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Donald J. Palmisano, MD, JD
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The Greater New Orleans area remains in dire condition post-Hurricane Katrina.  What gives me some hope now is my friend Ron Faucheux, JD, PhD, has joined the staff of Senator Mary Landrieu as Chief of Staff .  He is a wise political analyst and a person who can get things done.  I have followed his career since I joined his campaign to help him get elected to the Louisiana legislature in the 70's.  See the press release below.  His name should not be unfamiliar to you as I introduced him to you on two occasions in 2004.
His photo and bio are located at:
http://www.faucheux.com/bio.htm

Excepts from my comments in 2004 are below just before the press release.

Stay well and the very best to you in the New Year!
DJP
P.S. One day I will send you a note on how Robin and I learned to love "Smokey the Trailer" where we currently reside.


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DJP 10-2-2004 AMA Update - Thanks
Saturday October 2, 2004
11:47 PM

I moderated a program later today on Health Policy and Medical Liability Reform at Tulane 170th celebration.  Ron Faucheux and Philip Howard were the featured speakers and were terrific. Also Surgeon General Dr. Carmona accepted invitation to speak tonight and 
he did his usual fine job.

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(At the opening of the 2004 AMA Presidents' Forum in Washington DC on March 24), I said:
Our keynote speaker this morning is Ron Faucheux, Ph.D., J.D., a long-time friend and inspiration, who will fill us in on how things really 
work on Capitol Hill, and how we can create strategies that will help advance our societies’ agendas.
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PRESS RELEASE December 2005
Louisiana Senator Landrieu Names Faucheux New Chief Of Staff

In a press release from the office of U.S. Senator, Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, the Senator has named Ron Faucheux as her Chief-of-Staff 
replacing Norma Jane Sabiston who recently announced her resignation from that position.  Here is the press release:

WASHINGTON – Former Louisiana state legislator and Secretary of Commerce Ron Faucheux has been named Chief of Staff for United States Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., she today announced.  The former publisher and editor of Campaigns & Elections magazine, Faucheux is expected to assume his new duties in early 2006.

“Ron Faucheux has been a trusted confidante and close friend for a great many years,” Sen. Landrieu said.  “I was proud to serve with 
him in the Louisiana legislature and I am very happy that we will be working together once again as he joins our Louisiana team in the 
Senate.  As demonstrated through his many years of public service, Ron’s understanding of and commitment to New Orleans and our state 
will serve Louisianians well as we face perhaps the most challenging time in our state’s history.”

Faucheux is currently Vice President of Government Affairs for the American Institute of Architects (AIA), where he manages federal, 
state and local government activities for the 77,000-member, 150-year-old group.  Most recently, he led AIA’s presentation last month of 
the Louisiana Recovery and Rebuilding Conference in New Orleans, and edited “Starting Point,” an insightful report resulting from the 
public discussion of rebuilding needs and priorities.

“The devastation caused by Katrina and Rita changed everything,”   Faucheux said today. “The situation remains dire as hundreds of 
thousands of Americans struggle day-to-day with terrifying uncertainty and unspeakable loss. All of us who love Louisiana need to answer the call to civic duty. Never before has a state´s congressional delegation been more important to its future. Never before have we needed to come together, on behalf of the public good, as we do now.”

Faucheux managed former Senator John Breaux’s first successful campaign for the U.S. House of Representatives in 1972, and was 
himself elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives at age 25.  Representing the now hurricane-devastated New Orleans East community, he served in the state House for eight years and won reelection twice.  His fellow legislators at the time included Sen. Landrieu, 
Congressmen Richard Baker, R-Baton Rouge, and Bill Jefferson, D-New Orleans, and former Congressman Billy Tauzin, R-Chackbay.  Faucheux later served as the state’s Secretary of Commerce.

As a political consultant, Faucheux handled 116 campaigns in 11 states and came to Washington in 1993 as publisher and editor of 
Campaigns & Elections magazine, a position he held for 10 years.  He is currently a Contributor-at-Large to the magazine.

Long-serving Landrieu Chief of Staff Norma Jane Sabiston, who announced her retirement from the Senate earlier this month to join 
the Marmillion + Company public relations firm, originally entered the political campaign arena as a volunteer in Faucheux’s first race 
for the state legislature.

“As a young student, I volunteered in Ron Faucheux’s campaign and developed profound, lasting admiration for his intellect and 
commitment to public service,” she said today.  “He will serve Senator Landrieu and the people of Louisiana very well, as he brings 
his immense talents to bear in this most challenging of times for our state.”

Faucheux holds a bachelor’s degree in Foreign Service from Georgetown University, a Juris Doctor from Louisiana State University and a 
Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of New Orleans. He teaches at George Washington University’s Graduate School of 
Political Management and Georgetown University’s Public Policy Institute, and is the author or editor of several popular books on 
politics, including Running for Office, Winning Elections and The Debate Book.

“I look forward to working with the entire Louisiana delegation and members of Congress throughout the nation, regardless of party, to 
give our state and the entire Gulf Coast region the new hope and tools of recovery that are so desperately needed,” Faucheux said.  “I 
thank Sen. Landrieu for giving me this extraordinary opportunity. We have known one another as colleagues and friends for more than 25 years.

“It is an honor to be part of her Senate team and to serve my state and nation at this historic time."