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2019 Regular Session
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 237
BY SENATOR MILKOVICH
COMMENDATIONS. Commends Tim Barfield on his many accomplishments.
1 A RESOLUTION
2 To commend Tim Barfield on his exceptional contributions in both the private sector and
3 as a public servant, using his significant talents to better the lives of those throughout
4 Louisiana.
5 WHEREAS, Tim Barfield is a 1982 graduate of Catholic High School in Baton
6 Rouge, Louisiana, and was named the 2014 Distinguished Graduate; he has served on the
7 Catholic High Foundation Board and has been an active volunteer for his alma mater; and
8 WHEREAS, Tim Barfield earned a Bachelor of Science in business administration
9 from Louisiana State University (LSU) and his Juris Doctor from the Paul M. Hebert Law
10 Center at LSU, beginning his legal career as a law clerk for the late Frank Polozola, United
11 States District Judge for the Middle District of Louisiana; and
12 WHEREAS, in the private sector, Mr. Barfield distinguished himself as an executive
13 of The Shaw Group, Inc., serving as president and chief operating officer of the company,
14 a Baton Rouge-based corporation providing engineering, construction, environmental, and
15 industrial services, and Baton Rouge's first Fortune 500 company headquartered in the
16 capital city; and only the second in the state of Louisiana, and the publicly-traded company's
17 annual revenue grew from three point one billion dollars to four point eight billion dollars
18 during the years of Barfield's dual role; and
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1 WHEREAS, Tim Barfield also served as president of Shaw Environmental and
2 Infrastructure, Inc., a division of The Shaw Group and one of the country's largest
3 environmental and infrastructure engineering and construction companies, with more than
4 six thousand employees and one point two billion dollars in annual revenues under Barfield's
5 leadership; and
6 WHEREAS, during his time with Shaw, Tim Barfield served briefly as managing
7 director of Shaw, United Kingdom, Ltd., adding international experience to his thoroughly
8 remarkable curriculum vitae; and
9 WHEREAS, with such extraordinary accomplishments at the helm of Shaw Group
10 divisions, Tim Barfield had much to recommend him to work in the public sector and he
11 served in several capacities in the administration of Governor Bobby Jindal, beginning with
12 being tapped to be the first executive director of the Louisiana Workforce Commission,
13 formerly the Department of Labor, and heading the effort to modernize and streamline this
14 department, striving to better serve Louisiana's greatest resource, its people; and
15 WHEREAS, Tim Barfield went on to serve Governor Jindal as executive counsel,
16 providing legal representation to the governor and his staff and serving as an advisor on
17 policy, strategic, operational, and transactional matters; and
18 WHEREAS, Mr. Barfield served as the secretary of the Louisiana Department of
19 Revenue, putting him in charge of the administration's effort to reform Louisiana's tax
20 system so that the tax code would be fairer, flatter, and lower for Louisiana families and
21 businesses; and
22 WHEREAS, eventually, Tim Barfield returned to the private sector, having left his
23 mark on many of the successes of the Jindal years; in 2016, he was named Executive Vice
24 President of CSRS, Inc., a Louisiana-based design and management firm specializing in the
25 delivery of infrastructure and facilities to public and private entities across the southeast
26 United States; and
27 WHEREAS, as an executive member of the administration of Governor Bobby
28 Jindal, Tim Barfield performed courageous, groundbreaking, and trailblazing research on,
29 and analysis and review of, the state's tax exemptions, credits, and deductions, working
30 tirelessly, unselfishly, and sacrificially, always with an eye to improving, strengthening, and
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1 benefitting the great state of Louisiana; and
2 WHEREAS, as an intelligent and multi-talented leader and executive, Tim Barfield
3 has lent all his skills to significant efforts in both the private sector in Louisiana and in
4 governmental service, bringing his expertise and his vision to various positions that
5 strengthened the economy in Louisiana, and brought those same talents to deliver a state
6 government that more fully met the needs of her citizens and raised the profile of Louisiana
7 as a state where good things were happening and government was being run in a more
8 business-like manner.
9 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
10 does hereby commend Tim Barfield on his exceptional contributions in both the private
11 sector and as a public servant, bringing his significant talents to better the lives of those
12 throughout Louisiana.
13 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
14 Tim Barfield.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Mary Dozier O'Brien.
DIGEST
SR 237 Original 2019 Regular Session Milkovich
Commends Tim Barfield on his exceptional contributions in both the private sector and as
a public servant, using his significant talents to better the lives of those throughout
Louisiana.
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