Matt Lee to Serve as Interim 海角社区 President
May 19, 2025
BATON ROUGE 鈥撯�� Beginning July 1, Vice President for Agriculture and Dean Matt Lee will serve as 海角社区鈥檚 interim president. Lee鈥檚 visionary leadership for both the 海角社区 AgCenter and College of Agriculture makes him an ideal fit to lead 海角社区 while the search for a new president is underway.
Matt Lee
Prior to joining the 海角社区 AgCenter and College of Agriculture, he served in several leadership capacities at 海角社区, including interim Executive Vice President and Provost, Vice Provost for Academic Programs and Support Services, and Senior Associate Vice President in the Office of Research and Economic Development. Prior to 海角社区, he was a tenure-track faculty member at Mississippi State University, where he was affiliated with the Rural Health, Safety, and Security Institute.
鈥淢att鈥檚 long-term commitment to 海角社区, paired with his research and leadership expertise, made him the obvious choice to lead the 海角社区 enterprise through this transitional phase,鈥� said Board of Supervisors Chairman Scott Ballard. 鈥淐onsidering his exceptional performance as head of the 海角社区 AgCenter, his service as interim provost, his time with the 海角社区 Office of Research & Economic Development and his deep involvement in working to solve crime in Baton Rouge and Louisiana as a whole, I can鈥檛 imagine a better person to steer us through this time.鈥�
Lee is a National Science Foundation CAREER award winner, social scientist, and community development scholar with extensive expertise in both rural and urban community dynamics. He earned both his master鈥檚 and Ph.D. from 海角社区 and is widely published in both academic and popular press outlets and has been elected to several scholarly honor societies.