Richard D. Menozi graduated from Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Education. He then attended Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Indiana and received a Masters of Science Degree in Radio, Television and Film. Shortly after this, he attended Chicago State University in Chicago, Illinois and received a Supervisory Certificate in the Administration and Supervision of Personal.

After a teaching and coaching career of twenty years, he turned to the private sector and was sales managers for two printing and direct mail firms in Chicago, Illinois. He is presently the Operations Manager for Susan Rogan Hearing.