Rick Kitagawa is a creative business and leadership consultant, artist, and writer who brings a unique blend of practical frameworks and soft skills to help leaders and organizations develop critical capacity to earn, extend, strengthen, and restore trust. He has worked with clients like Starbucks, Slack, Facebook, and Nike, and his work has been integrated into Seth Godin's flagship altMBA program.

Rick has a diverse background and has studied integrative biology, Asian American studies, and illustration, concept art, graphic design, and fine art at prestigious institutions like the University of California, Berkeley and the Academy of Art University. His past experiences include coaching young leaders at CodeBreakers, managing Seth Godin's altMBA, and working as a marketing and business incubation faculty member at the Academy of Art University.

In addition to his professional work, Rick is an award-winning visual artist and writer and has contributed to organizations like the San Francisco Arts Commission and Savoir-Faire as a demo artist. He is also an accomplished skeeball roller and really likes monsters.