Rich Blessing is the Executive Director of Weichert Commercial Advisors in Ashburn, Virginia. This is a Division of Weichert Realtors Loudoun County. Blessing focuses on office, flex, light industrial, retail, land development and medical office space in Loudoun and Western Fairfax Counties. Before Weichert, Blessing worked as a Commercial Broker at C21 Commercial Redwood Realty. There he achieved designations as a Commercial Investment Network Specialist and an Advanced Commercial Advisor. Blessing serves as an Officer at the Dulles Area Association of Realtors assisting as the Association President in 2022. Blessing is the Co-Founder of the Loudoun County Commercial Real Estate Group. The LCCRE is the only organization in Loudoun County that gathers commercial real estate professionals to discuss current property “have and wants”: this is where many off market properties are presented to the members. Additionally, Blessing belongs to the commercial real estate-focused Mid Atlantic Real Estate Marketing Association based in Tysons, Virginia. Blessing has over 35 years of business experience and holds a Masters of Business Administration from the LeBow College of Business at Drexel University. Past volunteer positions include Vice President, Education and Technology, Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce; Executive Committee Member; Northern Virginia Regional Partnership; Advisory Board Member, Old Dominion University, Northern Virginia Center; and President of the Ashburn Girls Softball League. Blessing has been featured in Knowledge Management World, Insight Magazine, Entrepreneur Magazine, and the Washington Post.

Rich has over 35 years of experience in a variety of businesses spending most of his career in instructional design, curriculum development, and online course development and delivery. For the past 15 years Rich has worked in the real estate industry as a licensed REALTOR in the Commonwealth of Virginia, has earned an Associate Brokers license and as a Digital Marketing Consultant to Boutique Brokers and large teams.

Currently, Rich is an Associate Broker with Weichert Realtors in Ashburn, VA.
 

PAST AND CURRENT POSITIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• 2022 President,: Dulles Area Association of REALTORS
• Co-Founder: Loudoun County Commercial Real Estate Group
• MBA – Management Information Systems: Drexel University
• Commercial Broker: Weichert Realtors
• Board of Directors: Dulles Area Association of REALTORS
• New Agent Training Mentor/Coach: Weichert REALTORS
• Real Estate Digital Marketing Consultant: DomainDrivers
• IT Competency Consultant: Xerox Document University
• VP Education and Technology Committee: Loudoun Chamber of Commerce
• Board of Directors: Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce
• Executive Member: Northern Virginia Regional Partnership
• Advisory Board: Old Dominion University, Sterling Campus
• General Manager/Business Development: ITA Training Corporation
• President: Educate America Corporation
• Business Systems Development Analyst: Mobil Oil Corporation
• President: Ashburn Girls Softball League

Rich has been featured in Knowledge Management World, Insight Magazine, Entrepreneur Magazine, and the Washington Post.