Gerry Barousse, Jr
Director
Industry Expertise
- Gerard "Gerry" Barousse, Jr. has been a Director at Fidelity Bank since 2014.
- Mr. Barousse is President of and a principal in Monarch Real Estate Advisors, Inc. (Monarch), a real estate investment, development, management, and financial services firm formed in 1991 by Mr. Barousse and located in New Orleans, Louisiana.
- Mr. Barousse is also President of RCB Developers, a real estate development firm specializing in the renovation of historic buildings in the New Orleans area, having completed 14 such projects encompassing 435 condominium/apartment units over the past twenty years.
- Mr. Barousse has significant experience in the commercial real estate finance industry, having spent over six years prior to Monarch as a commercial real estate lender at Hibernia National Bank, in charge of a portfolio in excess of $125 million.
- Founder - Bayou District Foundation. A Louisiana non-profit leading holistic redevelopment of the former Saint Bernard housing complex into Columbia Parc at the Bayou District - a 685-unit mixed-income residential community "complete with" cradle-to-college education, health, and other support services.
- Founder / Board Chair - Educate New Orleans - Early Childhood Education school with 168 students from 0 to 5 years old.
Memberships
- Former member of the Urban Land Institute
- Former Vice President of Oak Tree Capital and Landmark Land Co., Inc.
- Former member of the American Bankers Association
- Former member of the Real Estate Capital Recovery Association
- Former Executive Committee Member and Chapter Chair of the Louisiana Chapter of the Young Presidents Organization and World Presidents Organization
- Metairie Park Country Day School Board Trustee (2013-2021)
- Metairie Park Country Day School Board Chair (2019-2020)