Rich Stazinski is Executive Director of Heartland Initiative. Before co-founding Heartland, Rich served in policy research, nonprofit leadership, and governmental advocacy positions with Telos Group, the Save Darfur Coalition, Citizens for Global Solutions, the Stanley Foundation, Max Planck Institute for Economics, and the Human Resource Investment Council for the State of Indiana. Rich is a native of Northwest Indiana and earned his Master of Public Affairs degree from Indiana University’s School of Public and Environmental Affairs.