Richard Mesirow

Richard Mesirow is the CEO and Chairman of Castle Insurance Holdings, eMorialplanner.com, and ePetmemorials.com since March 2010, focusing on web-based integrations of end-of-life products and services for consumer-controlled memorial gatherings. Additionally, Richard has been an equity owner and floor trader at CME Group since June 1977. Earlier in Richard's career, a role as a Laboratory Microbiologist/Serologist at Edgewater Medical Center from June 1968 to June 1977 involved significant contributions to medical research, including the development of blood clot lysis treatments. Richard also served as an Emergency Medical Technician at Doctors Hospital in Carbondale, Illinois, from June 1970 to June 1973, delivering essential emergency medical services. Richard Mesirow's education includes postgraduate studies at Northwestern University (1974-1975) and a Bachelor of Science in pre-med from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale (1970-1973).