A few additional details about Richard as you consider representation:

PROFESSIONAL

• Co-founded and successfully sold Oregon’s second largest locally-owned Internet service provider and largest online marketing and design firm in the Pacific Northwest, Europa Communications.
• Trained and mentored hundreds of real estate brokers in marketing and strategy; led nationally-recognized implementation for a Fortune-500 title company’s regional approach to educating brokers and consumers about significant changes related to the CFPB and Truth-in-lending/RESPA/Integrated Disclosures (TRID) in addition to positioning educational standards related to Wire Fraud and the Consumer (Certified Trainer).
• Publisher of Regency Magazine, the folio of innovation in real estate and lifestyles with an audience in eight states and DC; published author; Inman [the industry’s leading news source] Contributor and former Inman Luxury Connect steering committee member; former registered lobbyist; and, avid event designer – the Horswell mark is placed only on creating and producing experiences that are memorable, no matter the size from 10 to 6,500 guests.
• Chaired three statewide mortgage conventions that produced record attendance and an array of award-winning nationally-recognized speaker talent. Appointed to serve a 2024-25 term on the Oregon Realtors® (Oregon’s real estate trade industry association) Political Affairs Key Committee.

PERSONAL

• Member, Royal Rosarians: Portland’s official greeters and ambassadors of goodwill by Proclamation of the Mayor.
• Board member: Portland Opera Guild; Proud Ground; and, the Southwest Hills Residential League (board secretary).  Former board member: Portland Rose Festival, Portland Opera, SOLVE, Old Church Society, University of Oregon Alumni Association and as a trustee of the University of Oregon Foundation.
• Member, Multnomah Athletic Club [McAlpin Award Recipient – one of the club’s highest honors for outstanding commitment to the club’s social programs].
• Advisor to numerous not-for-profits on management, development, and event strategies.
• Former lobbyist for entities in telecom, petrochemical and finance. Intern and assistant press secretary for the late United States Senator Mark O. Hatfield in Washington, D.C.

INTERESTS
Volunteering, tennis, playing bridge, gardening, economics with an emphasis in behavioral finance, modern and contemporary art, writing, performing arts, interior design and architecture, and, of course, real estate!

“It would be an honor to present my credentials to you in person as you evaluate a broker to represent you as either a buyer or seller. Thank you for the opportunity to earn your business through developing a relationship as an advisor who keeps client interests and goals at the epicenter of each transaction.”