Background
Rhea grew up in Rancho Palos Verdes, California and is a 1981 graduate of Rolling Hills High School.
Rhea grew up in Rancho Palos Verdes, California and is a 1981 graduate of Rolling Hills High School.
He graduated from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University in 1985 and began his television career at KYEL-television in Yuma, Arizona.
After 3 years as a reporter and host of Prime Minister Magazine at KWQC-television in Davenport, Iowa, Rhea moved to KXAN-television in Austin, Texas, where he spent 10 years as a morning show host, weathercaster and reporter. Rhea left television in 2000 and joined Hahn, Texas Communications (formerly TateAustinHahn).
In 1987, the Texas National Guard invited Rhea to report on their activities in Bosnia. His reports from Serajevo won several awards. In addition to leading media efforts on a number of public issues elections in Texas, Rhea has won numerous public relations industry awards for video production and conducts TateAustinHahn"s spokesperson training program