Full Name
Brad Lambert
Job Title
Manager Strategic Initiatives
Company
Providence
Speaker Bio
In January 2025, Brad Lambert joined Providence Engineering and Environmental Group as Manager of Strategic Initiatives. In this newly-created role, Lambert focuses on developing strategic partnerships with and comprehensive solutions for clients and stakeholders; monitoring/tracking relevant industrial and governmental developments; and assisting with the establishment and execution of a company growth strategy.
Initial 25-Year Tenure in Private Sector Consulting
Lambert began his career at Harris, DeVille & Associates in 1992. Clients included numerous petrochemical companies along the U.S. Gulf Coast, trade associations and business groups. He became a trusted advisor to a who’s who of industry, including ExxonMobil, Dow Chemical, BASF, and CF Industries, among others. He conducted numerous media training courses for those clients and many others throughout the U.S. He also developed expertise in crisis communications planning and training and responded to real-life crisis situations for multiple clients, including providing strategic counsel and on-site support for the title sponsor of the 2007 Allstate Sugar Bowl, the first one held back in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Lambert coordinated all public affairs and communications activities for Blueprint Louisiana, a citizen-driven effort to identify and implement essential changes to fundamentally improve Louisiana during the 2007 and 2011 statewide election cycles. Blueprint Louisiana was among the first independent issue advocacy campaigns in the state. Also, during the 2011 election cycle, Lambert managed a year-long, multi-media campaign for the Louisiana REALTORS-supported Constitutional Amendment prohibiting real estate transfer taxes, which passed with more than 80 percent of the vote.
A New Chapter at Louisiana Economic Development
Lambert began his public sector service in 2017, serving as Deputy Secretary of Louisiana Economic Development (LED) and helping lead the state agency responsible for strengthening the state’s business environment and creating a more vibrant economy. LED is the only state agency in the U.S. accredited by the International Economic Development Council, boasting award-winning programs like LED FastStart®, consistently rated as a top customized worker training program in the U.S. In 2022, LED attracted 53 new economic development projects representing more than 18,000 new direct, indirect and retained jobs and $20.7 billion in new capital investment. That was followed up in 2023 of more than $25 billion of capital investment leading to the creation of 19,000 potential new and retained jobs.
In addition to his functional oversight of business development and workforce development operations, Lambert was heavily involved in policy issues and numerous outward-facing engagements for the agency. He also performed emergency response responsibilities for LED, which involved participating in the Unified Command Group of the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP). Lambert helped spearhead LED’s recovery support services following multiple hurricanes and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Lambert also used his expertise to help lead LED’s and Louisiana’s all-of-the-above energy efforts. He served on Louisiana’s Climate Initiatives Task Force, which approved the state’s first-ever Climate Action Plan. Lambert also contributed to the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s Gulf of Mexico Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Task Force, which has been working to identify potential areas in federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico that may be suitable for offshore renewable energy development. Lambert became a sought-after speaker on Louisiana’s pursuits of carbon capture and sequestration, lower-carbon hydrogen and offshore wind. Lambert’s consistent message was that Louisiana can continue to be an energy leader and provide jobs and economic opportunities to residents and businesses while also continuing to lower greenhouse gas and other emissions.
Lifetime of Service and Leadership
A native of Baton Rouge, Lambert has spent much of his professional career giving back to the only community in which he has lived. He has served organizations such as Forum 35 and the Paula G. Manship YMCA. He also lent his professional expertise to his undergraduate college, serving as an adjunct instructor at LSU’s Manship School of Mass Communication. As his career progressed, Lambert was appointed to the Alumni Board of LSU’s Manship School of Mass Communication, including serving as President during the school’s 2013 Centennial. Post-Hurricane Katrina, Lambert was chosen to serve on the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank Board of Directors. He spent 12 years on the Food Bank Board, including serving as Chairman in 2014 and 2015. He also completed two terms on the Board of Directors of the Manship Theatre, Baton Rouge’s premier non-profit venue for theatre, film, music, dance and performing arts.
Initial 25-Year Tenure in Private Sector Consulting
Lambert began his career at Harris, DeVille & Associates in 1992. Clients included numerous petrochemical companies along the U.S. Gulf Coast, trade associations and business groups. He became a trusted advisor to a who’s who of industry, including ExxonMobil, Dow Chemical, BASF, and CF Industries, among others. He conducted numerous media training courses for those clients and many others throughout the U.S. He also developed expertise in crisis communications planning and training and responded to real-life crisis situations for multiple clients, including providing strategic counsel and on-site support for the title sponsor of the 2007 Allstate Sugar Bowl, the first one held back in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Lambert coordinated all public affairs and communications activities for Blueprint Louisiana, a citizen-driven effort to identify and implement essential changes to fundamentally improve Louisiana during the 2007 and 2011 statewide election cycles. Blueprint Louisiana was among the first independent issue advocacy campaigns in the state. Also, during the 2011 election cycle, Lambert managed a year-long, multi-media campaign for the Louisiana REALTORS-supported Constitutional Amendment prohibiting real estate transfer taxes, which passed with more than 80 percent of the vote.
A New Chapter at Louisiana Economic Development
Lambert began his public sector service in 2017, serving as Deputy Secretary of Louisiana Economic Development (LED) and helping lead the state agency responsible for strengthening the state’s business environment and creating a more vibrant economy. LED is the only state agency in the U.S. accredited by the International Economic Development Council, boasting award-winning programs like LED FastStart®, consistently rated as a top customized worker training program in the U.S. In 2022, LED attracted 53 new economic development projects representing more than 18,000 new direct, indirect and retained jobs and $20.7 billion in new capital investment. That was followed up in 2023 of more than $25 billion of capital investment leading to the creation of 19,000 potential new and retained jobs.
In addition to his functional oversight of business development and workforce development operations, Lambert was heavily involved in policy issues and numerous outward-facing engagements for the agency. He also performed emergency response responsibilities for LED, which involved participating in the Unified Command Group of the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP). Lambert helped spearhead LED’s recovery support services following multiple hurricanes and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Lambert also used his expertise to help lead LED’s and Louisiana’s all-of-the-above energy efforts. He served on Louisiana’s Climate Initiatives Task Force, which approved the state’s first-ever Climate Action Plan. Lambert also contributed to the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s Gulf of Mexico Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Task Force, which has been working to identify potential areas in federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico that may be suitable for offshore renewable energy development. Lambert became a sought-after speaker on Louisiana’s pursuits of carbon capture and sequestration, lower-carbon hydrogen and offshore wind. Lambert’s consistent message was that Louisiana can continue to be an energy leader and provide jobs and economic opportunities to residents and businesses while also continuing to lower greenhouse gas and other emissions.
Lifetime of Service and Leadership
A native of Baton Rouge, Lambert has spent much of his professional career giving back to the only community in which he has lived. He has served organizations such as Forum 35 and the Paula G. Manship YMCA. He also lent his professional expertise to his undergraduate college, serving as an adjunct instructor at LSU’s Manship School of Mass Communication. As his career progressed, Lambert was appointed to the Alumni Board of LSU’s Manship School of Mass Communication, including serving as President during the school’s 2013 Centennial. Post-Hurricane Katrina, Lambert was chosen to serve on the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank Board of Directors. He spent 12 years on the Food Bank Board, including serving as Chairman in 2014 and 2015. He also completed two terms on the Board of Directors of the Manship Theatre, Baton Rouge’s premier non-profit venue for theatre, film, music, dance and performing arts.
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