The future presidency of the LSU System Board of Supervisors, currently held by LSU System President John Lombardi, is up for discussion at this afternoon’s Board of Supervisors meeting after a last-minute agenda change.
The agenda now calls for “presidential succession planning and action(s)” at the end of the meeting. The additional agenda item prompts the question as to whether this could mean Lombardi’s departure.
If Lombardi’s seat is up for grabs, Gov. Bobby Jindal will appoint his successor. Lombardi was supposed to partake in a discussion about budget cuts with Chancellor Michael Martin and Student Government at the University on Thursday evening. He canceled via e-mail on short notice, citing an “unavoidable engagement.”
Lombardi secured his system presidency in 2007, and his time in the position has been spent mostly handling budget crises.
 
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