Ric Davidge is an author, international water broker, and policy consultant, and residential land developer. He is combat veteran who served in the US Army in Vietnam from 1963 to 1969. He is president of the Anchorage chapter of Vietnam Veteran’s of America, and board member and past state president of VVA, and has been active in numerous national, state, and local veterans’ organizations. Davidge wrote most of the 2012 RNC Platform addressing veterans and service members. He earned a Masters in Public Administration from UAA in 1978 and is a former professional singer, composer, producer, dancer, director, and choreographer. He is married to Connie Yoshimura.