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) Chubb-North America

10) Delta Utilities

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) Finance New Orlenas

16) Foundation for Excellence in Louisiana Public Broadcasting

17) Greater New Orleans Foundation

18) Greater New Orleans Housing Alliance

19) Greater Ouachita Water Company

20) Herzing University

21) Hilcorp Energy Company

22) HW Acquisition Company, LLC

23) Independence Bowl Foundation

24) Insurance Council of Louisiana

25) Legal Reform Coalition

26) Liberty Mutual Group

27) Linde Gas and Equipment, Inc.

28) Louis Dreyfus Commodities LLC

29) Louisiana Energy Users Group (LEUG)

30) Louisiana Food Bank Association

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

32) Louisiana Probation and Parole Officiers Association

33) Louisiana State Nurses Association (LSNA)

34) Louisiana Telecommunications Association

35) LWCC

36) Macro Companies

37) Main Street Advocates

38) Market Umbrella

39) Mississippi River Delta Coalition/Environmental Defense Fund

40) MTPCS, LLC d/b/a Cellular One

41) MultiState Associates, Inc.

42) New Orleans Regional Transit Authority

43) New Orleans-Baton Rouge Steamship Pilots Association

44) NextEra Energy Inc

45) NRG Energy, Inc.

46) Nucor Steel Louisiana, LLC

47) Occidental Chemical Corporation

48) Occidental Energy Ventures

49) One Call

50) Orleans Parish School Board

51) Paschall Strategic Communications

52) Pelican Institute for Public Policy

53) ResCare, Inc.

54) Sisung Group

55) Southern Strategy Group of Louisiana, LLC

56) Southern University System Foundation

57) The MENTOR Network

58) United Professionals Company, LLC

59) Verify4

60) 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: April 10, 2025