Rick was elected president of the National Coalition for the Protection of Children & Families in 2000.  He has led the management and operation of the organization and its affiliates since 1990.

During his tenure with the National Coalition, Schatz has led several campaigns including a boycott of clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch and an awareness initiative regarding General Motors, AT&T and MTV. Since joining the organization, Schatz has spearheaded the establishment of regional offices in Atlanta, Charlotte, Dallas, Kansas City, New England and Southern California.

In addition, Schatz has helped lead the Religious Alliance Against Pornography and helped establish the National Law Center for Children and Families, formerly an affiliate of the National Coalition and currently a separate 501(c)3.  He currently serves on the board of the NLC. His activities with the Religious Alliance Against Pornography include organizing a worldwide summit on pornography in Bangkok and meeting several times with U.S. attorneys general.

Schatz has spoken about the National Coalition’s work in the news media including guest interviews on Focus on the Family, interviews with ABC World News Tonight, Time magazine, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal and numerous faith-based media outlets.

Prior to joining the National Coalition, Schatz was founder and president of Creative Waterworks, Inc., the developer of a recreational water park in Cincinnati. Formerly, he served as vice president of Worldwide Marketing and Planning for Xomox Corp. for 14 years. He also had served as Chairman of the Board of a cult research group called Spiritual Counterfeits in Berkeley, Calif.

A Cincinnati native, Schatz received an MBA from the Harvard Business School in 1969 and earned an undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati. He is an elder and founding member of Evangelical Community Church in Cincinnati where he served as interim lead preacher for more than one year.  He and his wife, Sharon, have been married 38 years and have three sons and three grandchildren.