Subjects: All Subjects

Clients

1) Academy Consultants

2) Acadian Ambulance and Air Med Services

3) Airbnb, Inc.

4) AXS Group, LLC

5) C100 Louisiana

6) Calpine Corporation

7) Capitol Strategies Group Consulting, LLC

8) CCT Investment Holdings, LLC

9) CenterPoint Energy

10) Chubb-North America

11) Dollar Tree, Inc., Family Dollar Stores, LLC, FD Stores of LA, LLC

12) East Baton Rouge Parish School System

13) Eatel

14) Exxon Mobil Corporation (ExxonMobil)

15) Foundation for Excellence in Louisiana Public Broadcasting

16) Greater New Orleans Foundation

17) Greater New Orleans Housing Alliance

18) Greater Ouachita Water Company

19) Herzing University

20) Hilcorp Energy Company

21) HW Acquisition Company, LLC

22) Independence Bowl Foundation

23) Insurance Council of Louisiana

24) Legal Reform Coalition

25) Liberty Mutual Group

26) Linde Gas and Equipment, Inc.

27) Louis Dreyfus Commodities LLC

28) Louisiana Energy Users Group (LEUG)

29) Louisiana Food Bank Association

30) Louisiana Health Service & Indemnity Company d/b/a Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana

31) Louisiana Probation and Parole Officiers Association

32) Louisiana State Nurses Association (LSNA)

33) Louisiana Telecommunications Association

34) LWCC

35) Macro Companies

36) Main Street Advocates

37) Market Umbrella

38) Mississippi River Delta Coalition/Environmental Defense Fund

39) MTPCS, LLC d/b/a Cellular One

40) MultiState Associates, Inc.

41) New Orleans Regional Transit Authority

42) New Orleans-Baton Rouge Steamship Pilots Association

43) NextEra Energy Inc

44) NRG Energy, Inc.

45) Nucor Steel Louisiana, LLC

46) Occidental Chemical Corporation

47) Occidental Energy Ventures

48) One Call

49) Orleans Parish School Board

50) Paschall Strategic Communications

51) Pelican Institute for Public Policy

52) ResCare, Inc.

53) Sisung Group

54) Southern Strategy Group of Louisiana, LLC

55) Southern University System Foundation

56) The MENTOR Network

57) United Professionals Company, LLC

58) Verify4

59) Westlake Chemical

Biography

Serving as president of Southern Strategy Group (Louisiana), Rodney Braxton brings the highest levels of public service to the firm. He is experienced in policy development, governmental affairs, legislative relations, budgetary issues, capital improvement projects and enjoys a reputation for "persuasive negotiation skills." As assistant chief of staff to former Governor Murphy J. "Mike" Foster, Rodney supervised transportation, insurance, and labor issues. He also served as associate commissioner of governmental relations for the Louisiana Board of Regents, the state's top higher education board.

Rodney was undersecretary of the Louisiana Department of Labor, the first executive director of the Louisiana Commission on Human Rights and, in 1994, named one of thirty Leaders of the Future by Ebony magazine. An active member of many community and civic organizations, he has served on the boards of Young Leaders Academy, Of Moving Colors Productions and Serve! Baton Rouge.

A native of Louisiana and practicing attorney since 1992, Rodney holds a B.S. in finance from the University of New Orleans and his J.D. from Tulane University Law School where he received a Merit Scholarship and was a quarterfinalist in the 1992 Frederick Douglas Moot Court Competition.

Last Updated: November 14, 2024