Associate
Project Specialist

Ph: 775-825-4400
Fax: 775-825-4403
Email: relkins@starktcn.com

Ricci Rodriguez-Elkins is an Associate/Project Specialist with Stark & Associates Commercial Real Estate.  Her specialty is in educational and special purpose facilities.  Ms. Elkins specializes in the sale, lease, and acquisition of unique use facilities for schools, day cares, educational businesses, churches, and nonprofit organizations.  She is committed to providing a highly responsive and efficient consultancy to assist clients in acquiring, designing, constructing/renovating, financing and managing special use facilities.

Ms. Elkins has twelve years of experience working with public charter schools and is a nationally recognized educational consultant, founder of the Center For Charter School Development, and is acknowledged by her peers as a leader in the industry.  In addition to facilities finance and acquisition, her range of experience includes project management, school planning and design, operational guidance, professional development, school improvement, and grant writing.  A strong supporter of business collaboration, Ms. Elkins established the Charter School Education Consortium to unite charter schools with businesses that provide services to charter schools such as attorneys, real estate agents, insurance providers, accountants, and contractors.   She currently serves as the Project Director for the Governor’s State Charter School Leadership Team and was recently appointed by Governor Gibbons to the Commission for Educational Excellence.

Ms. Elkins holds a Master’s degree in Educational Administration and Supervision with a focus on Business from Arizona State University.  She was chosen to participate with 23 others from throughout the United States, in a unique Fellowship program for charter school leaders at ASU, the Leadership for Education Entrepreneurs program.  Ms. Elkins also participated in the Dayton Charter School Incubator Project and is a NWREL Charter School Trainer.