Dr. Julie Lessiter

Dr. Julie Lessiter has been at LSU Shreveport for twelve years serving in several different roles. Currently she is the Vice Chancellor of Strategic Initiatives, and a faculty member in the Department of the Leadership Studies. As a strong advocate for opportunity and access to higher education, she has championed various initiatives that resulted in LSUS doubling its enrollment in the last 6 years. She works tirelessly to develop programming for students to prepare them to be successful in life and career after college, with the goal that education changes not only lives but generations.