Team Leader K6VVA, Rick, is a member of the ARRL, FOC (First Class CW Operators Club), A-1 Op Club, Northern California Contest Club ( a co- founder), Rotary International and Screen Actors Guild.

Rick had 20m Top World Score in the 2009 ARRL CW DX Contest operating as VP2VVA (NA-023), a Top Ten Score in the 2004 event as KP2CW (NA-106) and has operated from NA-041 as K6VVA/KL7 and KL8C (Rick is Trustee of the Last Frontier Contest Club). Mike/K9AJ joined with Rick for the helicopter reactivation of NA-178 in 2006 as K6VVA/6, and their friendship has led to another IOTA Expediton together and first time activation of IOTA NA-242.

Rick has been licensed for more than 50 years, and holds an FCC Extra Class License.

IOTA Expeditionary Guru K9AJ, Mike, is a member of the American Radio Relay League, "VEC" (Volunteer Examiner Cooordinator) and a Director of IREF (Island Radio Expedition Foundation, Inc.).

An impressive list of Mike's IOTA Island Expedition experience includes operating from: AF-016, AN-003, AS-013, AS-016, NA-007, NA-024, NA-041, NA-147, NA-156, NA-175, NA-178, NA-185, NA-195, NA-225, NA-227, NA-228, NA-229, OC-012, OC-017, OC-019, OC-024, OC-044, OC-056, OC-084, OC-085, OC-096, OC-132, OC-180, OC-182, OC-277, OC-279, OC-280, OC-281, OC-282, SA-004, SA-062 and SA-094.

Mike has been licensed for nearly 50 years, and holds an FCC Extra Class License.