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Ricardo is a Senior Fellow of the 2022 Humanity in Action Mapping Inequities Fellowship. Originally from Aguascalientes, Mexico, and raised in Sarasota, Florida, he currently resides in New York City, where he serves as an Assistant Vice President in the Financial and Professional Liability (FINPRO) practice at Marsh McLennan, the world’s largest risk and professional services firm. In this role, he collaborates with clients globally across Asia, the Americas, and Europe, advising board members, officers, and partners of Private Equity Sponsors and other Alternative Asset Managers and their portfolio companies, on their financial and professional liabilities to identify and develop effective, tailored risk-transfer strategies. Ricardo’s experience includes constructing complex directors’ and officers’ liability insurance programs supporting Foreign Private Issuers in their pursuit of U.S. public offerings, cross-border mergers and acquisitions, and cross-border restructuring transactions. He works closely with insurance markets across the U.S., London, and Bermuda to innovate bespoke solutions for his clients.
Ricardo’s commitment to advocacy extends beyond his professional work. He also currently serves as a Volunteer Child Advocate with The Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights, where he champions the rights and interests of unaccompanied immigrant children fleeing violence, trafficking, abuse, and extreme poverty while they are in U.S. detention.
Ricardo’s personal experience navigating the immigration system, as a recipient of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, has shaped his understanding that addressing social, political, and economic complexities requires a nuanced and multifaceted approach. This perspective guided him in pursuing a Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, with Honors, at Florida State University (FSU), where he also obtained an Undergraduate Certificate in Public Policy, with a concentration in Risk Management.
During his time at FSU, Ricardo engaged in research with AidData, a research lab at the College of William & Mary, where he analyzed underreported financial flows of foreign direct investments from the People’s Republic of China to Central and South America and the Caribbean. His findings were presented at the Undergraduate Research Symposium, one of the largest university-based symposia in the U.S. His undergraduate Honors thesis explored the impacts of changes in U.S. state licensing laws on public safety, influenced by federal immigration policy, and was later co-authored into a paper accepted for presentation at the 2020 World Risk Economic Insurance Conference.
In addition to his professional and academic pursuits, Ricardo has a passion for cooking authentic Mexican cuisine, exploring national security policy, and playing the ukulele. He also enjoys delving into New York City’s architectural history, attending performances at The Metropolitan Opera House, and running along the Hudson River on the West Side Highway in lower Manhattan.