Ray Nagin
Ray Nagin 60th Mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana In office May 6, 2002 – May 3, 2010 Preceded by Marc Morial Succeeded by Mitch Landrieu Personal details Born Clarence Ray Nagin, Jr. (1956-06-11) June 11, 1956 (age 58) New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Political party Democratic Spouse(s) Seletha Smith Nagin (married 1982) Children 3 Alma mater Tuskegee University (Bachelor of Science Profession Management consultant Religion Roman Catholic[citation needed] Clarence Ray Nagin, Jr., also known as C. Ray Nagin (born June 11, 1956), is a former management consultant and was the 60th mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana from 2002 to 2010. A Democrat, Nagin became internationally known in 2005 in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Nagin was first elected as mayor in March 2002. He was re-elected in 2006 even though the election was held with at least two-thirds of New Orleans citizens still displaced after Katrina struck. He was term-limited by law and hence left office on May 3, 2010. After leaving office, Nagin founded CRN Initiatives LLC, a firm that focuses on emergency preparedness, green energy product development, publishing, and public speaking. He wrote and self-published Katrina Secrets: Storms after the Storms. In 2014, Nagin was convicted on twenty of twenty-one charges of wire fraud, bribery, and money laundering related to bribes from city contractors before and after Hurricane Katrina and was sentenced to ten years in federal prison.