Ricky is a CCIM designee of the Certified Commercial Investment Member Institute, an affiliate of the National Association of Realtors.
He joined NAI/Latter & Blum in their commercial real estate brokerage business after 38 years in commercial banking, trust management and investment brokerage. His practice includes commercial real estate property acquisition, disposition, leasing and specialized real estate consulting services to financial institutions.
In his last banking industry assignment as Chief Retail Banking Officer, he was responsible for the consumer banking line of business from 2002 until December 2014 for Hancock Whitney Bank, then a $20 Billion in assets commercial banking enterprise. The company's consumer banking group comprised a five-state network of 300 branches at its peak, the Mortgage Department, Indirect Lending Department, and Harrison Finance Company, a 33-branch consumer finance company subsidiary.
Ricky is a graduate of Louisiana State University and the Graduate School of Banking at LSU.