Ray Rico is a bi-lingual Latinx entrepreneur and LGBT+ business leader specializing in advertising and marketing strategies for companies in Memphis and beyond.
His first company, Ray Rico Freelance, is a locally owned and operated digital marketing strategy company, launched in 2007. Rico also serves as managing Publisher for Focus Mid-South (Memphis metro) and Focus Middle Tennessee (Nashville metro), serving the area's LGBT+ and allies communities.
Rico is a U of M alumn and has had extensive training in communications design, business management, and development through nationwide initiatives like NGLCC Cohorts, ICIC Business Capital Planning, Babson College Executive Track, and XLR8 Capacity Building.
Rico leads his community by serving on the board for the American Advertising Federation, the Cooper-Young Community Association, the Cooper-Young Business Association, Memphis Area Humane Society, Cazateatro Latinx Community Group, and a Community Liaison for Planned Parenthood. He is a proud dog dad to his pup, Domingo.
Ray Rico is a bi-lingual Latinx entrepreneur and LGBT+ business leader specializing in advertising and marketing strategies for companies in Memphis and beyond.
His first company, Ray Rico Freelance, is a locally owned and operated digital marketing strategy company, launched in 2007. Rico also serves as managing Publisher for Focus Mid-South (Memphis metro) and Focus Middle Tennessee (Nashville metro), serving the area's LGBT+ and allies communities.
Rico is a U of M alumn and has had extensive training in communications design, business management, and development through nationwide initiatives like NGLCC Cohorts, ICIC Business Capital Planning, Babson College Executive Track, and XLR8 Capacity Building.
Rico leads his community by serving on the board for the American Advertising Federation, the Cooper-Young Community Association, the Cooper-Young Business Association, Memphis Area Humane Society, Cazateatro Latinx Community Group, and a Community Liaison for Planned Parenthood. He is a proud dog dad to his pup, Domingo.