Rich joined HPI in November of 2023 to head investor relations as Senior Director of Investor Relations, working with current and prospective investors. He built his professional career in financial services and real estate and brings experience ranging from raising investment equity to wealth management.
Prior to joining HPI, he was Senior Director of Capital Markets at Alpha Investing, where he worked with high-net-worth individuals, family offices and RIAs. Alpha Investing is a private equity real estate firm focused on multifamily and senior housing investing.
Before joining Alpha, Rich was a Senior Managing Director in Waypoint Residential’s Capital Markets Group in Nashville, where he raised investment equity for multifamily, senior living and student housing projects from high-net-worth individuals, family offices, RIAs and institutions.
Preceding Waypoint, he was a Senior Vice President with Capital One’s Wealth Management Group, and has worked at Merrill Lynch in New Orleans, and Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. and Sanford C. Bernstein in New York City. He also co-founded Commodore Mortgage Group and Bouchner Real Estate Group, both in New York.
Rich earned his B.A. in History from Tulane University in New Orleans and his M.B.A in Finance & Marketing from Vanderbilt University in Nashville. He sits on the finance committee of the Louisiana SPCA and is the president of the Louisiana SPCA’s endowment. He has also been on the board of Southern Rep Theater in New Orleans and the Tulane Fund Advisory Board.