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

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — The Southern University System has announced the committee members for the search for Southern University Law Center’s next chancellor 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 at noon in the Board Meeting Room on the 2nd floor of the J.S. Clark Administration Building on Thursday, June 27.

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

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The search committee members 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, Greater Louisiana Market Vice President for Cox Communications

  • Okechukwu Oko, professor at SULC

  • Whitley Parker, SULC student and Student Bar Association president

  • Alejandro “Al” Perkins, Managing Partner at Hammonds, Sills, Adkins, Guice, Noah & Perkins LLP

  • Winston W. Riddick Sr., a lawyer and former SULC professor

  • District 19, Division A Judge Tarvald Anthony Smith, an SULC alumnus

  • James E. Stewart, Sr., Caddo Parish District Attorney

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