Some of Jeb Bruneau’s earliest memories are of his father–long-time state legislator Peppi Bruneau–standing up for right-to-work legislation in the 1970s, reports 10/12 Industry Report in its latest issue.
It was a critical moment in time for the Louisiana business community, and it thrust his family into the middle of an embittered fight between organized labor and the right-to-work movement.
“Good, bad or indifferent, when you’re a politician’s son, you get it all,” says Bruneau, president & CEO of Associated Builders and Contractors New Orleans/Bayou Chapter. “It got pretty nasty. I remember my mom never letting us go outside because someone had shot through one of our windows.”
Bruneau is a New Orleanian to his core. He grew up and attended school in the Lakeview area After graduating from LSU with a degree in political science in 1992, he briefly flirted with the idea of entering law school, then possibly a career in politics himself, but his father encouraged him to enter the workforce instead. Read more.
