Leadership
Bringing people together. Turning ideas into action.
Richard’s leadership spans student government, community service, environmental initiatives, and student-led events. Across these settings, he works to connect people, coordinate teams, and turn shared ideas into practical action.
His responsibilities range from developing programs and managing event logistics to supporting volunteers and communicating with community partners. These experiences have taught him to approach leadership through preparation, collaboration, and sustained attention to the people involved.
Richard serving as Conference Co-Chair at LCOY Canada, UBC · August 2024
INITIATIVE
COLLABORATION
RESPONSIBILITY
School & Community Engagement
Selected Leadership
Elected Grade Representative, Community Engagement Portfolio · Grades 8–11 Elected for four consecutive years, Richard represented his grade within the Community Engagement portfolio at St. George’s School. He worked with fellow students, school staff, and local organizations to develop service opportunities and strengthen connections across grades. His involvement included community partnerships and initiatives connected to clothing drives, homelessness awareness, and environmental conservation. Through this work, he helped coordinate communication and practical arrangements that enabled students to participate in service beyond the classroom.
Reviving TEDx at St. George’s · 2025 After several years without a TEDx event at the school, Richard took the initiative to help revive the program. He applied for a new TEDx license and led the event’s development from early planning through delivery, working with students, faculty, and speakers. His responsibilities brought together event organization, communication, and coordination across the school community. He also delivered the opening remarks, introducing an event designed to create space for ideas, questions, and conversation.
Environment & Youth Participation
LCOY Canada — Local Conference of Youth
Conference Co-Chair · August 2024
Richard served as Conference Co-Chair for LCOY Canada at the University of British Columbia, helping organize a youth climate conference that engaged more than 500 participants in person and online.
His responsibilities included venue logistics, outreach, marketing, programming, and communications with YOUNGO, the youth constituency of the UNFCCC. He also helped moderate discussions, working with fellow organizers to create opportunities for young people to exchange perspectives on climate issues and contribute to youth climate policy discussions.
Community Service
Richmond Lahoo Leo Club
Member since 2022
Vice President · Grades 11–12
Treasurer · Grade 10
Leo Tamer · Grade 9
Richard joined the Richmond Lahoo Leo Club in 2022 and has taken on successive responsibilities as Leo Tamer, Treasurer, and Vice President. Through these roles, he has gained experience supporting club activities, managing financial responsibilities, and working with fellow members on community service projects.
His involvement has included fundraising events, donut sales, galas, peace poster auctions, and community cleanups. These activities bring members together around practical tasks that support local needs.
Between 2022 and 2026, the club collectively organized more than 70 community events and raised over CAD $100,000 for causes including children’s healthcare, hospice care, local policing, guide dog programs, and disaster relief. The club received the Leo Club Excellence Award in both 2023 and 2024, recognizing the shared efforts of its members.
Richard volunteering with Richmond Lahoo Leo Club members at a community cleanup · November 2025
Student-Led Event Organization
miniEnterprize
Internal Vice Chair · 2024–2025
Richard served as Internal Vice Chair of miniEnterprize, a student business case competition bringing together more than 400 students from across Greater Vancouver to explore business problems and develop their ideas.
Working with fellow organizers, he helped plan and coordinate the competition’s operational details, including floor plans, schedules, conference materials, and communications. His responsibilities involved bringing these elements together so that participants could navigate the event smoothly and focus on the competition. The role had given Richard practical experience in collaborative planning and event delivery, where careful preparation and reliable follow-through mattered as much as the initial idea.
Leadership, for Richard, is the work of making participation possible— and following through on the details that make it meaningful.