Rick L. Burdick has served as a Director of CBIZ since October 1997, when he was elected as an independent director. On May 17, 2007, Mr. Burdick was elected by the Board to be its Lead Director, a non-officer position. Previously, in October 2002, he was elected by the Board as Vice Chairman, a non-officer position.
Mr. Burdick is a Partner Emeritus at the law firm of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP (“Akin Gump”), and was a Partner in the firm from 1988 until 2019. Mr. Burdick serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of AutoNation, Inc. Mr. Burdick is a National Association of Corporate Directors (“NACD”) Fellow and has earned the CERT Certificate in Cybersecurity Oversight through the NACD Cyber-Risk Oversight Program.