City Councilman Daniel J. Rickenmann was first elected to Columbia City Council in 2004 and re-elected in 2008.  He and his wife Laura have two daughters.

Rickenmann is a South Carolina native and attended high school at the Virginia Episcopal School in Lynchburg, Virginia.  He is a graduate of the University of South Carolina and has a bachelor’s degree in Political Science.

As an entrepreneur and private business owner, he is the managing partner of Waste2Energy Organic Power, a waste to value venture with Green Energy Partners, and also serves as a partner with Transworld Partners (a consulting partnership specializing in overseas relations).

Rickenmann serves on numerous community boards including the Children’s Hospital, the South Carolina Junior Golf Foundation, past chair of the Hootie and the Blowfish Monday after the Masters Tournament, past member of the Shandon Methodist Church Property Committee, Devine Street Merchants Task Force and a founding member of the Columbia Opportunity Resource (COR) Committee.  COR focuses on promoting civic and community involvement through political, social and cultural education, communication, development and action.

He has received the distinguished honor of being named to The State newspaper’s “20 under 40” list of young achievers  in 2006.  The State is the daily newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina and the  “20 Under 40”  project recognizes the accomplishments of young business leaders in Columbia who are molding the economic future of the city and the local region.

Rickenmann was  also selected as one of 25 U.S. participants for the 2006 Young Leaders’ Conference held by the American Swiss Foundation in Zurich,    Switzerland . In 2008, he was chosen by the American Council for Young Political Leaders to particpate in their international exhange program in Egypt.  Both of these distinctions were a result of his outstanding professional and personal achievements.