Rich Drinon, M.A., is President of Drinon & Associates, Inc. a company providing group training and individual coaching for leaders, mangers and other executives. He is also a professional keynote speaker. Over the past 23 years, he has conducted thousands of sessions for hundreds of organizations across North America.
Rich started his first training company, ExecutivEdge, in 1988. From that platform he launched The Crowd Pleasers, an agency which represented a number of speakers and entertainers, and VideoEdge which produced training, instructional and promotional videos. In addition to owning several businesses, Rich has worked in leadership positions for local, statewide, national and international for-profit and non-profit organizations. He has served as the Director of Education for the Kansas Hospital Association and as Director of Marketing for the International Association for Jazz Education. In 2007, after a few years invested in working for other organizations, he re-launched his business and changed the name to Drinon & Associates.
Rich is a journalism graduate of the University of New Mexico. He earned his Master's Degree in Communication & Leadership Studies from Gonzaga University. He’s active in his church and Topeka Downtown Rotary and serves on the committee for the Coleman Hawkins Legacy Jazz Festival.
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