Rick Pierce

RICK PIERCE is cofounder and senior consultant for Rising Sun Consultants, LLC, as well as an Associate Professor at the Pennsylvania State University. Rick has extensive leadership experience in both the nonprofit and for-profit fields. He has owned his own small business, served on several major boards, and also served on the senior leadership team for one of the nation’s largest nonprofit organizations.

An award-winning teacher and motivational speaker, Rick holds a BS in psychology from Monmouth College, an MS in counseling from the Pennsylvania State University, and a PhD from Texas Tech University in counseling psychology. Rick has over thirty years of professional experience providing psychological and business-based assessments on both an individual and group basis.

Rick is a family man with three grown children and lives in central Pennsylvania with his wife, Jayne, of more than thirty-five years.