Leadership Throughout the Years

Southern University A & M College System

Extension Administrator

Ashford O. Williams

Leodrey Williams

Adell Brown, Jr., Interim

Bobby R. Phills

Orlando F. McMeans

Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center (2001) *

Chancellor
- Leodrey Williams (July 2001 – June 2015)
- Adell Brown, Jr. - Interim (July 2015 – September 2016)
Vice Chancellor for Extension
- Gina E. Eubanks (2001 – October 2016)
Vice Chancellor for Research/Research Director
- Kirkland E. Mellad
- Adell Brown, Jr.

Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center and the College of Agricultural, Family and Consumer Sciences (2016) **

Chancellor/Dean
- Bobby R. Phills (2016 – 2019)
- Calvin R. Walker - Interim (Feb. 2019 – Aug. 2019)
- Orlando F. McMeans (September 2019 – present)
Vice Chancellor for Extension and Outreach
- Dawn Mellion-Patin (November 2016 – October 2020)
- De’Shoin York (October 2020 – present)
Vice Chancellor for Research and Technology Development
- Andra Johnson (November 2016 - May 2020)
- Calvin R. Walker (January 2019 - September 2021)
- Jose Toledo (October 2021 - July 2024)
Vice Chancellor for Academics and Associate Dean
- Retia S. Walker (January 2017 – December 2018)
- Calvin R. Walker - Interim (January 2019 – October 2019)
- Renita W. Marshall (November 2019 – present)

College of Agriculture

Deans/Research Director
- J. W. Fisher
- Hezekiah Jackson
- George Robinson
- L. D. Virdure
- Leroy Davis

College of Home Economics

College of Agricultural, Family and Consumer Sciences (1985)

Deans/Research Director
- Bobby R. Phills
- Kirkland E. Mellad
- Dewitt Jones
- Doze Butler
- Bobby R. Phills
- Orlando F. McMeans

College of Sciences and Agriculture (2014)

* Established as a new campus on July 1, 2001

** Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension center and the College of Agricultural, Family and Consumer Sciences merged (2015)

Complied by Christopher J. Rogers, Sr., Ph.D.