At Car Craft magazine, Dick was lauded as one of the top advertising reps; later, he was owner of Van Cleve & Associates, a marketing and advertising firm. He also served many years on the staff of SEMA; his work with the SEMA Golf Tournament to benefit the Scholarship Fund stands out as a career achievement. Dick also served as SEMA Vice President of Marketing in the late 1980s, and he was a devoted volunteer to PWA, where he was a Board member.