Member Profile

Mr. Dickerson has been in energy related businesses for 41 years. In 1994 he founded Utility Technologies International Corporation. He is their Chairman of the Board and CEO. Mr. Dickerson has many other business interests. He is the President and principal partner of an energy infrastructure construction company, Engineered Utility Services. He is the Chief Operating Officer of Ross Energy, a energy transmission company. Additionally he is a partner at Structured Utility Resources, a property management company. Recently Mr. Dickerson has ventured into more sustainable forms of energy and is currently developing solar energy projects in reclaimed strip mine areas of southeast Ohio. Mr. Dickerson is a registered professional engineer in the state of Ohio.

He has been married to his wife Joan for 33 years and they have two children. Abby, 29, an Architectural graduate of Miami University and The Ohio State University and Connor, 26, an Energy Engineering graduate of Ohio University.

Richard is an avid adventurer. He has summited 9 of the 10 most difficult high point mountains in the United States. He has stood on the summit of the highest points in North America and Africa and in 2001 was part of an international team of climbers on Mount Everest searching for answers to whatever became of British climbers, George Mallory and Andrew Irvine, who disappeared in 1924 on the mountains highest slopes. A book titled “Lost on Everest” documents the expedition findings. Richard is a runner and has completed 78 marathons.