Rick Planos is an accomplished leader known for his dynamic presence in both the for-profit and non-profit realms. Rick graduated from the University of Illinois. He later earned graduate degrees from the University of Nebraska and the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern, both earned after the age of 50. After raising two successful, now adult, children, Rick took on full-time caregiving duties when his mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's. Rick made a pivot for his ’third chapter’ into non-profit work earning the highest awards from AARP, Make a Wish, and Illinois Governor Pritzker. Rick's successful career and busy family life have seamlessly transitioned into an even more fulfilling phase of volunteerism, blending his professional acumen with the compassionate values instilled by his parents and grandparents and enriched by the lessons from his children and grandson.