See who’s on the committee for the Southern University Law Center chancellor search

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BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) – The Southern University System announced the committee members for the search for the next chancellor of the Southern University Law Center on Monday, June 24.

“The diverse group, selected by Myron K. Lawson, chairman of the SU System Board of Supervisors, and Dennis J. Shields, president of the SU System, represents current SULC students and employees, community members and business leaders,” Southern University System officials said in a news release.

The first meeting will be held on Thursday, June 27 at noon in the Board Meeting Room on the 2nd floor of the JS Clark Administration Building.

According to the press release, the chancellor is expected to be appointed in November and will start no later than July 1, 2025.

The members of the search committee are:

Angela Bell, professor at SULC
Aishala Burgess, assistant district attorney for East Baton Rouge Parish and SULC alumnus
Angela Scott Gains, Director of Facilities/ADA Coordinator for SULC
Joshua G. Hollins, director of public finance at Stifel and SULC alumnus
Erin Monroe, vice president of the Greater Louisiana Market for Cox Communications
Okechukwu Oko, professor at SULC
Whitley Parker, SULC student and president of the Student Bar Association
Alejandro “Al” Perkins, Managing Partner at Hammonds, Sills, Adkins, Guice, Noah & Perkins LLP
Winston W. Riddick Sr., an attorney and former SULC professor
District 19, Division A Judge Tarvald Anthony Smith, a SULC alumnus
James E. Stewart, Sr., Caddo Parish District Attorney

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