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UL LAFAYETTE PRESIDENTIAL SEARCH 2025
Information relevant to the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Presidential Search will be provided here as it becomes available.
TIMELINE
- Wednesday, January 14, 2026
- Inaugural Search Committee Meeting at UL Lafayette
- Meeting Agenda
- Thursday, February 19, 2026
- Committee meets in Baton Rouge to review applicant materials and to select semifinalists
- Monday, February 23 and Tuesday, February 24, 2026
- On-campus interviews to occur and finalists selected
- Friday, February 27, 2026
- Special Board Meeting: Finalists presented to full Board and interviews conducted
UL Lafayette Presidential Search Committee
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette Presidential Search Committee is a group of UL System Board members and Lafayette community members.
Search Committee Chair
- Dr. Rick Gallot (Non-Voting) – President, University of Louisiana System
Search Committee Members (Voting)
- Mr. Steve Davison – UL System Board of Supervisors
- Mr. Lee Jackson – UL System Board of Supervisors
- Mr. Keith Myers – UL System Board of Supervisors
- Ms. Maria Nechaeva – UL System Board of Supervisors
- Dr. John Noble, Jr. – UL System Board of Supervisors
- Mr. Dana Peterson – UL System Board of Supervisors
- Mr. Mark Romero – UL System Board of Supervisors
- Ms. Kristine Russell – UL System Board of Supervisors
- Dr. Leah Orr – President, ULL Faculty Senate
Search Committee Members (Non-Voting)
- Mr. Georges Antoun – Member, ULL Foundation Board and Representative, ULL College of Engineering
- Ms. Kimberly Billeaudeau – President, ULL Staff Senate
- Senator Gerald Boudreaux – Louisiana State Senate, District 24
- Mr. Jake Delhomme – ULL Alumnus and Former NFL Quarterback
- Representative Julie Emerson – Louisiana House of Representatives, District 39
- Mr. Ryan Furby – ULL Foundation Board Member
- Mr. Bruce Greenstein – Secretary, Louisiana Department of Health
- Representative Dustin Miller – Louisiana House of Representatives, District 40
- Ms. Onyeka Nwaezeapu – President, ULL Student Government Association
- Ms. Allyson Pharr – Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, Acadian Ambulance
- Dr. Kip Schumacher – Founder, Schumacher Group/Healthcare Executive
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