Richard W. Walker is senior vice president. Richard has varied and in-depth experience ranging from marketing communications and small business consulting to financial and investor relations and strategic market planning.  His background includes director of public relations at Dr Pepper/7 Up, national spokesperson for the Boy Scouts of America, vice president of financial communications at Edelman Worldwide and Midwest correspondent for Group W television and radio. He also held the position of visiting assistant professor of communications at the University of Texas at Arlington for five years.

Walker served for 10 years on the Keller (TX) ISD board of education, including four terms as board president. He is a graduate of the University of Maryland (B.S. in journalism) and the University of Texas at Arlington (M.A. in economics).

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