Richard F. Kelly

For five years, Dick has been the Council’s Regulatory Affairs Advisor, assisting Better Business Bureaus across the country in their efforts to report and rate government actions brought against businesses. He is also a member of the task force that updated the BBB Code of Advertising. Dick is based in Arlington VA.

Previous to his work at the CBBB, Dick spent thirty-six years at the Federal Trade Commission. At the Commission, he held numerous staff and supervisory positions and managed dozens of investigations of deceptive advertising and marketing by companies selling consumer products and services.

Dick received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from St. John’s University in 1968 and a Juris Doctorate (J.D.) from St. John’s University School of Law in 1971.