A renowned social scientist and president of the Louisiana State University (LSU) system since May 2021, Dr. Tate will begin serving as Rutgers President on July 1, succeeding Jonathan Holloway, who has served as president for the past five years.
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Yanela Frias, who holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Rutgers University–Newark and an MBA from the Rutgers Business School, was the first woman to be named CFO of Prudential Financial, which has deep ties to the university. In May, she delivered the business school’s MBA and Graduate Program Convocation address in Newark.
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