Richard R. Chapin II

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About Richard R. Chapin

A California native, Richard grew up in the city of Downey outside of Los Angeles. He is a son of a blue-collar family. His father was an armored car driver, and his mother was a bookkeeper for Sears. At an early age, Richard loved to move the furniture in his room around about every six months to have a different feeling. To the disliking of his parents, he went as far as moving the furniture around in the house to give it a different flow. Richard graduated from Warren High School where he was an active swimmer and water polo player. After completing his general education at Cerritos College, Richard transferred to Sonoma State University where he studied Theater Arts. He tried acting and directing until finally finding his place behind the scenes with stage management and lighting design. He would go on to design lights at local high schools, manage plays and musicals at local community theaters, and at Santa Rosa Junior College’s Summer Repertory Theater. In 1991, Richard moved back home and received a degree in Theater Arts with an emphasis in stage management and lighting design from California State University, Fullerton. While managing shows around Los Angeles, he began working for the YMCA as an Aquatics Coordinator. Richard found a great appreciation working with youth, teens, and families. For most of his 20 years at the Y, he worked closely with colleagues and community members developing leadership-building teen and camp programs. Richard has many passions in life that includes traveling (20 countries and counting), cooking and baking, learning about good wine, beer, and spirits, snow skiing, live music, theater (he’s learned to enjoy the show and not seek out its’ flaws), and watching endless hours of HGTV.

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