Richard T. Butler
Age: 47.
Residence: Crafton .
Family: Wife Beth; son Devon, 6, daughter, Dillan, 6.
Occupation: Recently appointed executive director of the Three Rivers Rowing Association, a nonprofit organization with locations in Millvale and Washington's Landing that promotes the benefits of paddling and rowing.
Noteworthy: He is only the second executive director in the 22-year history of the association.
Education: Graduate of Westinghouse High School; bachelor's degree in communications from Slippery Rock University, 2002; master's degree in organizational leadership from Geneva College in Beaver Falls, 2005.
Background: Previously owned a business that provided individual and group coaching, and leadership and professional development services. Butler is a licensed coach facilitator, member of the International Coach Federation and part-time lecturer in organizational ethics at Robert Morris University. He was twice ranked first in his age group at the National Championship Tournament of the USA National Karate-Do Federation.
Quote: "I'm very excited to get started. This place is like the moving sidewalk at the airport -- it's constantly in motion, and I love that. I see a lot of opportunities in all of that motion."
