University of Louisiana System Presidential Candidates

Candidates are listed in alphabetical order, with highest earned degree and most recent employment position noted.  Click on the names to pull up applications

Ravi Chinta (Ph.D. -  University of Pittsburgh)
Downing (Associate) Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship and CINTAS Ethics Fellow, Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio

Walter Johnson, Jr. (Ph.D. - Nova Southeastern University)
Department Chair, Computer Information Sciences, Shaw University, Raleigh, North Carolina

Gary M. Lawler (Ph.D. - The University of Albany)
Chancellor, Pennsylvania State University - Hazleton campus, Hazelton, Pennsylvania

Lesley Lovett-Doust (Ph.D. - University of Wales, Bangor)
President and Vice-Chancellor, Nipissing University, Ontario, Canada

Sylvia A. Mason (Ed.D. - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Interim Chair - School of Education, NCATE Director and Program Coordinator for Graduate Special Education, Kentucky State University

Gwyndolyn McClellan (Ph.D. - University of Kansas)
CEO/President, Value-Based Management, Inc., Sarasota, Florida

Ann McDaniel-Echols (Ph.D. - University of Phoenix)
Medical Training Technologist, Louisiana State Penitentiary

Alfonso Miranda-Daleccio (MBA - Interamerican University of Puerto Rico)
Budget Director, Department of Labor & Human Resources, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Ronald A. Nykiel (Ph.D. - Walden University)
Dean, College of Business and Professor, Husson University, Bangor, Maine

Niranjan Pati (Ph.D. - Northwestern University)
Dean and Professor, William G. Rohrer College of Business, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey

Martin M. Shapiro (Ph.D. - New York University)
Professor of Marketing, Management and International Business, Berkeley Colleges, New York and New Jersey

Michael A. Wartell (Ph.D. - Yale University)
Chancellor Emeritus and Professor of Chemistry, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne

Walter V. Wendler (Ph.D. - University of Texas, Austin)
Director and Professor, School of Architecture, Southern Illinois University Carbondale