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Dick Rush Biography
Richard P. Rush, CCE (Certified
Chamber Executive) has served as President and CEO of
The State Chamber,
Oklahoma’s Association of Business & Industry since September 1986.
Under his leadership, The State Chamber has done a tremendous job
representing Oklahoma businesses at the State and Federal levels of
government, saving business millions of dollars in unjust laws and
regulations.
Prior to coming to Oklahoma, Dick was Regional Manager of the United
States Chamber of Commerce Southwestern Regional Office, headquartered
in Dallas, for nearly six years and spent four years with the California
State Chamber of Commerce as a specialist in developing a Legislative
Action Program for Small Business.
His 31-year chamber career began at the San Francisco Chamber of
Commerce. He later assumed the position of Executive Vice President for
the San Rafael Chamber of Commerce.
Dick received his CCE designation in October 1989. The State Chamber
became the first state chamber in the nation to be accredited in
December 1990, and re-accredited in 1995 and 2000.
As a project advisor for the U.S. Chamber’s Center for International
Private Enterprise, Dick served as a consultant to the National Chamber
of Commerce in Zimbabwe, Africa.
He was named: "Executive of the Year" 1999 by the Oklahoma Chamber of
Commerce Executives Association.
Dick currently serves as:
- President, Oklahoma Families for Jobs and Justice, Inc. (The
Right-To-Work strategy)
- Honorary Advisor, Oklahoma Institute for Teaching East Asia (OKITEA)
- Executive in Charge, Sister-Chamber Relationship between The Oklahoma
State Chamber/Gansu, China Provincial Chamber
- Secretary, Oklahoma 21st Century Research Foundation
- Member, Governor’s International Team
- Member, International Business Forum of Oklahoma
- Board Member, Leadership Oklahoma Advisory Board
- Oklahoma District Export Council (DEC)
- Board Member, Oklahoma Business Circle for Arts Education
- Board Member, Oklahoma Technology Commercialization Center
- Executive Committee, Oklahoma Business Roundtable
- Member, Information Services & Technology Committee (ACCE)
- Board Member, Oklahoma Chamber of Commerce Executives (OCCE)
- Presenter at the VI Hemispheric Sister Cities Forum in Iquique, Chile
– June 2004
- Recipient of The Energy Advocates’ “Community Advocate of the Year
Award” for 2004
- Charter Class Member, Leadership Oklahoma
- Past-Chairman, National Council of State Chambers of Commerce (COSC)
- Past Chairman, Oklahoma Futures 5-Year Planning Task Force
- Past Board of Trustees Member, Institute for Organization Management,
and
- Past Vice Chairman, Institute for Organization Management - Oklahoma
- Past Board Member, American Chamber of Commerce Executives (ACCE)
- Past Chairman, ChamberNet Committee, ACCE
- Past Member, The Salvation Army Advisory Board
- Past Chairman and current Member, Chamber of Commerce Committee, U.S.
Chamber of Commerce
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Richard P.
Rush President & CEO
The State Chamber
Oklahoma's
Association
of Business & Industry
405-235-3669
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