Cousins Properties announced that it has promoted Richard Hickson to the role of Executive Vice President of Operations and has hired Kennedy Hicks as Senior Vice President of Investments. Mr. Hickson joined Cousins in September 2016 as Senior Vice President responsible for Asset Management. Prior to joining Cousins, Mr. Hickson gained more than 17 years of real estate experience in wide-ranging roles, including multiple operations and finance roles from 2004 through 2012 at Parkway Properties Inc. Ms. Hicks joins Cousins from Eastdil Secured, where she most recently served as Managing Director focusing on institutional office transactions across the Sun Belt.