Dan G. Tripps holds leadership positions with two organizations, serving as Director of the Center for the Study of Sport & Exercise at Seattle University, and Director of Performance Services at Swedish Cardiology / POTETNRX, a medical clinic providing wellness, rehabilitation, and high performance testing and training. His research and teaching focus on biomechanics, physiology, and psychology of performance. Among his professional experiences, Dr. Tripps has been a coach for world-class swimmers and triathletes, President and Executive Director of the 1984 Olympic Scientific Congress held in conjunction with the Los Angeles Olympic Games, U.S. representative to UNESCO’s Sport For All project to bring sport science to the developing world, Executive Director of Sport for Understanding, a contract exchange program of athletes and coaches for the U.S State Department, and Executive Director of Athletes for a Better Word, a non-profit agency working to return character and integrity to sport.

Dr. Tripps has appeared on several History Channel and Discovery Channel television programs, written dozens of professional articles, addressed numerous conferences, and serves as a consultant to sport, medical, education, and private agencies on topics related to achievement and human performance. He as served as editor for ten books on the subject of human performance, and authored two of his own books, The Heart of Success: Conversations with Notable Achievers (BainBridgeBooks, 2001) and In Search of Greatness: Attributes of Achievement and Lessons for Life (Town Books, 2002), which discuss the results of his interviews with 120 of America’s most accomplished individuals.