Rick Caldwell

CEO & President, RCultures, Inc

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Rick Caldwell, a native North Carolinian decided to make Florida his home in 2003, after serving 20 years in the United States Marine Corps. Rick is the President of RCultures; Inc. RCultures is a consulting firm that provides corporate trainings on cultural diversity, generational diversity, prevention of sexual harassment, customer service and team building. The primary goal of RCultures is to increase self-awareness, provide knowledge and enhance skills required to function effectively in the context of differences. RCultures mission is to “change one heart at a time through interactive workshops that embrace cultural competency/diversity, prevention of sexual harassment, customer service, team building and violence in the workplace.”

Rick’s work creating curriculum for all started in 1999 when he served as an Equal Opportunity Advisor for the United States Marine Corps. After successfully graduating from the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute in Cocoa Beach, Florida, Rick immediately developed curriculum and provided training to Marines; who operate as a complex culture with specialized languages, traditions and codes of conduct. This “hands-on” workshop instituted while in the Marine Corps allowed Rick to design an interactive curriculum that teaches participants to view each individual as a unique culture and provides tools which manifests a culturally proficient workplace. RCultures has provided trainings to employees at the Cities of Boynton Beach, Lauderdale Lakes, Doral, Opa-locka, Delray Beach, Hollywood, Ft. Lauderdale, Village of Pinecrest, Towns of Surfside and Cutler Bay, Sarasota Police Department, Palm Beach Health Department, Broward Sheriff’s Office, Palm Beach County Fire Rescue, and several other corporate organizations.

Rick has a Masters degree in Adult Education.