J. Richard Fredericks

J. Richard Fredericks (born October 23, 1945) was the United States Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein from October 29, 1999 to July 6, 2001. He was appointed by President Bill Clinton.

Life
Fredericks was born 1945 in Detroit, Michigan. He is of partial Swiss ancestry who emigrated from Röschenz to the United States in 1848. He received a B.S. in Business Administration from Georgetown University and an M.B.A. from Columbia University.

Fredericks is a founding partner of Main Management, LLC. On December 3, 2010, Speaker Nancy Pelosi appointed Fredericks as a member of the trust fund board of the Library of Congress.