I-Comm Week - Speaker Bio

Richard Amme
CEO
Amme & Associates

Rick Amme heads the crisis and media relations firm… Amme & Associates. For 13 years Rick has consulted and coached executives at Fortune 500 companies and institutions throughout the country on crisis leadership. He speaks nationwide about the topic with federal government agencies being frequent audiences. 

He has handled plant fires, closings and layoffs, accidental deaths, embezzlements, product recalls, medical mistakes, environmental controversies, fights with unions, lawsuits, and he even helped a board of directors throw out an entire top management team.

His more than 100 clients have included Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline, BB&T, R. J. Reynolds, Sara Lee Corporation, La-Z-Boy, Adventist Health System, as well as a number colleges and universities. While he mostly handles critical issues, he has also worked with former national football stars John Elway, Joe Theismann, and Tony Dorsett and a few celebrities including Dr. Ruth and Joy Behar.  (STAR magazine even called him for advice for Paris Hilton.)

A member of the editorial board of contributors for a Business Journal, Rick has written almost 200 columns on corporate communications that are read widely on his website.

Rick logged more than two decades as a journalist. He is a former U.S. Navy Officer with degrees from the University of South Carolina in journalism (1996) and psychology (1971).