ARJEN BOIN

Arjen Boin is the director of LSU’s newly established Stephenson Disaster Management Institute and associate professor in the E. J. Ourso College of Business’ Public Administration Institute. Most recently, Boin was the director of the  Leiden University Crisis Research Center in the Netherlands.

CAROLE L. JURKEWICZ

LSU's Carole L. Jurkiewicz is the Woman's Hospital Distinguished Professor of Healthcare Management in the E. J. Ourso College of Business' Public Administration Institute. She is an award-winning scholar who, in 2006, was named to a national task force established by the American Society for Public Administration to explore the governance issues and challenges that arose in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

ASTRID E. MERGET

LSU Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Astrid E. Merget is well-known in the field of public administration, and brings a wealth of experience to the E. J. Ourso College of Business’ Public Administration Institute.

JAMES A. RICHARDSON

LSU’s Jim Richardson is the John Rhea Alumni Professor of Economics and director of the E. J. Ourso College of Business’ Public Administration Institute, a position he has held since 1984.

RICHARD D. WHITE, JR.

LSU’s Richard D. White Jr. is the Marjory Ourso Excellence in Teaching Professor in the E. J. Ourso College of Business’ Public Administration Institute. He serves as a member of the University’s Faculty Senate and has received the college’s Excellence in Teaching Award.