LSU names president search committee members

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — LSU announced committee members tasked with searching for the university’s new president Friday.

Former President William F. Tate IV stepped down from the role on May 19 to take a job to lead Rutgers University. Tate described it as a “distinctly difficult decision” to leave LSU after four years. He made history as the first Black president in the Southeastern Conference in May 2021.

“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,” LSU Board of Supervisors Chairman Scott Ballard said.

See members appointed to the 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 Ogden, 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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