Richard is also faculty adviser to student-run organizations such as the Asia-Pacific Student Entrepreneurship Society and Forum for American/Chinese Exchange at Stanford.
Since 2007 he has been a member of the Foresight Panel of the German Ministry of Education and Researchm, and in 2010 he served as a consultant to The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) in regard to their establishment of a worldwide remote mentoring program for entrepreneurs.
Richard received M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Linguistics from Stanford University.