Richard Starnes joined the 501 Commons Board of Directors when his role as Deloitte was the Managing Director of Seattle Consulting office. Richard joined Accenture in 2024 as a Senior Managing Director in the Western Region, Data & AI practice. He brings to our organization’s leadership team more than 30 years of experience delivering technology solutions for analytics, business intelligence, and data warehousing to a broad range of industries.

He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Management Science at Loughborough University in the U.K. Before joining Deloitte Consulting, Richard was a Managing Director at BearingPoint (formerly KPMG Consulting). When he’s not serving on boards, Richard also speaks at numerous business conferences and publishes articles in a variety of industry publications.

In his spare time, Richard enjoys coaching and occasionally playing soccer. He lives in Bellevue with his wife, five children, and two dogs.