11-19-24
Ricky Dickson began his career with Blue Bell on January 1, 1981, as a territory manager in Dallas, Texas. In 1982, he moved to Fort Worth to become sales manager and in 1984, was promoted to branch manager in San Antonio. He transferred to Oklahoma City 1989 and Tulsa in 1990 when each of those branches opened.
In 1992, Dickson was named assistant Dallas/Fort Worth division manager. He transferred to Kansas City as branch manager in 1993 and returned to Tulsa later that year. In 1994, he was named Midwest division manager. Four years later, he became general manager of the Broken Arrow plant yet remained involved in sales, particularly with the Wal-Mart account. He was named general sales manager in 2003. In 2010, he was appointed as vice president of sales and marketing and to serve as a director on the Blue Bell Board of Directors. In 2017, he was promoted to president, and in 2019, he was elected CEO and president of the Company.
After 43 years of service, Dickson retired from Blue Bell in March of 2024. Dickson has always been involved in community organizations and continues to do so. While living in Oklahoma, he served two terms on the Broken Arrow Chamber of Commerce board of directors. He has been a Rotary member since 1990, was named a Paul Harris Fellow in 2009 and is past president of the Rotary Club of Washington County.
Dickson was president of Faith Mission from 2009 – 2022, a local ecumenical Christian-based non-profit organization created to assist the homeless and working poor in the community and has been involved with the organization since 2006. Dickson was chairman of the Dairy Products Institute of Texas board from 2021-2022 and served as Ice Cream Board chair for the International Dairy Food Association in 2021-2023. He was ordained as a deacon at the First Baptist Church in San Antonio in 1987 and was chair of deacons at Central Baptist Church in Bryan, Texas in 2022. Dickson and his wife Anita have five children and eight grandchildren.
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