​David Rispoli is the president and founder of St. Louis Marriage Coaching and is known throughout the United States as The Marriage Coach. He has been coaching individuals, couples, and businesses for the past two decades.  He started his coaching business in the corporate world working in the financial planning industry, and today he continues to coach businesses across a myriad of industries.  David was trained by world renowned expert, Mort Fertel, in the Marriage Fitness approach to saving marriages and still works as one of the Marriage Fitness consultants. During this time, he has helped hundreds of couples from all around the world restore their broken marriages and experience the marriage of their dreams. He is a member of the International Coach Federation, Christian Coach Network, and the American Association of Christian Counselors. He is a certified Myers Briggs practitioner as well as a Professional Team Building Specialist and a certified anger management counselor.  As a pastor of one of the most contemporary and fast growing Lutheran Churches in the State of Missouri, he is passionate about seeing lives positively changed. 

David has a Bachelors Degree in Philosophy from Slippery Rock University and completed his graduate work earning three Masters Degrees.  He has earned a Masters of Divinity from Gettysburg. He has an MBA in Human Resource Management and a Masters of Science degree in Leadership.  He is currently working toward a Phd in Christian Counseling.  As a former United States Marine, he is highly motivated and mission driven.  
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David and his wife Jennifer live in St. Louis, MO.  Jennifer earned her Doctorate of Physical therapy from Maryville University and is passionate about women’s health issues as they relate to marriage and relationship issues.  Dr. Rispoli also works as David’s Executive Assistant and is passionate about seeing good marriages become great and broken marriages being saved.   Outside of helping improve and save marriages, they both are passionate about their faith, their children, their church, their friends and Cardinals baseball.