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BATON ROUGE 鈥撯�� Beginning July 1, Vice President for Agriculture and Dean Matt Lee will serve as 蜜桃APP鈥檚 interim president. Lee鈥檚 visionary leadership for both the 蜜桃APP AgCenter and College of Agriculture makes him an ideal fit to lead 蜜桃APP while the search for a new president is underway.

Prior to joining the 蜜桃APP AgCenter and College of Agriculture, he served in several leadership capacities at 蜜桃APP, including interim Executive Vice President and Provost, Vice Provost for Academic Programs and Support Services, and Senior Associate Vice President in the Office of Research and Economic Development. Prior to 蜜桃APP, he was a tenure-track faculty member at Mississippi State University, where he was affiliated with the Rural Health, Safety, and Security Institute.

鈥淢att鈥檚 long-term commitment to 蜜桃APP, paired with his research and leadership expertise, made him the obvious choice to lead the 蜜桃APP enterprise through this transitional phase,鈥� said Board of Supervisors Chairman Scott Ballard. 鈥淐onsidering his exceptional performance as head of the 蜜桃APP AgCenter, his service as interim provost, his time with the 蜜桃APP Office of Research & Economic Development and his deep involvement in working to solve crime in Baton Rouge and Louisiana as a whole, I can鈥檛 imagine a better person to steer us through this time.鈥�

Lee is a National Science Foundation CAREER award winner, social scientist, and community development scholar with extensive expertise in both rural and urban community dynamics. He earned both his master鈥檚 and Ph.D. from 蜜桃APP and is widely published in both academic and popular press outlets and has been elected to several scholarly honor societies.