Our Executive Staff

 Jason Rikard is a founder, owner, and Principal Partner of White Stone Development Group. Jason Rikard’s highly professional construction management expertise is derived from a unique blend of comprehensive experience and education in building design review, building inspection, building code analysis, and construction management

of residential, commercial, and mixed-use projects. 

His career profile began as a Firefighter before progressing into building inspection, attaining a supervisory role in a municipal Building Department, and finally transitioning to Construction Management. His building inspection background affords him the advantage of possessing thorough code knowledge encompassing architectural and structural design and including all concepts of electrical, mechanical, and plumbing systems as well as energy efficiency, green building, and accessibility. As an ICC-certified building inspector in multiple trades, Jason benefited from the abundant experience gained as a Supervising Building Inspector in municipal jurisdictions. His extensive code knowledge lends well to ensuring the highest standards for building safety and quality control in the building industry. Beginning with single-family home construction management, Jason’s high aptitude for scheduling efficiency originated during his career as a Superintendent for a production home builder, where he operated under an aggressive construction schedule, managing the production of 160 completed housing units in 12 months. His construction management experience has been further complimented by multi-family, commercial, and mixed-use building projects including numerous high-profile mid-rise,

mixed-use building projects. Jason managed the construction of, one of the first of its kind, all-wood podium buildings consisting of 2 stories of multi-family residential over heavy timber all-wood podium parking garage and retail. He has overseen multiple mid-rise construction projects involving 5-story wood multi-family residential over 2 stores of concrete podium parking garage and retail. Directing numerous historical building renovations, he maintained the historical integrity of the building while implementing seismic retrofitting and fortification together with new construction expansion to create award-winning retail/housing projects enhancing the viability of downtown neighborhoods keeping the charm and history of the community intact. Jason’s extensive credentials are backed by decades of practical application to the achievement of highly esteemed rapport in the field of construction management. He understands that every construction project regardless of size and complexity is equally important to those commissioning them. Jason utilizes the most advanced technology and applications, availing the most expeditious building schedules to optimize construction budgets. His combined knowledge and experience deliver cost-effective, timely, and successful building projects with lasting quality that is a compliment and benefit to the whole community.

Chris serves as the Chief Financial Officer for R&R Development Group, LLC. In this role, Chris has the primary responsibility for managing all internal and external financial aspects for the company, which includes strategic planning, managing budgets, monitoring cash flow, optimizing capital structure, balancing risk management plans, managing and running daily accounting activities, financial statement preparation and analysis, and ensuring effective utilization of financial resources to enhance profitability, promote stability, and drive growth. Over the past 25 years, Chris has held a variety of senior financial management positions including CFO for a real estate development and construction company, Corporate Controller for a manufacturing company in the construction industry, CFO for an oil and gas service company, Corporate Controller for an intelligence contractor to the U.S. Department of Defense, Corporate Controller for a medical device manufacturing company, and Sr. Accountant in the insurance industry. 

Chris enjoys the challenges presented in diverse business environments and excels at problem-solving, financial modeling, and operating analysis.

Chris earned her bachelor’s degree at Northeastern State University in Oklahoma and her MBA from the University of Indiana.