Rick Simpson

Rick is the founder, CEO and President of Professional Sitter Services, LLC, in Shreveport, a business that he manages with his business partner/ sister, Emily Jones. Prior to his work in Shreveport, Rick represented top brands for product integration for the motion picture divisions of Warner Brothers Studios, Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, DreamWorks, Buena Vista Pictures, Castle Rock, Paramount Pictures, and Sony. Rick has extensive experience in the hospitality industry, including opening and developing the Graciela Hotel (now known as Hotel Amarano) in Burbank, California, and completing the Ritz Carlton Hospitality executive training program in 2001 in Los Angeles under the leadership of the program’s founder, Horst Schulze.

A Shreveport native, Rick attended Louisiana Tech University and is a member of the Shreveport Bossier Executive Association, the Board of Directors for Robinson Film Center in Shreveport, and is serving on the current committee for the Shreveport Regional Arts Council.