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# Landry's game of thrones
- URL: https://www.redeyebr.com/landrys-game-of-thrones/
- Published: 2026-06-24T22:58:29.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-24T22:58:29.000Z
- Description: The governor's two new board appointments give him control over LSU not seen since Huey Long.
- Author: JR Ball

Gov. Jeff Landry added [two more donors](https://lailluminator.com/briefs/gov-jeff-landry-quietly-makes-new-lsu-board-appointments/?ref=redeyebr.com) to the LSU Board of Supervisors this month—neither appointment publicly announced, both replacing Edwards-era members.

**Why it matters:** A governor reshaping a university board in his second year is nothing new. But few since Huey Long have worked so deliberately to bring the state's flagship university to heel.

**Meddling matters:** Landry has spent two years remaking LSU to his political and ideological will.

- Pushed out tenured law professors who criticized him in class.
- Oversaw the departure of President William Tate and a wave of top Black administrators.
- Dismantled DEI programs and is pursuing a new conservative accreditor.
- Installed donor and ally Lee Mallett as board chair after changing state law to give himself that power.
- Meddled in the firing of Brian Kelly, forced out AD Scott Woodward, steered the hire of Lane Kiffin and the return of Will Wade.
- Had a borrowed Bengal tiger—owned by an operator under federal scrutiny—paraded onto the field before the Alabama game.

**The new members:** Chad Moody, a Lafayette nursing care executive and former LSU football player, and Jennifer Settoon of Ascension Parish, whose family owns Settoon Towing and Settoon Capital, both replace Edwards-era appointees. Both have donated to Landry.

- Collis Temple Jr., in a bit of a surprise, was reappointed to the board. The former LSU basketball player, a close ally of former Mayor Sharon Weston Broome, is politically connected and knows how to play the game.

**Key departure:** Settoon replaces Laurie Lipsey Aronson of Baton Rouge, one of the few board members willing to clash with the governor.

**The bottom line:** Grabbing control of the board, the university's top administration and the football department in just two years is no small feat—regardless of whatever the long-term impact is on the institution.