Our services are all about you.

That said, you'll still want to know what we’re about.

We believe that success should be more than business rhetoric, it should be business reality. So we leverage our more than 60 years of business and leadership experience toward one purpose: To make leaders successful, elevating them to the next level of their leadership potential.

Who We Are

Ron Donnini
Ron Donnini is the Chief Executive Officer & President of The Malphurs Group. Ron is a seasoned corporate executive, with a history of effective general management experience and returning value to key stakeholders. He has held numerous executive roles, including President and CEO, in a variety of companies throughout the years. Ron’s achievements include leading a regional company with annual sales of $15-20 million and less than 100 associates to become a worldwide enterprise with sales over $120 million, over 600 associates and eighteen locations in seven countries.

Ron attended the University of Miami, where he studied architectural engineering and played baseball as a relief pitcher. Ron has traveled extensively around the world, and been a keynote speaker at multiple conventions and industry conferences. He is a life-long learner, which contributes to his giftedness as a teacher. Ron has a passion for growing leaders. Ron currently resides in Lodi, California with his wife Shawn, where he enjoys golfing, reading and taking in an occasional baseball game.

Damian Gerke
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Damian is a Senior Vice President of The Malphurs Group, and oversees our Coaching Services. Damian is a certified coach, and has worked with executives and leaders from a broad range of organizations, both in terms of size and industry: From Fortune 100 level companies down to first-year start-ups, and from entrepreneurial to non-profit leadership.

After graduating from the University of Arkansas, Damian accumulated extensive industry experience as an aerospace design engineer, including the B-2 Stealth Bomber program. He has a varied career of working with people and helping them to See More Success. You’ll find him engaging, challenging, thoughtful and motivational.

Damian lives in St. Petersburg, Florida, with his wife, Cheryl, and three children. He enjoys writing, cycling and conversations about life and leadership over a good cup of coffee.

Our Values

We are committed to a set of values that defines us and keep us grounded as an organization. It’s what we bring to the coaching process.

Growth. We choose to have a developmental mindset, an attitude of continuous improvement and life-ling learning that makes us proactive, resilient, engaging and optimistic.

Balance. We strive to maintain a balance in all we do, which maximizes our influence by creating stability, relational continuity, sound thinking and personal depth.

Integrity. We understand integrity to be the state of being whole, entire or undiminished; and so we seek to remain grounded on the things that we know to be true and trustworthy.

Communication. We are committed to speaking well, in an encouraging, respectful, controlled and non-judgmental manner — because we believe that what comes out of our mouth is a direct reflection of what is in our heart.

Relationships. We are committed to developing strong and lasting relationships, because our identity, our quality of life and the legacy we leave behind all hinge on the quality of our relationships.

Abundance. We choose to see ourselves as responsible stewards of our resources, asking, “What can I give away?” instead of “What can I gain?”

Influence. We seek to lead when called upon, to support, encourage and stimulate the necessary and honorable role of effective leadership.