About Richard C. Peck

From July 2023 through January 2024, Rick served as interim VP for Development at the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, which is the largest community foundation in the world.  For six years prior to that, as VP for Development and Philanthropy Services, Rick led the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation’s philanthropy and donor services team, overseeing all aspects of development, donor engagement, and donor services.

Before joining this statewide community foundation, Rick served Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health and the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College as director of individual giving and gift planning, where he worked with grateful patients and families as well as medical school alumni to achieve their philanthropic goals. He also served Dartmouth College as an associate director of gift planning, working with alumni of the undergraduate college.

Rick is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™, a Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy® and a Chartered Financial Consultant®. He holds an MBA from Baker College in Michigan and a BA from the University of Massachusetts. He is one of the 21/64 Certified Advisors and recently received his Daylight Advisors | impact philanthropy advisor certification.

Rick is a highly requested speaker and educator on the topic of philanthropy, regularly presenting through respected live and on-demand professional education platforms, including:

• Leimberg Information Services (LISI) More than ten topic areas are available on demand through Elevate Your Expertise with Estate, Tax, and Financial Planning Webinars.
  
• CPA Academy – Instructor
  Two popular topic areas are offered both live and on demand, with more than 10,000 registered attendees over the past several years.
  
• myCPE ONE – Expert Instructor
  Nearly 200 live and recorded webinars have been delivered via myCPE, where Rick serves as an expert instructor
  
• Financial Experts Network – Webinar Presenter
  Live and recorded webinar programming for financial professionals

In addition to online education, Rick has served as a presenter at conferences organized by Association of Fundraising Professionals – Northern New England and Volunteer NH, as well as in more intimate professional settings for University of Massachusetts Lowell, Ameriprise Financial, Ledyard Financial Advisors, and the Fairfield County Community Foundation.

Rick is also a frequent podcast guest, appearing on programs such as Giving Voices, including an UnCharitable film discussion,  and Nonprofits on a Mission with Sarah Andrews. He previously served as resident podcaster at the DAF Giving Summit, contributing interviews and live coverage.

Most recently, Rick was the featured speaker for the Estate Planning Council of Northern Nevada, co-sponsored by the Planned Giving Round Table of Northern Nevada, delivering a two-hour presentation titled What You Need to Know Regarding Charitable Giving in 2025 and Under the New Administration. He also presented on this topic at the Fired Up Fundraising Conference in Manchester, New Hampshire.

Rick is the 2023-2025 President of the Board of Directors of the International Association of Advisors in Philanthropy (AiP). He is a member of the Ledyard Financial Advisors Advisory Council led by President and CEO Josephine Moran. Rick is also a member of the American College of Financial Services’ inaugural FinServe Network of philanthropic thought leaders and appeared in April 2023 and September 2024 on a small televised panel with the College’s president George Nichols, who interviewed him each time. Also through the American College, Rick is a member of its Industry Advisory Council. Rick is a present or former member of the following organizations: Association of Fundraising Professionals Northern New England (AFP-NNE), the Boston Estate Planning Council (BEPC), the Financial Planning Association (FPA), the NH & VT Council of Charitable Gift Planners, the NH Estate Planning Council, the community foundation-focused AdNet (Advancement Network), the Amelia Group (VPs of Development of large community foundations across the U.S.)—where he served as the Amelia Group’s organizer and moderator for almost two years—and finally, the business networking group USA 500, where he hosted the only Nonprofit RoundTable.

Rick is an honoree of NH Business Review's list of the NH 200 for 2024, which features New Hampshire’s most influential business leaders across major industries, like the nonprofit industry. He is also recognized in the MYCPE ONE Excellence Awards 2024 as one of the Top Speakers and Content Creators.

Rick has also been featured in the following publications: MSN, Global Banking & Finance Review, NonprofitPRO, Benzinga, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Yahoo! Finance, My Carolina – CBS17.com and Financial Advisor

Rick has had the honor and pleasure of working with the visionary Dien Yuen and her team on two projects related to her philanthropy consulting firm, Daylight: 1) Rick has created content, moderated, and marketed the Daylight Advisors | impact philanthropy advisor certificate and 2) Rick has helped to create curriculum frameworks and recruit nationally renowned speakers for the Donor-Advised Funds (DAF) Professional Certificate coming in April 2025—-the first time a nationally credited institution has offered a comprehensive course on donor-advised funds, now at $250 billion.

And, in addition to his own consulting and educational offerings, Rick leads a cohort of 50 of the best independent philanthropic advisors, nonprofit professionals, and grant writers of today, including Ashleigh Nelson and Everett Poisson.

And, Rick has just unveiled a new platform called Give Trust, the goal of which is establishing nonprofit transparency and accountability standards to instill the trust of funders and unlock charitable giving in a new way. He and his growing team are on a mission to enable nonprofits to get access to the training, resources, and funds they need to make the impact we know they can!

Rick and his wife Claudette enjoy traveling and live in two places throughout the year: Wells, ME and Belmont, NC. Also, Rick is very proud of the fact that he has donated over 12 gallons of whole blood and platelets in his lifetime, which is the equivalent of saving as many as 300 lives. He donates either platelets or whole blood each month.

To learn more about blood donation, see here: Donate Blood | Find a Local Blood Drive | American Red Cross.