Richard B. (“Dick”) Ladd, Councilman, Fifth District, is serving his first term on the Council. Dick is a retired Army Officer with two combat tours in Vietnam. Upon his retirement, he served as a professional staff member on the Senate Appropriations Committee and then briefly as the Deputy Undersecretary of the Army. He has more recently retired from his day-to-day involvement with a DC-based consulting firm which he owned and managed. He earned an AB from Bowdoin College with a major in mathematics and an MBA from Tulane University in operations research. He is currently a member of the Army Science Board; past member of the Army Educational Advisory Committee; Board Member and past President of the Annapolis-based Hospice Cup, Inc; and Treasurer and Director of the Beacon Hill Homeowners Association. Dick has two married daughters with his late wife and three grandchildren. He and his current wife, Sabra, are members of the Calvary United Methodist Church and live on the Broadneck Peninsula. December 13, 2010 |