ÃÛÌÒAPP Board of Supervisors Announces Presidential Search Committee
June 20, 2025
A message from Scott Ballard, chairman of the ÃÛÌÒAPP Board of Supervisors:
It is my honor to introduce the members of the 2025 ÃÛÌÒAPP 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 ÃÛÌÒAPP Presidential Search Committee:
- Scott Ballard, Chairman – ÃÛÌÒAPP Board of Supervisors
- Lee Mallett, Vice Chair – ÃÛÌÒAPP Board of Supervisors
- Valencia Sarpy Jones, Past Chair – ÃÛÌÒAPP Board of Supervisors
- Rémy Voisin Starns, Past Chair – ÃÛÌÒAPP Board of Supervisors
- James Williams, Past Chair – ÃÛÌÒAPP Board of Supervisors
- John Carmouche, Supervisor – ÃÛÌÒAPP Board of Supervisors
- Blaise Zuschlag, Supervisor – ÃÛÌÒAPP Board of Supervisors
- Ben Bordelon, President & CEO – Bollinger Shipyards
- Clarence Cazalot, Immediate Past Chair MD Anderson, Former Chair/President/CEO Marathon Oil, Past Chair – ÃÛÌÒAPP Foundation Board of Directors
- Paul Coreil, Chancellor – ÃÛÌÒAPP Alexandria
- Greg Feirn, CEO – LCMC Health
- E.J. Kuiper, President & CEO – Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System
- Pete November, CEO – Ochsner Health
- Roger Ogden, Business Leader, Philanthropist, ÃÛÌÒAPP Foundation Board of Directors
- Emily Otken, Medical Student – ÃÛÌÒAPP Health Sciences Center Shreveport, Former Student Member – ÃÛÌÒAPP Board of Supervisors
- Kenneth Schafer, Boyd Professor and Ball Family Distinguished Professor
- Ryan Theriot, Executive Vice President/COO of Parish Construction, Former ÃÛÌÒAPP & MLB Baseball Player
- Daniel Tirone, ÃÛÌÒAPP A&M Faculty Senate President, Associate Professor – ÃÛÌÒAPP A&M College of Humanities & Social Sciences
- Bill Windham, Shreveport-Bossier Business and Industry Leader


