# Dick Lippin

> Dick Lippin is the founder, chairman and chief executive officer of The Lippin Group, an entertainment and media communications consultancy he established in 1986. Based in Los Angeles, he has built a career spanning corporate communications, entertainment publicity and strategic consulting, while supporting ethics education at Penn State, where he graduated in psychology in 1968. He returned as the College of the Liberal Arts commencement speaker in 2026.

- **Role:** Founder, chairman and chief executive officer at The Lippin Group
- **Organizations:** The Lippin Group, Penn State Rock Ethics Institute, Paley Center for Media, Hollywood Radio and Television Society, Coro Foundation
- **From:** Brooklyn, United States
- **Education:** Psychology, Pennsylvania State University, Institute of Finance, New York, Attended MBA program; completion not established, City University, Attended; degree not established, Whittier College School of Law
- **Known for:** Founded and led The Lippin Group, established in 1986, with offices in Los Angeles, New York and London., Penn State Service to Society Award, 2013., Penn State Alumni Fellow, 2017.

## Career timeline

- **1968** — Graduated from Penn State in psychology.
- **—** — Worked on Wall Street and began his public relations career at Harshe-Rotman & Druck in New York.
- **1986** — Founded The Lippin Group.
- **2012** — Discussed 25 years of communications work for NATPE in a C21Media interview.
- **2013** — Received Penn State’s Service to Society Award; Lippin Family Fund support for the Child Study Center dates from this year.
- **2016** — Recorded a NAMM oral history interview on January 23.
- **2017** — Named a Penn State Alumni Fellow.
- **2023** — Established an Office of the Chairman with managing directors Matt Biscuiti, Kevin Broderick and Katie Fuchs.
- **2026** — Received the NAMM Believe in Music Award and delivered Penn State’s College of the Liberal Arts commencement address.

## Achievements

- Founded and led The Lippin Group, established in 1986, with offices in Los Angeles, New York and London.
- Penn State Service to Society Award, 2013.
- Penn State Alumni Fellow, 2017.
- NAMM Believe in Music Award, 2026.
- Co-established the Richard B. Lippin Lecture in Ethics with Ronnie Lippin.

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Delivered the Penn State College of the Liberal Arts commencement address; the agency shared the video on May 11.
- **2026-03** — Published the opinion essay “Is Hollywood Dying?” in The Hollywood Reporter.
- **2026-01** — Received the Believe in Music Award during the 2026 NAMM Show.

## Links

- Website: https://lippingroup.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dick-lippin-92a1774

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