Subjects: All Subjects

Clients

1) Academy Consultants

2) Acadian Ambulance and Air Med Services

3) Airbnb, Inc.

4) America's Natural Gas Alliance (ANGA)

5) AXS Group, LLC

6) C100 Louisiana

7) Calpine Corporation

8) Capitol Strategies Group Consulting, LLC

9) CareOne Services Inc.

10) Cengage

11) CenterPoint Energy

12) Chubb-North America

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

14) East Baton Rouge Parish School System

15) Eatel

16) Edgefield Recovery Center

17) Exxon Mobil Corporation (ExxonMobil)

18) Foundation for Excellence in Louisiana Public Broadcasting

19) Greater New Orleans Foundation

20) Greater New Orleans Housing Alliance

21) Greater Ouachita Water Company

22) Herzing University

23) Hilcorp Energy Company

24) Independence Bowl Foundation

25) Legal Reform Coalition

26) Liberty Mutual Group

27) Linde Gas and Equipment, Inc.

28) Louis Dreyfus Commodities LLC

29) Louisiana Association of Health Underwriters

30) Louisiana Energy Users Group (LEUG)

31) Louisiana Food Bank Association

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

33) Louisiana Probation and Parole Officiers Association

34) Louisiana State Nurses Association (LSNA)

35) Louisiana Telecommunications Association

36) LWCC

37) Macro Companies

38) Main Street Advocates

39) Market Umbrella

40) Mississippi River Delta Coalition/Environmental Defense Fund

41) MTPCS, LLC d/b/a Cellular One

42) MultiState Associates, Inc.

43) New Orleans Regional Transit Authority

44) New Orleans-Baton Rouge Steamship Pilots Association

45) NextEra Energy Inc

46) NRG Energy, Inc.

47) Nucor Steel Louisiana, LLC

48) Occidental Chemical Corporation

49) Occidental Energy Ventures

50) One Call

51) Orleans Parish School Board

52) Paschall Strategic Communications

53) Pelican Institute for Public Policy

54) Phylway Construction, LLC

55) ResCare, Inc.

56) Sisung Group

57) Southern Poverty Law Center Action Fund

58) Southern Strategy Group of Louisiana, LLC

59) Southern University System Foundation

60) The MENTOR Network

61) United Professionals Company, LLC

62) Verify4

63) 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 11, 2024