About

 

Rich Zacaroli has served for over 30 years on boards of non-governmental organizations in the education, cultural exchange, community development, and finance sectors. He is chair of the board of directors of Greenheart International. He is a member of Rotary International, a Paul Harris Fellow, and President-elect of the Rotary Club of South Sacramento. Rich is a frequent guest lecturer at CSU-Sacramento and has authored numerous articles focused on the socio-political environment in the U.S. 

Rich has forty-three years of experience in the private sector. He has held senior and executive management roles with small businesses and Fortune 500 companies. His focus has been developing technology and business innovation strategies for emerging markets, and managing business initiatives in space remote sensing and related technologies for defense, sustainable agriculture and food security.

Rich has extensive international experience, and has transacted business in over 30 of the nearly 55 countries he has visited. Rich developed partnerships and managed projects throughout Europe, the Middle East and North Africa while headquartered in Rome, Italy. He also developed and managed business collaborations and projects throughout Asia, including, Korea, Thailand, Japan, Singapore and China.

Rich has an MBA degree from Lake Forest Graduate School of Management with a graduate certificate in Change Management, a BBA degree from Wichita State University, and has completed numerous leadership courses and certifications.

Rich and his wife Lori live in Sacramento, California. They have a blended family of five children and twelve grandchildren.

What Rich has passionately pursued in the private sector might also be applied to the public sector. We need a new paradigm for rallying our legislators to come together despite ideological differences and address the most pressing issues of our time. We need legislative and social innovation and transformation to address health care, immigration, climate change, trade and economic growth in ways that are environmentally and fiscally responsible.