TSUS Board of Regents chair appoints Advisory Committee for LIT presidential search

Texas State University System Board of Regents Chairman Duke Austin has appointed an Advisory Search Committee to begin the search for the next president of Lamar Institute of Technology. Committee members, representing a cross-section of the Beaumont and LIT campus communities, are:

Stephen Lee - TSUS Regent (Committee Chair)

Sheila Faske - TSUS Regent and LIT Alumna

Sarah Ridley - Faculty Senate President

Kristina Mendoza - Instructor, Allied Health and Sciences

Tiffany Williams-Parker - Chair, Department of Technology

Ken Mason - Associate Dean of Instruction

Angela Clark - Manager of Online Learning and Staff Senate President

Kennedy Montaque - Student Government Association President

Rod Carroll - Vidor Police Chief and President of LIT Foundation Board

Nakisha Burns - Public and Government Affairs Manager, Exxon Mobil

The advisory committee will work with AGB Search, an executive search firm, to conduct a national search with the goal of identifying a small number of highly qualified candidates. These candidates will be invited to interview with Chancellor Brian McCall, and the sole finalist will be named by the chancellor and recommended for confirmation by the TSUS Board of Regents as early as July 2022.

LIT President Lonnie Howard announced last month that he will step down from his position in July 2022.

About TSUS

The Texas State University System, founded in 1911, is Texas’ first university system. TSUS member institutions currently serve more than 87,000 students on 13 campuses from far West Texas to the Gulf Coast. Member institutions include Lamar University, Sam Houston State University, Sul Ross State University, Texas State University, Lamar Institute of Technology, Lamar State College Orange and Lamar State College Port Arthur.