06/11/2014 02:06 PM
BATON ROUGE – Kimberly Robinson, a 1995 Master of Public Administration graduate and
member of the E. J. Ourso College of Business Dean’s Advisory Council, was recently
honored among the 2014 Most Influential Women in Business by The Greater Baton Rouge
Business Report. An awards luncheon was held June 3 for honorees.
Robinson, a partner for the law firm Jones Walker, was instrumental in devising an
economic development plan to attract more property and casualty insurers to Louisiana
and to increase private market capacity by 15 percent after hurricanes Katrina and
Rita. She began her career after law school as a judicial clerk for Louisiana Supreme
Court Justice Bernette Johnson before joining the Louisiana Department of Revenue,
where she helped form the Policy Services Division. She later worked for the Office
of Legal Affairs and as confidential assistant to then-Secretary Cynthia Bridges.
Following hurricanes Katrina and Rita, Robinson was appointed special counsel and
senior adviser on economic development, insurance and revenue policy to Gov. Kathleen
Blanco. Robinson is also a founding board member of Baton Rouge’s Inspire Charter
Academy, a public charter school for children in kindergarten through eighth grade.
To view the full list of 2014 Most Influential Women in Business, click here.
The Public Administration Institute, or PAI, at LSU’s E. J. Ourso College of Business
offers a 42-hour degree program that emphasizes management and financial skills for
those leading public agencies, nonprofit and healthcare organizations and for-profit
organizations that interact with governmental agencies. PAI’s faculty members are
student-oriented and nationally-recognized for their expertise in their fields. For
more information, visit www.business.lsu.edu/pai or call 225-578-6743.
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Billy Gomila
LSU Media Relations
225-578-3867
bgomila@lsu.edu
Posted on Wednesday, June 11, 2014