Chad Rigby
About Chad
As the Managing Director of Multifamily Sales in Stirling’s Investment Advisors Division, Chad Rigby leads a team that oversees all facets of multifamily investment sales and marketing, including transaction management, market analysis, valuation, underwriting, and client development in Louisiana, Mississippi, and the Gulf South. With over a decade of experience in the real estate industry, Mr. Rigby began his career as a transaction manager at ARA Newmark, where he gained expertise in deal underwriting, market analysis, and business development. He then joined Stream Realty to launch a multifamily investment sales platform for major market brokerage firms before founding Rigby Advisors, a multifamily consulting firm. Over the course of his career, Mr. Rigby has had the privilege of transacting more than $1 billion in real estate sales and selling over 14,000 units, working tirelessly to help his clients achieve their investment goals.
In addition to his industry experience, Mr. Rigby holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Trade and Finance from Louisiana State University, a real estate associate broker license in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Arkansas, and the highly-regarded Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) designation.
Lauren Ryan
About Lauren
Lauren Ryan joined the Stirling team in 2014, specializing in tenant and landlord representation for leasing and sales transactions in the retail market throughout Louisiana.
Previously, Mrs. Ryan worked at Horizon Bank in Austin, TX, as Assistant Vice President of Development and Marketing. She was a member of the Real Estate Council of Austin, where she served on multiple committees and was selected to participate in the Leadership Development Class.
Lauren is a member of the New Orleans Metropolitan Association of Realtors (NOMAR), the Commercial Investment Division of NOMAR (CID), where she volunteers on the Programs Committee, International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), and the Retail Brokers Network (RBN). In 2016, she received her first NOMAR/CID Achievement Award for transactions totaling over $2.5 million.
An active community member, Lauren sits on the Board for Ascension DePaul Foundation New Orleans, previously Daughters of Charity Foundation, where she volunteers on their Keeping Our Promises Gala committee for the annual fundraiser. Lauren also participated in the Young Leadership Council and was a committee member for the Dress for Success annual fundraiser, the Start The Adventure In Reading (STAIR) annual fundraiser in addition to volunteering with the STAIR afterschool program. She was also selected to be part of the Economic Development Ambassadorship Program through the New Orleans Business Alliance.
Mrs. Ryan is a graduate of Southern Methodist University with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and a Minor in Communications.
Jason Scott
About Jason
Jason Scott is a Senior Advisor with Stirling’s commercial real estate team and has over forty-six years of experience in all aspects of the industry. He works from the company’s Mobile and Pensacola offices. His emphasis for the past thirty-six years has been commercial property management, investment sales, retail and office leasing, and industrial product.
Beginning his career in commercial construction, Jason worked for Opus Corporation for twenty-one years, gaining extensive experience in construction, project and property management, and leasing of commercial properties.
Before joining Stirling in 2014, Mr. Scott worked with John Toomey & Company for fifteen years and was instrumental in business development and client retention. While there, his focus included third-party managed assets, asset management, leasing, financial reporting, budgeting, and client interface.
Mr. Scott is an active member of ICSC (Innovating Commerce Serving Communities), Retail Brokers Network (RBN), Pensacola Association of Realtors, and NAIOP. He holds broker licenses in both Alabama and Florida.
A lifelong resident of Baldwin County, Jason resides in Lillian, Alabama, with his wife, Kim. They have three grown children.
Gaines Seaman
About Gaines
Gaines Seaman serves as a Senior Advisor with Stirling’s commercial real estate team and has specialized in landlord and tenant representation of office space for over 18 years. His inventory includes over 1 million square feet of Class A space comprised of the Heritage Plaza building in Metairie, Louisiana, and the Pan American Life Center in the Central Business District of New Orleans, LA.
Notable lease transactions include Northwestern Mutual, Merrill Lynch, Halliburton, DXC Technology, Pan-American Life Insurance Group, Freeport-McMoRan, Postlethwaite & Netterville, Audubon Engineering, Bourgeois Bennett, Wegmann Dazet, LaPorte, Carr Riggs & Ingram, Lugenbuhl, McGlinchey Stafford PLLC, Morris Bart, Thompson Coe, and Jackson Lewis.
Since joining Stirling in 2008, Gaines has received many company and industry awards, including the Overall Top Producer Award from the New Orleans Metropolitan Association of REALTORS® (NOMAR) Commercial Investment Division (CID) for the highest volume of sales and leases in the greater New Orleans area.
Gaines has served on the Board of Lighthouse Louisiana and numerous committees within Metairie Park Country Day School.
Mr. Seaman is from New Orleans and has a BBA from the University of Mississippi with an emphasis in Marketing.
Saban Sellers
About Saban
Saban Sellers is a member of Stirling’s Investments Division, serving as an Investment Advisor for Multifamily sales. While serving as an Investment Advisor, Saban is extensively involved in all facets of the multifamily investment advisory process, including underwriting, market analysis, and transaction management. His diverse skill set and specialization of both acquisition and disposition of multifamily assets are key to successful brokerage transactions for their clients. To date, Saban has been involved in over $540 million in transaction volume totaling over 5,700 units.
Prior to Multifamily Investment Advising, Mr. Sellers focused on retail sales and leasing in both tenant and landlord representation throughout Louisiana.
Mr. Sellers is a graduate of Louisiana State University’s E.J. Ourso College of Business with a Bachelor of Science in Finance and is a member of the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC).
Rhonda Sharkawy
About Rhonda
Rhonda Sharkawy joined the Stirling team as Development Director, where she was involved in retail ground-up developments and redevelopments. In 2002, she transitioned to the Commercial Brokerage Division as Senior Retail Leasing & Development Executive. For over twenty-five years, she has worked on new retail developments, redevelopments, leasing existing shopping centers, and handling renewal negotiations. In addition, she represents over a dozen national retailers in Louisiana and Mississippi. Rhonda is well seasoned in all aspects of commercial retail real estate.
After completing a bachelor’s degree at Loyola University in New Orleans, Sharkawy earned a master’s degree in Land & Real Estate Development, as well as a Master’s degree in Construction Science from Texas A&M University-College Station.
When she is not working, she is busy with non-profits in the New Orleans area and loves traveling, the arts, music and activities in nature.
Commercial Real Estate Honors and Awards
National Association of Realtors (NAR), Commercial Real Estate Division (CID)
- Hall of Fame: 2015-2017
- Poche Waguespack Award: 2009– 2014
- Top Overall Retail Lease: 2004 – 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2018-2020 & 2023, 2024
- Top Overall Retail Sales: 2008
- Top Overall Retail Producer: 2001 – 2014, 2018-2021, 2023, 2024
- Nationwide Commercial Award (NAR): 2011 – 2020
- For 5 consecutive years, Sharkawy received the Waguespack Award given by the Realtor’s Commercial Investment Division for achieving the highest volume in the industry of sales and leases in the marketplace for the year. She is the first agent in Stirling’s history to receive the award and one of only a handful of women to achieve this honor since it was created back in 1964.
- In 2015-2017, Rhonda was inducted into the New Orleans Association of Realtors Commercial Hall of Fame for the Waguespack Award. She is the first woman to receive this prestigious honor.
Stirling Properties
- Top Commercial Producer: 2003-2006, 2008-2013, 2015-2020 & 2023, 2024
- Most Commercial Transactions: 2003-2024
CoStar
- Power Broker, Top Broker Award: 2015, 2018-2024
Community Honors and Awards
New Orleans City Business
- Excellence in Real Estate
- Ones to Watch, Top Private Companies
- Power Generation
- Given to young innovative achievers whose success in business & organizations set the pace for the future of our region.
