Dick Batchelor is founder and president of Dick Batchelor Management Group, Inc. He is a long time Orlando resident who received degrees from the University of Central Florida and Valencia Community College. As a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 1974 until 1982, Batchelor chaired committees on auditing, energy and health and rehabilitative services.

He currently does political analysis for several local TV and radio stations. Since 1981, he has served as honorary chairman of the "Dick Batchelor Run for the Children," an annual 5-K run that raises funds to treat abused children. In 2002, Batchelor chaired the "Change 4 Kids" campaign that garnered support of a half-cent sales tax increase in Orange County to provide funding for school construction and renovation. Voters approved the tax referendum in September 2002.

Dick and his wife, former TV news anchor Andrea Coudriet, have three sons.