Rich Maggiani

Rich attained the honor of STC Fellow in 2008. He is a Communication Consultant who has been involved in STC leadership for the entire length of his 16-year membership. He currently leads the Membership Committee. Previously, he has led two committees that reported directly to the STC Board: Public Relations and Competitions.

Rich has also served as an International Art Competition judge for many years, membership manager for the Consultants and Independent Contractors SIG, and held many positions for the Vermont Chapter, including one of its co-founders. Rich has spoken at numerous STC international conferences as well as other professional conferences.

In 2004, Rich founded Solari Communication, a firm dedicated to simple, clear communication in corporate and organizational environments. Previously, he founded PDI Creative Communication, a full-service marketing and graphic design agency. He is a past chair of the Board of Directors for Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility. He has taught technical communication at Champlain College, business writing to graduate students at Saint Michael’s College, and many other college-level classes in communication and business related topics.

Rich enjoys viewing the world as a metaphor. Retreating to the tranquility and solitude of the wilderness helps him gain the clarity he finds necessary to live in an otherwise noisy world. He fully appreciates the insight and perspective that his three teenage children and wife of 25 years bring to daily life. Rich is a musician and a mountaineer.