It is said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. Retaining Richardson Consulting ensures that the same things are not done repeatedly. Rather, the firm enables an organization to integrate a new and innovative approach that enables them to achieve new levels. Clients include start-ups as well as those with lengthy records of accomplishment. The firm provides professional hands-on services for ongoing activities as well as for specific short-term projects. Richardson Consulting has a proven track record of success for its clients.
Craig E. Richardson, Principal
Craig Richardson has more than twenty years of communications, marketing, and public relations. Since1993 he has provided strategic communications, public relations, fundraising, and special events services to political clients, non-profit organizations, and advocacy groups, including serving as a chief fundraiser for former Majority Leader Tom DeLay. In addition, he established and served as Executive Director for a Leadership PAC founded by former Congressman Steve Largent and he co-managed Largent’s bid for Majority Leader of the U.S. House in 1998. Richardson also served as Executive Director of the American-Danish Business Council, a group he helped launch at the request of the Danish Embassy. As a fundraising consultant, Richardson has also raised millions of dollars for nonprofit organizations through various special events and other revenue producing disciplines.
A graduate of Bowdoin College, Craig Richardson recently received a Master of Arts degree in Theological Studies from Notre Dame Graduate School of Christendom College. He lives in McLean, Virginia, with his wife and two sons.
Mark C. Richardson, Principal
Mark Richardson has more than twenty-five years of professional business management experience, chiefly in the transportation sector. For more than a decade, he served as Assistant General Manager of Transportation for Logan International Airport in Boston, and held a similar position in Washington, D.C. for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (Reagan National and Dulles Airports). In this capacity, he coordinated the shuttle bus services, taxis, limousines, water shuttles, and managed all aspecits of the parking facilities. He has also served as General Manager for several private bus transportation firms, including companies in upstate New York, Boston, Martha’s Vineyard, and Plymouth, Massachusetts. His consulting experience includes planning and managing transportation for large convention groups, writing business and marketing plans, and computer technology upgrades.
A graduate of Hamilton College, Mark Richardson received an MBA in Finance from Columbia University Business School. He lives in Duxbury, Massachusetts with his wife and three children.
