RICK BOYKO
MANAGING DIRECTOR VCU ADCENTER (Richmond, Virginia)
FORMER CO-PRESIDENT AND NORTH AMERICAN CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER OF OGILVY & MATHER WORLDWIDE.

Rick Boyko is the former North American Chief Creative Officer of Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide. He joined VCU Adcenter as Managing Director on July 1, 2003.

A long-time advocate of advertising education, Rick also sits on the Steering Committee for Art Center College of Design. While Rick has won almost every advertising award there is, he is most proud of an accomplishment outside of advertising: In October 2001, following the September 11 tragedy, Rick conceived of and was the driving force behind “Brotherhood”, a tabletop book honouring the 343 firemen who perished. It sold more than 200,000 copies and the proceeds of $1.5 million went to the families of the firemen.

Rick currently sits on the boards of Napster, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Butler Shine Stern & Partners, the Art Directors Club and The One Club for Art & Copy.