Former senior staffer to Governor Bobby Jindal
Top Forty Under 40, Business Report in 2014
National Finance Committee member, Republican Governors Association
Chairman of Emerging Leaders Council, Louisiana Association of Business and Industry
2) Agilify
4) Associated Professional Educators of Louisiana
5) Baton Rouge Area Foundation
6) Blackrock Funds Services Group
10) CHANGENT
14) Clover
15) Conduent, Inc. and its Affiliates
17) Elevance Health, and its Affiliates dba Anthem, Inc.
18) Endeavors
19) GDIT
20) Google LLC and its Affiliates
21) Greater Baton Rouge Economic Partnership
22) Historic Tax Credit Coalition
25) Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association
28) Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center
29) MMR Group
30) Motion Picture Association, Inc
31) Osmose Utilities Services, Inc.
32) Palo Alto
33) Plexos Group
37) Software AG
38) Solstice Advanced Materials Inc.
39) Southern Energy Renewables LLC
40) Sparkhound
43) Trane U.S. Inc
46) Workforce Housing Coalition
47) YMCA
48) Youth Villages
Nial Patel joined Cornerstone Government Affairs in 2011 after more than seven years of service to Governor Bobby Jindal, dating back to his first run for governor in 2003. As one of the longest serving senior staff members for the Governor, Nial worked as the director of scheduling. Additionally, when Governor Jindal was elected to Congress, Nial served as his executive assistant. During his tenure with Jindal, Nial's duties varied from campaigning to research and outreach, working with elected politicians, stakeholders, and government officials from Washington, D.C. and across the state of Louisiana.
Nial holds a Masters in Economics from the Ourso College of Business at Louisiana State University (LSU), and graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in Economics from LSU, where he also minored Political Science and Business Administration.
Originally from New Orleans, Nial attended Holy Cross High School and the Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts. In 2014, he was recognized as one of the top forty under 40 leaders in the community, and is alum of the Baton Rouge Leadership and Louisiana Leadership programs. Nial serves on the Southeast Super Region Committee, Greater New Orleans Inc.'s Next Gen Council, New Schools for Baton Rouge Board, Teach for America Board, and is Chairman of Louisiana Association of Business and Industry's Emerging Leaders Council. He has helped raised money for the American Cancer Society, Republican Governor's Association, and several elected officials. Nial currently resides in Baton Rouge.
1900 Grant Street 4th floor, fourth floor, Denver, CO, 80203,
1) Changent
21 Oak St, Suite 207, Hartford, CT, 06106,
1) AAA
2) Alkermes
5) Area Cooperative Education Services
6) BioCT
8) Capitol Region Council of Governments
10) Changent
11) Conduent
12) Connecticut Podiatric Medical Association
14) CT Academy of Physician Assistants
15) CT Association for Community Transportation
16) CT Association for Healthcare at Home
17) CT Association of Public School Superintendents
18) CT Chapter, National Association of Housing & Redevelopment Officials
19) CT Family Resource Centers Alliance
20) CT Realtors
21) Delta Dental of New Jersey, Inc.
22) EASTCONN
23) Greenskies Renewable Energy LLC
24) H&R Block
25) Modaxo Traffic Management USA, Inc.
26) Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority
27) National Council on Compensation Insurance
29) Natural Resources Defense Council
30) Petros Credit Strategies LLC
31) Plasma Protein Therapeutics Association
32) Probate Assembly
33) Regional Education Service Center Alliance
34) Save the Sound (Formerly CT Fund for the Environment)
35) Scale Microgrids Solutions Operating, LLC
36) Stonehenge Capital Company, LLC
37) Sunnova
38) Sunrun
39) Sunrun, Inc.
40) The Workplace
41) Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
42) Vivint Solar
21 Oak St, Suite 207, Hartford, CT, 06106,
1) AAA
3) Alkermes
6) BioCT
8) Capitol Region Council of Governments
9) Changent
10) Conduent
12) CT Association for Community Transportation
13) CT Association for Healthcare at Home
14) CT Association of Public School Superintendents
15) CT Chapter, National Association of Housing & Redevelopment Officials
17) CT Realtors
18) H&R Block
19) Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority
20) National Council on Compensation Insurance
22) Natural Resources Defense Council
23) Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council
24) Probate Assembly
25) Regional Education Service Center Alliance
26) Save the Sound (Formerly CT Fund for the Environment)
27) Sunrun
28) The Workplace
31) Vivint Solar
32) Youth Villages