Vice President Central Region, Chair Legislative Committee
Rick Ober was born and brought up in Baltimore, MD. He graduated in Public and International Affairs from Princeton in 1965 and Yale Law School in 1968. After a judicial clerkship and 5½ years with a large Philadelphia law firm, he joined United Jersey Banks [UJB] as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary and moved to Princeton in 1975. UJB subsequently became UJB Financial and Summit Bancorp, before selling in 2001. Thereafter he served as General Counsel of TerraCycle and Isles, Inc., before his present position as a Legal Analyst for the Princeton Gerrymandering Project. Rick has served as an officer or trustee of several not-for-profits and published articles on not-for-profit governance, risk management and gerrymandering.
Rick met his wife Carol on a ski trip and married her in 1973. They have two daughters and four grandchildren. Carol and Rick moved into Stonebridge at Montgomery in September of 2019, where Carol serves as Secretary of the Residents Association and Rick serves on the Finance Advisory Committee. Rick enjoys tennis and skiing.