Dick is a public member and a vice chair of the board of governors at the University of Alberta and serves on its Human Resources and Compensation, Audit, Advancement committees and is chair of the Property and Finance committee.He is a mentor with the Venture Mentoring Service of the University of Alberta since its inception in 2013.He had a broad civil litigation practice with Parlee McLaws LLP for 37 years before retiring in 2012. He was a sessional instructor in Advocacy in the Faculty of Law at the University of Alberta for nine years until 2014.He is passionate about post secondary education and its students.When he is not recovering from over indulging in outdoor adventures he can often be found enjoying any outdoor activity in Edmonton's river valley or the Coast Mountains of Whistler.