Richelle Cook

Richelle Cook is ARA’s Executive Vice President, Investor Relations, responsible for developing and maintaining new and existing client and consultant relationships for ARA’s commingled fund clients. She is based out of the firm’s Orlando office. Prior to joining ARA in 2007, Ms. Cook was Vice President of Client Services for ICC Capital Management, where she was responsible for client and consultant relationships within the Southeast, U.S. Prior to that she was Vice President, Corporate Relations for the American Hospital Association working in Florida, Chicago and Washington D.C. advocating for health care initiatives and working with the C-Suite executives following several jobs in financial management and contracting within the managed health care industry. Ms. Cook was the Chairman for the Advisory Board for the Florida Public Pension Trustee Association from 2019-2022. She currently sits on the membership committee for the Georgia Association Public Pension Trustees.

Ms. Cook has over 30 years of experience and earned a B.S. degree from the University of Central Florida and an M.B.A. and M.A. in Health Services from Webster University.