Southeastern to host Louisiana Department of Revenue Secretary

     Southeastern Louisiana University’s College of Business will host the Louisiana Department of Revenue Secretary, Richard Nelson, at the college’s Business @ Breakfast. Scheduled Nov. 5, from 8:30 until 9:45 a.m., the event will take place in the Southeastern Alumni Welcome Center.
     “We are excited to host Secretary Nelson on campus, especially since Governor Landry has called a special session on tax reform,” said Southeastern President William S. Wainwright. “Secretary Nelson is extremely knowledgeable in his field, which should make for an informative presentation and provide an educational opportunity for our College of Business students.”
     Nelson has focused on improving Louisiana’s tax competitiveness since his time in the Louisiana House of Representatives. He will discuss his plan for Louisiana’s Tax reform.
     A resident of Mandeville, Nelson graduated in the top of his class in both Biological Engineering and Law at LSU. He served for seven years in the Foreign Service of the U.S. Department of State, living in Washington, D.C., Germany, and the former Soviet Republic of Georgia.
     In 2017, he left the Foreign Service to take an executive position in the private sector and moved his family back home to Mandeville. Nelson was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives in 2019. During his four-year term, he championed issues from improving elementary school literacy to a comprehensive restructuring of Louisiana’s tax code. After suspending his own campaign for Governor, Nelson was appointed by newly-elected Governor Jeff Landry as Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Revenue, where he is spearheading efforts to reform Louisiana’s broken tax code.
     Tickets are $30 each and are available at https://www.southeastern.edu/events/business-breakfast/.