I’m Charles Rickert. And I get results.
I’m a highly accomplished, sales and management consulting leader with a 20+ year track record of success. I help teams generate meaningful revenue growth through efficiencies and operational excellence. The foundation for every great team is the manager. My mission is to empower managers to better direct their personal strengths while unlocking the unique talents of their team.
I have been a top-performing sales leader at Canon Solutions America, an award-winning Senior Consultant at Gallup and Enterprise Mobility. I am a Prosci-certified Change Practitioner with experience helping teams through significant transitions. I hold an MBA and bachelor’s degree from Marquette University. My Clifton Strengths Top 5 are: Maximizer, Relator, Learner, Competition, and Achiever.
Email me at: charles@rickert.llc
I’m Diana Rickert. And I love a good challenge.
I’m a highly accomplished, results-oriented nonprofit leader with a 20+ year track record of success. I have a knack for crafting and successfully executing strategies that achieve impact and growth. My colleagues say I bring out the best in them – and that I’m particularly adept at assembling high performance teams.
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Here’s more about what I’ve done and where I’ve been:
From 2017 to 2022, I was vice president at the Liberty Justice Center. I joined the organization as its first Vice President just after it learned the Supreme Court would hear its case, Janus v. AFSCME. I oversaw the public affairs campaign surrounding that case, which had me working side-by-side with the lawyers on that case, allied organizations and the plaintiff, Mark Janus. We won that case, giving LJC a platform to expand its portfolio. I then developed and executed a multi-year strategy to expand Liberty Justice Center from a two-lawyer, Illinois-focused firm with a $600,000 annual budget to a national litigation powerhouse with a dozen full-time staff, a robust caseload and $6.2 million in charitable support. I oversaw all aspects of the organization, including: nonprofit compliance and governance, financial management and decision-making, recruiting and personnel management, benefits and payroll administration, projects and workflow, brand development, partnerships with grant and partner organizations, and interdepartmental synergy. Together with my team, I chartered the law firm’s expansion into new issue areas including educational choice, cancel culture, and federal overreach.
Prior to LJC, I was Vice President of Communications at the Illinois Policy Institute, where I built and led a robust communications department, regularly placing the Institute’s experts in The Wall Street Journal, Associated Press and Fox News, among other platforms. I also lead several key issue advocacy campaigns, achieving meaningful success in the otherwise blue state of Illinois.
For years I wrote a must-read opinion column for the Chicago Tribune and appeared on regional and national TV as a spokesperson. Before joining the nonprofit world, I was an award-winning journalist. I have worked for the Milwaukee Business Journal, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Associated Press, suburban Chicago Daily Herald and Northwest Herald, among other publications. I have also consulted for two global public relations companies, private law firms, a 501c4 and 501c6.
My Clifton Strengths Top 5 are: Discipline, Responsibility, Achiever, Relator, and Belief.
Email me at: diana@rickert.llc
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