The LSU Board of Supervisors on Friday chose veteran trial attorney John Carmouche as its vice chair.
Carmouche succeeds business owner Lee Mallett, who was named by Gov. Jeff Landry earlier this month to chair the 16-member board that oversees the university’s activities.
Traditionally, the members of the board chose the chair, who would serve a year and then be replaced by the vice chair. But Landry got the state Legislature in 2024 to allow him to name the chair, and the chair now serves at the governor’s pleasure…