Rick Lochner is the President and CEO of RPC Leadership Associates, Inc. He is an accomplished Coach, Facilitator, College Professor, Keynote and Workshop Speaker, Author and foremost, a Leader.

His vision is to help business owners, corporate and non-profit leadership teams and individual professionals make leadership a way of life. He coaches organizational leaders to leverage effective goal-setting, organizational planning, people development and process improvement to ensure their business strategies achieve their desired results.

Rick Lochner is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and spent his 11-year military career leading soldiers in challenging environments around the globe. After leaving the Army, he spent the next 18 years in corporate leadership positions ranging from front-line management to senior executive management. He successfully led organizations in Fortune 100 corporations and privately held entrepreneurial ventures across multiple industries both for-profit and non-profit.

In addition to his undergraduate studies, Rick holds both an MS and MBA. He is a visiting professor at the Keller Graduate School of Management where he teaches a variety of leadership-related topics including 21st Century Leadership, Managing Organizational Change and Strategic Management.

In addition to authoring The Missing Piece, he is also a contributing author of A Common Sense Approach to Sustainability.

Rick gives back to the local community as a member of the Board of Directors for Literacy DuPage, as well as the Naperville Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. He and his wife, Colleen, reside in Naperville, IL.