Richard Dresher was first licensed as an insurance broker in 1978. He graduated from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Commerce degree in 1983. Richard returned to the University of Toronto in 1991 on a part-time basis, where he subsequently added an Environmental Studies major to his degree. That work culminated in a major submission to the task force re-writing the Decommissioning Guidelines for Contaminated Sites in Ontario. He continued on at the University of Toronto to complete his Masters of Science degree in Urban Planning. His Master's thesis, Impediments to Brownfield Re-development in Ontario, was the impetus for establishing the Environmental Division at CMD Insurance.

Richard has been involved in the environmental industry since the early 1990's. This includes:

• Member of the executive committee of Board of Directors for the Ontario Environmental Industry Association
• Eastern Canada representative to the International Right-of-way Association's environmental committee
• Co-chairman of the Mississauga Board of Trade's environmental committee.

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