Richard Butterfield works coast to coast as a strategic communication, presentation and media skills consultant, conducting workshops and coaching sessions for business executives, physicians, lawyers, entrepreneurs, and other professionals. He specializes in high stakes presentations, program and product messaging, product launches, public speaking, media training, and facilitation. His client list includes CEOs of companies such as Gartner Inc., Tenet Healthcare, Clif Bar Inc., LinkedIn, Kaiser Permanente, EBay, The Cleveland Clinic, and Williams Sonoma, Vice Presidents at Microsoft plus leaders at Expedia, Genentech, Bayer Corporation, Egencia, Bristol Meyers Squibb, and Charles Schwab, and law firms Fenwick & West LLP, Sidley Austin LLP, and Liebert Cassidy Whitmore.
Butterfield's approach to persuasive presentations draws on his extensive experience as an actor, acting teacher, and director and is informed by a decade of public relations and marketing experience. A Stanford University graduate, he received his master's degree from the renowned American Conservatory Theater MFA program, where he later served as Conservatory Dean.