RACHEL FARMER

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RACHEL FARMER

( Louisiana,  )

Cornerstone Government Affairs

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Introduction

20 years of government affairs experience including, policy development, executive branch engagement, drafting legislation, grassroots activities and political campaign strategies

Former vice president of external affairs for UnitedHealth Group

Former legislative and congressional liaison for Secretary Stephen Moret with the Louisiana Department of Economic Development

Client List  Biography 
Clients

1) Advanced Power Alliance

2) Agilify

3) APM Terminals Mobile, LLC

4) Baker Hughes

5) Baton Rouge Area Chamber

6) Blackrock Funds Services Group

7) Bristow Group

8) City of Lake Charles

9) City of New Orleans

10) Clover

11) Cox Communications, Inc.

12) Elevance Health, and its Affiliates dba Anthem, Inc.

13) Endeavors

14) GDIT

15) Historic Tax Credit Coalition

16) Intralot, Inc.

17) Louisiana Association of Broadcasters

18) Louisiana Clerks of Court Association

19) Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association

20) LUBA Workers' Comp

21) Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center

22) Motion Picture Association

23) Palo Alto

24) PayIt, LLC

25) Plexos Group

26) Rouses Enterprises, LLC

27) Save the Children

28) Software AG

29) Sparkhound

30) Stonehenge Capital

31) Susan G. Komen

32) Trane U.S. Inc

33) Tulane University

34) Workforce Housing Coalition

35) YMCA

36) Youth Villages

Biography

Rachel Farmer has 20 years of experience in government affairs activities including, policy development, executive branch engagement, drafting legislation, grassroots activities and political campaign strategies. She has extensive knowledge of health care related issues, state budget and capital outlay processes and economic development business incentives. She joined Cornerstone's in October 2022 and serves as a principal in the Baton Rouge office.

Rachel came to Cornerstone from UnitedHealth Group, where she served as vice president of external affairs and managed the development and implementation of political strategy, relationship development, public policy engagement and overall business advancement initiatives with key state and local policy makers. Additionally, she was responsible for directing all executive and legislative lobbying activities for three state territory, including establishing and overseeing all PAC and corporate political contributions and managing government affairs consultants in each state.

Prior to that, she was a legislative and congressional liaison to Secretary Stephen Moret with the Louisiana Department of Economic Development (LED). She reported directly to the Secretary and served as the primary contact for all legislative communication on behalf of LED, assisting the Secretary in the development of strategies and legislative initiatives to further enhance Louisiana's business development efforts.

Rachel also served as the director of governmental relations with Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC), where she led legislative and political activities for ABC Louisiana, provided lobbying services and actively tracked legislation and regulation issues of importance to ABC. She has experience working with the Louisiana Division of Administration and the House of Representatives serving as a confidential assistant and legislative analyst, respectively.

Rachel holds a Bachelor of Science with a major in business administration and a minor in political science from Louisiana State University.

Last Updated: May 12, 2025