Jim Patterson serves as Vice President of Government Relations, as well as Employee Relations Council Director, Taxation and Finance Council Director, and Trade, Transportation and Tourism council director for the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (LABI). LABI is Louisiana’s state chamber of commerce and manufacturers association. As Vice President of Government Relations, a position he has held for over fifteen years, Jim is charged with overseeing the day-to-day legislative activities of LABI’s six-person lobbying team.