Richard B. West, III (Rick) is the co-founder of Westcor Land Company, President of Carefree Partners Investments, L.L.C., and has been involved in the investment and real estate business for five decades. Rick has a strong sense of giving back to the community, is active in community affairs, and serves on numerous boards and non-profit groups, including the Greater Phoenix Economic Council, the Heard Museum, Notre Dame Prep, Stanford University, Social Venture Partners of Arizona, and the Arizona Diamondbacks Foundation.

Over the years, Rick has held numerous positions in the real estate, management consulting, and investment community in Arizona, California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New York. These assignments were with Connecticut General Life Insurance Company (CIGNA), Shuman, Agnew, and Company (now part of Morgan Stanley), Lepercq Capital Company, Pacific Real Estate Investment Trust, SRI International (formerly Stanford Research Institute), Great American Savings Bank, and AEW Investment Advisors. Since 1989, Rick has been involved with Carefree Partners Investments, L.L.C., and its affiliated businesses, developing major urban centers, master-planned communities, business parks, and employment centers, resorts, senior housing, and golf courses. Additionally, he invests in startups and private businesses.

Rick holds degrees from Stanford University (AB) and Columbia University (MBA). He served for six years in the National Guard and the US Army Reserves. Today Rick is an active hiker, swimmer, and bibliophile, and for years was a triathlete, masters swimmer, and runner. Rick and his wife, Pamela, live in Phoenix and Flagstaff, Arizona, and have four children and three grandchildren.