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Aaryn Richard

Director of Marketing & Communications

Aaryn Richard, director of marketing and communications, posing in green polo in the msu hatch

Aaryn is our Director of Marketing & Communications. He comes to the Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation as a seasoned, committed storyteller, connecting our audiences with vibrant content and focusing the spotlight on the hard work of MSU student venturers. Although a strict adherent to The Chicago Manual of Style, he's still permitted to talk to the press.

Alongside his team of wunderkind interns, he is the executive producer & co-host of the Burgess Institute's podcast, Hatchcast.

Although he's not technically a Spartan, Aaryn is a native Michigander. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in English and Literature from Central Michigan University (2001). Discovering that Mount Pleasant is a misnomer, Aaryn moved to Colorado in 2001 to live amongst (and hike) actual mountains. While in Colorado, he earned his Master of Fine Arts in creative writing at Colorado State University.

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