Worked for city for: Three years
Resides in: Charlottesville
Job title: Director of Communications, a.k.a. the city spokesman. Barrick oversees media relations in town, runs the three local access TV channels, works as a liaison for the Police Department and manages the internal communications of City Hall.
 Ric Barrick |
Best of times: “I love the most challenging days when I work with the great people in our department and use good judgment to solve a big problem and finish the day with it complete and done—that’s the best.”
Worst of times: “A lot of times people will ask for things that are legally or logistically impossible—you’re just not going to please everyone. Even though you do the best you can, you just have to move on to the next challenge.”
Strangest moments on the job: “We had a flood in City Hall when the roof leaked right on top of our TV station. All the water coming through the ceiling was yellow-green because it had picked up the pollen outside. My relaxing weekend turned into a rescue mission trying to save what equipment I could. I called the Police Chief and he volunteered his goulashes for me.”
If he were a superhero, he’d be: “Multiple Version Man. I often have to be in more than one place at one time to ideally get my job done. Having many versions of myself would certainly rid me of that dilemma.”
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