Tim Barfield, the former president and COO of the Shaw Group, is returning to the private sector. Barfield is stepping down as Gov. Bobby Jindal’s chief lawyer and legal advisor effective Dec. 31, to return to the private sector, the governor’s staff announced today. He became executive counsel in July, after a stint as head of the Louisiana Workforce Commission under Jindal.
Barfield’s departure triggered a game of musical chairs among some of the high-profile figures in state government. Stephen Waguespack, currently Jindal’s deputy chief of staff and policy director, will take over as executive counsel. Paul Rainwater, head of the Louisiana Recovery Authority, will become deputy chief of staff. Robin Keegan will move up from deputy director and chief of staff of the LRA to take over the agency. Camille Conway, a senior policy analyst to Jindal, will become policy director. Waguespack, a former Business Report Forty Under 40 winner, has been a policy director for Jindal since his 2007 gubernatorial campaign. Rainwater has been head of the LRA since Jindal took office.
