#12 - The Water Institute of The Gulf; Global Leadership for Empowering Resilient Coastal Communities

In this episode, we sit down with Beaux Jones, a regional point of reference and visionary leader on the front lines of developing the complex mix of policy and engineering solutions that is required to realize long-term community resilience along the Louisiana Gulf Coast. As an environmental law expert and intrepid champion of cutting edge coastal engineering solution sets, he has become a key facilitator reconciling complex state and federal regulatory frameworks with the critical need for innovative marine infrastructure planning and engineering solutions that are integral to preparing our working coast for the ongoing and inevitable impacts of coastal land loss and associated marine habitat disruption. Recently selected to be part of the prestigious ‘Committee of 100 for Economic Development’ in Louisiana, Beaux’s valued guidance and vision is helping to empower organizations, community leaders, and citizens across multiple sectors at a regional, national, and international scale. With his work (and that of his outstanding team) at The Water Institute, Beaux is laying the foundations for Louisiana’s long term global leadership and positioning as a key purveyor of high value products and services for at-risk coastal communities around the world that are already facing increasing economic, engineering, and socio-cultural challenges from the ravages of runaway climate change.

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Beaux Jones
Acting President and CEO for The Water Institute

Beaux Jones is the Acting President and CEO for The Water Institute. Prior to joining The Water Institute, Jones served as the environmental section chief for the Louisiana Department of Justice, where he represented the State of Louisiana and its agencies in a wide variety of matters ranging from environmental and coastal law to criminal and appellate law. He most recently worked as an environmental and coastal lawyer for the law firm Baldwin Haspel Burke & Mayer in New Orleans.

Jones has extensive experience representing agencies, companies, and organizations inside the courtroom and internally. He has argued cases at every level of state and federal court in Louisiana and has worked on several high-profile cases related to the Gulf Coast and Louisiana. He was on the BP spill litigation team with the Louisiana Attorney General.

Prior to becoming the Acting President and CEO, Jones was the General Counsel and Chief of Staff at The Water Institute and handled general legal matters for The Water Institute, such as contracts and immigration law. He also was a key member of the leadership team, merging the Institute’s ongoing work in science, engineering and resiliency with legal policy.

Jones earned his bachelor’s from Davidson College and his law degree from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at LSU. He is active in a variety of community and environmental causes.

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