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) Harvest Midstream Company

21) Herzing University

22) Hilcorp Energy Company

23) HW Acquisition Company, LLC

24) Independence Bowl Foundation

25) Insurance Council of Louisiana

26) Legal Reform Coalition

27) Lenovo

28) Liberty Mutual Group

29) Linde Gas and Equipment, Inc.

30) Louis Dreyfus Commodities LLC

31) Louisiana Energy Users Group (LEUG)

32) Louisiana Food Bank Association

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

34) Louisiana Probation and Parole Officiers Association

35) Louisiana State Nurses Association (LSNA)

36) Louisiana Telecommunications Association

37) LWCC

38) Macro Companies

39) Main Street Advocates

40) Market Umbrella

41) Mississippi River Delta Coalition/Environmental Defense Fund

42) MTPCS, LLC d/b/a Cellular One

43) MultiState Associates, Inc.

44) New Orleans Regional Transit Authority

45) New Orleans-Baton Rouge Steamship Pilots Association

46) NextEra Energy Inc

47) NRG Energy, Inc.

48) Nucor Steel Louisiana, LLC

49) Occidental Chemical Corporation

50) Occidental Energy Ventures

51) One Call

52) Orleans Parish School Board

53) Paschall Strategic Communications

54) Pelican Institute for Public Policy

55) ResCare, Inc.

56) Sisung Group

57) Southern Strategy Group of Louisiana, LLC

58) Southern University System Foundation

59) The MENTOR Network

60) United Professionals Company, LLC

61) Verify4

62) 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 20, 2025