Rich started in the landscape industry at UNLV in 1996. He departed from UNLV in 1998 to work for the Davey Tree Expert Company, where he served as a foreman, supervisor, salesman, and plant health care technician. He returned to UNLV in 2014 and has done many tasks around the university, including tree, irrigation, chemical, and supervisory work. Rich has been a certified arborist since 2008.