Headshot of Courtney Tripp, director of marketing, at the Fast Forward Group

Courtney Tripp

Director of Marketing

Courtney is the marketing director of the Fast Forward Group. She is responsible for planning and executing all branding, marketing and communication initiatives to position Fast Forward as a leading company in the training and executive coaching space.

She is passionate about the power of storytelling, and she enjoys building strategies to connect mission-driven companies with their ideal customers and future fans. Her more than 15 years of marketing experience includes leadership roles in the B2B and B2C space. In addition to her work as a marketing leader, she also served as an adjunct faculty member in the communication department at the University of Central Missouri.

She has won two PRSA PRISM Gold awards and a KCDMA AMBIT award for her marketing campaigns, as well as numerous higher education marketing awards. She earned her bachelor’s in journalism from the University of Missouri and her master’s degree from the University of Central Missouri. She lives outside Kansas City with her husband, Asa, their two cats, and her dressage horse, Brazil.