Board of Supervisors Announces Presidential Search Committee
LSU Board of Supervisors Chairman Scott Ballard announces the 2025 Presidential Search Committee.
A message from Scott Ballard, chairman of the LSU Board of Supervisors:
It is my honor to introduce the members of the 2025 LSU Presidential Search Committee. This distinguished and engaged group brings deep expertise, institutional knowledge, and a shared commitment to identifying the next transformative leader for our university system.
The following list of individuals have been appointed to the 2025 LSU Presidential Search Committee:
- Scott Ballard, Chairman – LSU Board of Supervisors
- Lee Mallett, Vice Chair – LSU Board of Supervisors
- Valencia Sarpy Jones, Past Chair – LSU Board of Supervisors
- Rémy Voisin Starns, Past Chair – LSU Board of Supervisors
- James Williams, Past Chair – LSU Board of Supervisors
- John Carmouche, Supervisor – LSU Board of Supervisors
- Blaise Zuschlag, Supervisor – LSU Board of Supervisors
- Ben Bordelon, President & CEO – Bollinger Shipyards
- Clarence Cazalot, Immediate Past Chair MD Anderson, Former Chair/President/CEO Marathon Oil, Past Chair – LSU Foundation Board of Directors
- Paul Coreil, Chancellor – LSU Alexandria
- Greg Feirn, CEO – LCMC Health
- EJ Kuiper, President & CEO – Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System
- Pete November, CEO – Ochsner Health
- Roger Odgen, Business Leader, Philanthropist, LSU Foundation Board of Directors
- Emily Otken, Medical Student – LSU Health Sciences Center Shreveport, Former Student Member – LSU Board of Supervisors
- Kenneth Schafer, Boyd Professor and Ball Family Distinguished Professor
- Ryan Theriot, Executive Vice President/COO of Parish Construction, Former LSU & MLB Baseball Player
- Daniel Tirone, LSU A&M Faculty Senate President, Associate Professor – LSU A&M College of Humanities & Social Sciences
- Bill Windham, Shreveport-Bossier Business and Industry Leader
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