Rick T. Dillon, Bus Ad ’93, was elected to the Marquette University Board of Trustees in 2020.

He is the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Vestis, a leading provider of uniform services and workplace supplies.

Prior to this role, Rick served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Enerpac Tool Group Corp. from 2016 to 2022, as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Century Aluminum Co. from 2014 to 2016, as vice president-finance Global Surface Mining Group, and as vice president-controller and chief accounting officer at Joy Global (now Komatsu Mining).

He served in various financial roles of increasing responsibility at Newell Brands and Briggs & Stratton Corp. He began his career at Arthur Andersen LLP.

He is a cum laude graduate of Marquette University’s Honors Program and the College of Business Administration with a bachelor’s degree in accounting. Rick has an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Rick is a Milwaukee native and a graduate of Milwaukee Public Schools.

Rick serves on the board of directors for Adient, a global leader in automotive seating, and as board chair for College Possible Milwaukee, a national organization dedicated to making college admission and success possible for low-income and underrepresented students.

In 2019, Rick received Milwaukee Business Journal's CFO of the Year Award.

Rick resides in Atlanta, Georgia, with his wife, Kimberly, and their two children. He is a member of the Marquette University President’s Society.