Edward H. Vick (born February 27, 1944) is a former US naval officer, businessman, American author and a volunteer advocate worker for veterans' causes.

A Naval officer prior to commencing his business career, Vick served two tours of duty in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War.

[4] Serving with several different River Divisions at the height of the war in 1969, he led over 100 combat missions throughout Vietnam's Mekong Delta and along the Cambodian border.

After service, Vick worked in the marketing communications business for 30 years, spending nearly half of that in Chairman, CEO or COO positions.

Vick played an instrumental role in bringing Y&R Inc public in 1998[15][16] and negotiating a 4.5 billion acquisition M&A with the British communications holding company WPP plc in 2000.

[17] During Vick's tenure, Young & Rubicam won numerous creative awards and was named Agency of the Year on several occasions.

He first served on the Board of the Vietnam Veterans Leadership Program, a mentoring effort undertaking in New York City in the early 1980s.

He is a well-known public speaker, who is often invited to speak on patriotism and veterans issues on Memorial Day ceremonies in Greenwich, CT.[25] Beyond veterans' causes, he served on a number of other boards including Hackley School in Tarrytown, NY, The American Foundation for Aids Research, the United Negro College Fund, The Advertising Education Foundation, iWeb.com,[26] Northern Westchester Hospital, and The American Association of Advertising Agencies.