Rick Zucker is an attorney who received his undergraduate degree in Political Science from Brandeis University and his law degree from New York University School of Law.  Rick has spent over 25 years in private practice, representing numerous individuals and businesses in varied and complex civil matters. In addition to being an experienced trial and appellate attorney, Rick also has expertise in “alternative dispute resolution” (such as mediation), where parties to a dispute seek to resolve their differences without resorting to the court system.  During his career, Rick served for several years as a Special Assistant Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Rick is currently on the Board of Directors and has served the National Space Society in numerous capacities, including taking a leading role in negotiating the new Ad Astra contract, serving as Chair of the National Space Society’s grassroots membership visits to Congress (the “Legislative Blitzes”), and heading NSS’ bequest program.  Rick has also served on numerous committees, and chairs the NSS Policy Implementation Subcommittee.  Rick is also the founder and president of the Eastern Massachusetts Chapter of the National Space Society.  In May 2008, in recognition of his efforts on behalf of the National Space Society in particular and the space movement in general, Rick received the National Space Society’s 2008 Chris Pancratz Space Activist of the Year Award.

Above all, Rick brings to the National Space Society a life-long enthusiasm for and devotion to the furtherance of space exploration, development, and settlement.