Lynn is a SD native, growing up on a cattle ranch north of Presho. After high school graduation she studied theater at the University of Minnesota then returned to SD to earn her degree in journalism from South Dakota State University. She served as editor of the Rock County Star Herald in Lucerne, MN for 3 1/2 years, had a brief stint with the Mitchell Daily Republic as City Editor and eventually landed at the Rapid City Journal where she served as a reporter for 20 years. After leaving the Journal in 2013, Lynn worked briefly for Wellfully before leaving to launch the Helpline Center Volunteer Connections program in Rapid City. This program helps connect volunteers with nonprofits that need them. She left that position in 2017 to become the strategic communications coordinator at South Dakota School of Mines. In that position she managed the school’s social media accounts, wrote research blogs and articles, wrote website content, photographed events, and created video scripts and more. In 2020 she ventured out on her own to start Lynn Taylor Rick Communications. She provides writing services, social media management, public relations assistance- basically any and all communications services needed- to business in Memphis, Sioux Falls, Rapid City, and Las Vegas.
Lynn is a 2015 graduate of Leadership Rapid City, a graduate of the South Dakota Mines Leadership Academy, and in 2011 was a Regional Health Journalism Fellow with the Association of Healthcare Journalists. She was also a member of the first Rapid City Collective Impact Fellowship.
Lynn is a 2015 graduate of Leadership Rapid City, a graduate of the South Dakota Mines Leadership Academy, and in 2011 was a Regional Health Journalism Fellow with the Association of Healthcare Journalists. She was also a member of the first Rapid City Collective Impact Fellowship.
Lynn has been married for 29 years to Randy Rick, a retired forester with the US Forest Service. The two have three daughters-26 year old twins Laurel and Peyton, and 22 year old Alison. In her spare time she loves to fly fish, hike, camp, ski, kayak and generally spend time in nature.