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Principal & Senior Appraiser

D. Wesley Moore, II, CRE, MAI, CCIM, ASA, is a commercial real estate appraiser, real estate counselor, market analyst, broker, consultant and instructor with over 35 years of real estate appraisal and brokerage experience. He is a partner in the appraisal firm of Cook, Moore, Davenport & Associates. Mr. Moore has a Masters Degree in Finance with a Concentration in Real Estate, a BS in Finance and a BS in Construction, all from Louisiana State University. He holds the MAI designation with the Appraisal Institute, the CRE designation with the Counselors of Real Estate, the CCIM designation with the CCIM Institute, the ASA designation with the American Society of Appraisers, is a licensed real estate broker, a REALTOR, a Certified General Real Estate Appraiser in Louisiana and Mississippi, and is an Adjunct Instructor of Real Estate with the Department of Finance at LSU. He taught the Real Estate Valuation and Investment class (Finance 3352) at LSU from 2006 to 2018. Mr. Moore is 1 of only 12 people to hold the CRE designation in Louisiana, and is the only person based in the Baton Rouge region to currently hold this distinguished professional designation. He was 2005 President of the Commercial Investment Division (CID) of the Greater Baton Rouge Association of Realtors, 2003-05 member of the Board of Managers for the Louisiana Commercial Database (LACDB), 2006 Chair of the Trends in Real Estate seminar, and is a recurring speaker in the Trends in Real Estate seminar series. He was the 2006 CID Member of the Year, and in 2007 was one of 27 recipients nationally of the CCIM Excellence award. In 2023 and 2024, he was named to The Capital Region 500 Most Powerful & Influential Business & Community Leaders by The Baton Rouge Business Report. Mr. Moore has been interviewed by CNN and the local CBS and ABC affiliates, and has been quoted in numerous publications, including the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Apartment Finance Today, Los Angeles Times, the Times Picayune, the Baton Rouge Business Report and The Advocate. Mr. Moore has overseen the Louisiana State University Real Estate Research Institute's apartment market survey for Baton Rouge since 1989. A native of Shreveport, Louisiana, he has two children. His hobbies include martial arts, scuba diving, and LSU sports. He holds a 4th-degree black belt in Taekwondo, a purple belt in Brazilian-Style Jujitsu and a brown belt in Weeping-Style Jujitsu.

Senior Appraiser

Richard A. Rachal, MAI, has been a commercial real estate appraiser with Cook, Moore, Davenport & Associates since 2007. He earned both a Bachelor of Science in Finance, with concentrations in real estate and investment management, and a Master’s Degree in Finance from Louisiana State University. Richard has extensive experience in the valuation and analysis of commercial real estate, with particular expertise in mobile home parks and RV parks. His broader appraisal experience includes a variety of commercial property types, including retail, office, industrial, multifamily, automotive dealerships, and vacant land. Richard holds the MAI designation from the Appraisal Institute and has served for six years as a Director on the Board of the Louisiana Chapter of the Appraisal Institute. He also taught Real Estate Principles (FIN 3351) at Louisiana State University for seven semesters. A native of Klotzville, Louisiana, Richard enjoys spending time with his wife and four children as well as a variety of outdoor and recreational activities.

Senior Appraiser

Jamie Sterling Schmidt, MAI, is a Commercial Real Estate Appraiser with Cook, Moore, Davenport & Associates, where she has practiced since joining the firm in 2007. With 19 years of commercial real estate appraisal experience, Jamie holds the MAI designation and is a Louisiana State Certified General Real Estate Appraiser. She earned her B.S. in Finance from Louisiana State University in 2007. Jamie has extensive experience valuing a broad range of commercial real estate, with particular expertise in convenience stores, casino truck stops, self-storage facilities, schools, and religious facilities. Her appraisal experience also includes vacant land, retail properties, restaurants, office properties, multifamily developments, office warehouses, and other specialty-use properties. She brings nearly two decades of valuation experience to assignments involving both traditional and specialized commercial properties. Outside of her professional work, Jamie is married and the mother of two daughters.