Servant Leaders
The advisory board is responsible for guiding the growth and facilitation of scholarship initiatives. This includes setting goals, financial overview,
fundraising, scholarship selection, engagement activities and dispersal of awards. These functions are currently executed via the work of 7 subcommittees: executive, fundraising, investment and finance, nominating, scholar selection, social media and strategic planning.
Our current advisory board chair, Janet H. Southerland ’82 (’84 BSDH, ’89 DDS, ’94 MPH, ’05 PhD), serves as the vice chancellor of academic affairs and chief academic officer at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans. A tenured professor in the School of Dentistry, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, she has proven success in aligning academic programs to best prepare the next generation of health professionals while promoting a culture of innovation, diversity, equity, inclusion and excellence (view bio).