An Associate Partner with Social Venture Partners RI, he is always looking for new ways to help his clients. Rich co-founded the state’s first seminars on same sex financial planning, writes on business issues for several on-line “Patch” newspapers, and has been appearing regularly on a local news show. Like Michael, he oversees non-profit audits and has an active tax practice. Rich has been with ALSD for nearly twenty years and became a partner in 1998. As befits his Buddhist background and Jewish upbringing he has been nicknamed “zen mensch accountant”.