Richard A. Buck, ITF

Rick earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Robert Morris College in Pittsburgh after serving 4 years in the United States Air Force. He worked for 20 years in a family-owned wholesale and retail business with responsibilities that included inventory control, customer service, purchasing and collections.

Rick was an employee of the United States Department of Commerce in 2000 serving as a Partnership Specialist for the Bureau of the Census. He served three years on The United States Junior Chamber Training Task Force where he both authored and presented training programs for the US Jaycees. He is the 22nd Junior Chamber member in the world to earn the designation of International Training Fellow (ITF) of the Junior Chamber International Training Institute. He has trained leaders from around the world in Glasgow, Scotland and Pusan, Korea.

Diane L. Buck, ITF

Diane holds both a M.Ed. and a BS degree in special education from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Now in her 27th year, she has taught a wide variety of challenging students ranging from high school gifted to elementary learning support. For the last 21 years, she has concentrated on doing what she loves best-working with high school emotionally disturbed students at a center-based school.

Diane served many roles as a member of the Junior Chamber, culminating her career as state Individual Development Vice President and subsequently the 56th and first woman president of the Pennsylvania Junior Chamber (Jaycees.) She was also elected National Vice President of The US Junior Chamber and served as charter chairperson of its Training Task Force.

She has had the opportunity to train in 32 states and has conducted training programs in Hong Kong, Scotland and Korea. She earned the designation as the 23rd International Training Fellow (ITF) of Junior Chamber International.