Rick Taggart (he/him) moved to Grand Junction in the early 1980s to lead and manage Marmot Mountain Works, a young, dynamic outdoor company, as its CEO, chairman, and co-owner. After selling the business, he led the international business unit of The Timberland Company as their senior vice president. He was then the CEO of Swiss Army Brands for 15 years. Since the summer of 2010, he has worked at Colorado Mesa University as a lecturer in the Business Department. He was elected in 2022 to the Colorado House of Representatives, where he actively serves on the state's Joint Budget Committee.