Richard Cornell, Jr.

Rick served as Corporate Counsel/Director of Administration at the Community Foundation for nearly nine years. His areas of expertise include business, tax, estate planning/settlement, and real estate law. In the past, Rick has worked at two private law practices and was the Owner/Operator of GNC stores before landing at the Community Foundation. He is personally and professionally passionate about seeing the positive growth and development of the greater Muskegon community. Rick believes that efforts to make the downtown welcoming and accessible to all people, strategies to provide quality education to all children, and economic redevelopment opportunities all make Muskegon a great place to live and work. He feels inspired by MOKA’s mission to help people to become self-sufficient, independent members of the wider community. Rick received his BA from Michigan State University and his Juris Doctor from Wayne State University Law School.