Rick and his wife Kara have rarely missed one of their son Bryce’s games — from grade school to his senior season with the SOU basketball team.
Over the years, Rick has coached youth football, basketball, and baseball, volunteered in classrooms, and worked with Manny’s Basketball Leagues, which serves more than 1,500 kids a year.
He believes sports keep kids active, teach life lessons, and keep them out of trouble.
Rick Dyer is seeking your vote for re-election as Jackson County Commissioner. As you look at Rick’s values and integrity, you will find someone that loves his family, has a true commitment to our community, and is thoughtful and passionate about everything in his life.
Rick Dyer came to Southern Oregon when he was in junior high, and he graduated from Hidden Valley High School in 1982. His family lived in Grants Pass. Rick's family members are no strangers to hard work; their Father, Dr. Walt Dyer, is the senior staff member of the applied physics department at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD; his mother, Brenda Patton, has owned and has run her accounting firm in Grants Pass for over 40 years; his sister, Cheryl Dyer, has her financial planning firm in Medford; and his brother, Dr. Tom Dyer, is a semiconductor process integration engineer at IBM and was selected as the Master Inventor of 2012.
Rick comes from good stock and has always made his mark as well. At Hidden Valley High School, Rick played baseball and basketball, was elected the Senior Class President and was a member of the National Honor Society. At Southern Oregon University, he received a BS in Business Administration/Accounting in 1987. From there, Rick received his Juris Doctorate from Concord Law School. In 2012, Rick passed his Bar Exam on his first attempt. Rick has been a leader as your Commissioner. He has sat as either The Chair or Vice-Chair of the Board of Commissioner his entire time in office. Rick is one of the two most experienced County Commissioners.
Even with the heavy demands of being a County Commissioner, Rick continues to combine his love for sports and concerns for our area kids by coaching basketball teams year-round. He continues to donate his time and leadership to the Manny Basketball Association, which helps over 1500 kids annually. He loves helping and feels that this will keep kids busy, learn valuable life lessons, and keep them out of trouble.
Rick has also been elected twice to the RVTD Board of Directors. Rick’s time on the Board prepared him well for Jackson County Commissioner. As an RVTD Board Member, he has had the opportunity to bring labor and management together while bargaining with the unions. Rick has worked with fellow Board Members to shape and create a budget in tough economic times. His leadership has helped change the RVTD organization to run more like a business; he has always been a good steward of taxpayer money.
Rick looks at things critically, researches issues completely, and presents ideas and concepts to groups and individuals for discussion. He strives to create a non-confrontational, thoughtful, and thorough process for dealing with the issues of the day.
Rick has excelled wherever he has worked. After rising to senior management in the automotive industry in 2008, he started a general contracting company. This allowed him the flexibility to go to law school and continue to support his family. Not the best time to do anything in the construction business, yet he still found great success; he loved sitting down with people in their homes, finding energy savings, and what works best for them. He loves the business, and that business still excels today.