Colonel Richard C. Kaniss was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Transportation Corps on June 2, 1976 upon graduation from the University of Tennessee with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration.  He also earned a Master’s in Business Administration degree from the University of Colorado. He is the Chairman for the Our Community Salutes DFW Inc.  That organization is a national, non-profit organization helping communities recognize, honor, and support high school seniors who plan to enlist in the U.S. Armed Services after graduation.

Colonel Kaniss retired with over 30 years of military service in July 2006. 

Colonel Kaniss is a Managing Partner with MGR & Associated, LLC.  The company distributes software and solutions that provide an emergency 2-way communications solution, anti-vaping, air quality monitoring devices and anti-breaching door locks to schools, commercial buildings and their campuses, hotels and casinos in Texas and a 4-state area.