Richard Crawford is the President, Chairman and Founder of Green Valley Grocery, Crawford Oil, Inc., and Crawford Coin, Inc. He opened the first Green Valley Grocery Convenience Store in 1978 in Henderson, Nevada. Green Valley Grocery has grown to 84 store locations, one liquor store and one RV Park in Southern Nevada. Richard has lived in Las Vegas since 1971. He was born in Winnipeg, Canada, raised in San Diego, California, and became a U.S. citizen in January 1971, the same year he moved to Las Vegas.

Richard is a Founder of The Smith Center for the Performing Arts and has been active in several civic and charitable organizations including board leadership roles with the Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance, past Chairman of Secret Witness of Southern Nevada, the Southern Nevada YMCA, and the Shell National Wholesale Council. He is currently on the board for the Nevada Retail Network Self-Funded Group and has been Chairman since 1995. Rick is also on the board for Three Square Food Bank and St. Rose Dominican Health Foundation.

Local Partnerships

• Las Vegas Golden Knights – (GVG was one of the very first local orgs to support hockey in the desert)
• Henderson Silver Knights

Charitable Contributions (within last 3 years)

• Las Vegas Philharmonic
• Children’s Discovery Museum
• Girl Scouts of Southern Nevada
• Nathan Adelson Hospice
• UNLV Foundation
• Rotary Club of Nevada
• Las Vegas Natural History Museum
• Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance
• Patrons of the Prado – San Diego, CA
• San Diego Museum of Art – San Diego,CA
• Kennedy Center - Washington, DC
• National Symphony Orchestra – Washington, D.C.