Our Team: Richard Tate

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Richard Tate

Director, Communications and Marketing

Richard Tate is responsible for HopeLab’s media and public relations activities. His primary focus is ensuring that HopeLab’s work, mission, and values are effectively communicated to key audiences through media coverage, web communications, direct-outreach projects, and public-speaking opportunities.

Richard has more than 10 years experience in a variety of communications roles. Before joining HopeLab, he served as director of corporate communications for biotechnology company Chiron Corporation. He began his communications career as an editor and journalist and has written for numerous print and online media outlets. Richard has held editorial positions at the national newsmagazine The Advocate, the Los Angeles lifestyle magazine Buzz, Citysearch.com and GameSpy Industries. He is a graduate of the University of Southern California, where he studied English and creative writing.