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President's Office

225-771-4680

Dennis J. Shields — President of the Southern University System and Chancellor of Southern University Baton Rouge

Allen P. Vital, Ph D. — Chief of Staff
allen.vital@sus.edu

John K. Pierre — Executive Vice President

Luria Young, Ph.D. — Interim Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
bijoy.sahoo@sus.edu

Vladimir Alexander Appeaning, Ph.D. — Vice President for Strategic Planning, Policy and Institutional Effectiveness
appeaning@sus.edu

Corinne Blache— General Counsel to the System and Board of Supervisors
corinne_blache@sus.edu

Jeremiah Sams — System Director for Compliance
jeremiah.sams@sus.edu

Vickey Murray — Executive Secretary
vickey_murray@sus.edu

Patricia Handy — Administrative Assistant
patricia_handy@sus.edu

Robyn Merrick, Ph.D. — Vice President
robyn_merrick@sus.edu

Henry Tillman — Assistant to the Vice President
henry_tillman@sus.edu

Derrick Warren — Director and Exec. Director of SU Alumni Federation
derrick_warren@sus.edu

Janene Tate — Director
janene_tate@sus.edu

Vivian Kerr — Director
vivian_kerr@sus.edu

DAndrea Joshua Lee — Director and Chief Protocol Officer
deandra_lee@sus.edu

Flandus McClinton — Vice President
flandus_mcclinton@sus.edu

Kim Knighton – Assistant to the Vice President
kimberly_knighton@subr.edu

Gloria Matthews — Special Assistant to the Vice President
gloria_matthews@sus.edu

Barbara Robertson — Inter-Agency Coordinator/Administrative Account
barbara_robertson@sus.edu

Alfred Harrell III — Chief Executive Officer
alfred_harrell@sus.edu

Tanya Freeman — Director of Development, SU Law Center
tfreeman@sulc.edu

Toni Booker — Comptroller
toni_booker@sus.edu

Yvonne Roberson — Research and Database Manager
yvonne_roberson@sus.edu

Lynn Howard — Annual Fund Coordinator
lynn_howard@sus.edu

Shonda Wessinger — Communications Specialist
shonda_wessinger@sus.edu

Robert Easly — Advancement Officer
robert_easly@sus.edu

Shirley McLendon — Accountant
shirley_mclendon@sus.edu

Jocelyn Lewis — Executive Assistant to the CEO
jocelyn_akins@sus.edu

Gabriel Fagbeyiro, Ph.D. — Associate Vice President for Information Technology &
Chief Information Officer, SUS/SUBR
gabriel_fagbeyiro@sus.edu

TBD — Assistant Director

Office of General Counsel 225-771-4680

Jeremiah J. Sams, System Director for Compliance
jeremiah.sams@sus.edu