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) Adobe
4) Agilify
7) Associated Professional Educators of Louisiana
8) Baker Hughes
10) Bristow Group
14) Clover
15) Conduent, Inc. and its Affiliates
16) Elevance Health, and its Affiliates dba Anthem, Inc.
17) Endeavors
18) Entergy Services
19) Fan Freedom
20) GDIT
21) Genentech
22) Google Cloud
23) Historic Tax Credit Coalition
24) Honeywell
25) Horne LLP.
26) Louisiana Association of Broadcasters
27) Louisiana Clerks of Court Association
28) Louisiana Energy and Power Authority
29) Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association
32) Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center
33) Motion Picture Association, Inc
34) New Generation Gas Gathering LLC
35) Palo Alto
36) Placid Refining Company, LLC
37) Plexos Group
39) Software AG
40) Sparkhound
43) Tenaska
44) Trane U.S. Inc
46) United HealthCare Services, Inc.
48) Workforce Housing Coalition
49) YMCA
50) 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.
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1846 S. COLUMBINE STREET, SUITE 703, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, 70808,
1) Adobe
3) Agilify
5) Baker Hughes
10) Clover
11) Elevance Health, and its Affiliates dba Anthem, Inc.
12) Endeavors
13) Entergy Services
14) GDIT
15) Genentech
16) Historic Tax Credit Coalition
17) Horne LLP
18) Intralot, Inc.
20) Louisiana Clerks of Court Association
21) Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association
23) Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center
24) Math Nation
25) Motion Picture Association
26) Palo Alto
27) Plexos Group
29) Software AG
30) Sparkhound
32) Susan G. Komen
33) Trane U.S. Inc
35) United Healthcare Services, Inc.
36) Workforce Housing Coalition
37) YMCA
38) Youth Villages
