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Paul W. Rainwater is a former local and state government official from Louisiana who played a prominent role in Louisiana during its recovery from Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Gustav, and Ike and the recovery of the state from the 2010 British Petroleum Oil Spill. Additionally, Rainwater had a dual career as an Army officer in the United States Army Reserves and the Louisiana Army National Guard, retiring in 2015 as an Army Colonel. Currently, Rainwater is a consultant for Cornerstone Government Affairs, is a principal with Rainwater Consulting, LLC., is a Vice President with the Sisung Securities Corporation, and is a partner with the disaster response/recovery firm Plexos Group.
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From 2012 through 2014, Rainwater served as Chief of Staff to Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal. Prior to serving as Chief of Staff, from 2010 through 2012, Rainwater served as Commissioner of Administration for the State of Louisiana, the chief operating officer and chief budget officer for the state. Prior to his service as Commissioner of Administration, Rainwater served as the Executive Director of the Louisiana Recovery Authority (LRA), the state agency charged with allocating federal recovery funds in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, where he was widely credited with turning around the state's Road Home program and building a positive relationship with the federal government to bring recovery resources to Louisiana. In 2008, prior to Hurricane Gustav making landfall, Rainwater was embedded in New Orleans City Hall at the request of Governor Jindal to assist then-New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin with managing the response and evacuation of the city.
During Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Rainwater helped manage the State of Louisiana's response, managing evacuations from the I-10 Causeway in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, and during 2005's Hurricane Rita he managed the evacuation of southwest Louisiana.
In his military role, Rainwater served in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom, as a finance officer, civil affairs plans officer, and as the deputy adjutant general for the theater of operations during Operation Iraqi Freedom. In his military role, Rainwater was awarded the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Joint Service Achievement Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, the Army Achievement Medal, and the Combat Action Badge.