Search Committee Members

The 25-member committee consists of representatives from the campus' colleges, administrative units, students, alumni, local community and business. Serving on the committee are:

	Dr. Ralph Slaughter, President, Southern University System (Chair)
	Ms. Jacqui Vines, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Cox Greater Louisiana (Vice-Chair)
	Mr. Matthew T. Butler, Vice President, The Shaw Group, Inc. (Vice-Chair)

College Representatives

	Dr. Erma J. Borksey, President, Faculty Senate (College of Science)
	Dr. William Arp, Vice President, Faculty Senate (Nelson Mandela School of Public Policy)
	Dr. Kamran K. Abdollahi, Faculty Senator (College of Agricultural, Family, and Consumer Sciences)
	Ms. Katrece M. Albert, Assistant Professor (College of Business)
	Dr. Sandra C. Brown, Professor (School of Nursing)
	Dr. Samuel Ibekwe, Professor and Mechanical Engineering Chair (College of Engineering)
	Mr. Lawrence Jackson, Director of Bands (College of Arts and Humanities)
	Dr. Eva B. Kleinpeter, Faculty Senator/Professor (College of Education)
	Mr. Archie Tiner, Faculty Senator (School of Architecture)

Administrative and Staff Representatives

	Ms. Linda Antoine, Director, Purchasing Department
	Mr. David Hawkins, Associate Athletics Director for Finance, Department of Athletics

Student Representatives

	Mr. Carey Ash, Student Government Association President, SUBR
	Ms. Brittany Carter, Student President, National Association of Black Accountants, SUBR
	Ms. Jasmine Smutherman, Miss Southern University Baton Rouge

Community Representatives

	Mr. Darian Chustz, President, Baton Rouge Coca-Cola Bottling Company
	Attorney Walter Dumas, Senior Attorney, Dumas & Associates Law Corporation and Vice President of the Southern University System Foundation Board
	Ms. Teri Fontenot, President/Chief Executive Officer, Woman’s Hospital
	Ms. Linda Johnson, Chair, Board of Elementary and Secondary Education Board (BESE)
	Rev.  Darlene Moore, Pastor, Camphor United Methodist

Alumni Representatives

	Attorney Domoine Rutledge, National President of the Southern University Alumni Federation and General Counsel of the East Baton Rouge Parish School System
	Mr. Donald Wade, Past National President, Southern University Alumni Federation and Retiree Representative
	Mr. Dennis S. Brown, President of Destiny Investments/Motivational Speaker/Author, and President of the Southern University Alumni Federation Chapter in Houston, Texas