen as the co-recipient of the Alliance for Nonprofit Management’s inaugural Grantmaker in Capacity Building Award.