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Stephen Moret
Secretary of Economic Development
State of Louisiana
Secretary Stephen Moret
Prior to being appointed by Governor Bobby Jindal as secretary of Louisiana Economic Development in 2008, Stephen Moret served as president and CEO of the Baton Rouge Area Chamber of Commerce (BRAC). Under Moret’s leadership from 2004-07, BRAC grew into a national-caliber, regional economic development organization. Revenues tripled at the chamber during Moret’s tenure, following the launch of “The Campaign for a Greater Baton Rouge,” a five-year, $15 million economic development initiative for the nine-parish capital region.
Also while at BRAC, Moret emphasized that business retention and expansion efforts are equally important to business recruitment efforts, and that Louisiana must address such fundamental economic issues as eliminating unorthodox business taxes, improving workforce development, adopting comprehensive governmental ethics reform and addressing statewide transportation priorities. Moret also led the formation of a 50-organization coalition, LA Ethics 1, focused on transforming Louisiana into a national leader in governmental ethics laws and enforcement.
Moret’s other professional endeavors include working as a management consultant with McKinsey & Company, a leading global consultancy serving senior executives of Fortune 500 companies and large public sector organizations. At McKinsey, he specialized in healthcare and service operations. Previously, he was a project supervisor with Trinity Consultants, where he advised large industrial facilities in Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi and California on environmental issues related to major plant expansions.
Moret also served as an assistant to the LSU chancellor, an independent consultant to Harvard University and a public policy fellow with the Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana (PAR). His research at PAR on restructuring Louisiana’s higher-education system earned the Most Distinguished Research Award from the National Governmental Research Association.
A native of Mississippi, Moret considers Baton Rouge, La., his adopted hometown since attending Louisiana State University as an undergraduate. He holds a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering from LSU and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. He is a graduate of Leadership Louisiana and was selected for the Greater Baton Rouge Business Report’s “Top 40 Under 40.”
Moret and his wife Heather have a three-year-old son, Jackson, and a one-year-old son, Samuel.
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