BATON ROUGE — Louisiana State Superintendent Cade Brumley was appointed as University of Louisiana System President after the previous president resigned, the Board of Supervisors said during a Friday meeting.

The Board of Supervisors scheduled the special meeting for "consideration of personnel actions for the UL System." They opened the meeting by saying President Rick Gallot had submitted a letter of resignation that would go into effect on Dec. 1.

The board approved the resignation and immediately went into executive session. Gallot had been appointed to the position in October 2023 after serving as Grambling's president. WBRZ reported Thursday that Gallot owed $350,000 in federal income taxes.

Following the resignation, the board went into executive session; afterward, the board voted unanimously to appoint Brumley as president of the system..