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Dick Resch

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Chairman/Chief Executive Officer at KI
📍 Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States

Dick Resch is the long-serving Chairman of KI, a leading contract furniture manufacturer. With the company since 1964, he rose from an assistant role to CEO, leveraging his engineering degree from MIT and MBA from Harvard. He has guided KI to become an internationally recognized corporation through innovation and a customer-focused model.

Outside of work, Dick is a pillar of the Green Bay community, known for extensive philanthropy. He has founded and provided significant financial support to numerous local organizations focused on the arts, youth programs, education, and healthcare, including the Greater Green Bay Community Foundation and UW-Green Bays engineering school.

He orchestrated the sale of his familys majority stake in KI to its employees, making it a 100% employee-owned company.

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Experience
18 Years
Current Role
Chairman/Chief Executive Officer
Location
Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States
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Employee Ownership
Engineered KI's transition to a 100% employee-owned company, believing shared ownership and transparency are key drivers of success and employee engagement.
Community Philanthropy
A prominent philanthropist in Green Bay, he has made major donations to local universities, arts centers, and youth organizations, including the YMCA and Boys & Girls Club.
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Career

Work history

4-2007
Chairman/Chief Executive Officer
KI
4-2007
President & Chief Executive Officer
KI
Executive Vice President
KI
Vice President Manufacturing
KI
Assistant to the Executive Vice President
KI
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Education
1961 - 1963
Master of Business Administration
Harvard University Graduate School of Business
1958 - 1961
Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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