September 3, 2024

Lake-Sumter State College Appoints Dr. Laura Byrd As Interim President

0.9 min read| Published On: September 3rd, 2024|

By Kyle Coppola

Lake-Sumter State College Appoints Dr. Laura Byrd As Interim President

0.9 min read| Published On: September 3rd, 2024|
At its Friday, Aug. 30 meeting, the District Board of Trustees of Lake-Sumter State College unanimously voted to appoint Dr. Laura Byrd as its Interim President.
Dr. Laura Byrd, currently the College’s Senior Vice President of Institutional Advancement, has been at LSSC since 2017. She has overseen areas including the Foundation, Grants, Community Relations, Career Services, and Continuing Education. Dr. Byrd brings over 20 years of higher education to her new role.
“I want to thank Dr. Bigard for her service to Lake-Sumter State College and her focus on serving our students,” said Bret Jones, Chair of the District Board of Trustees. “The District Board sent a clear message tonight that they have confidence in Dr. Laura Byrd and her ability to provide leadership to this great College. Alongside an excellent group of vice presidents, I know that Dr. Byrd is the right choice to guide us through this transition.”
“I appreciate the confidence that the District Board of Trustees has placed in me to lead Lake-Sumter State College,” said Dr. Laura Byrd. “This is such a great College and the work that we do is an important part of providing opportunity to students in our community. I look forward to working with the vice presidents and our talented faculty and staff to continue our focus on the strategic priorities of expanding access, student success, and workforce development.”

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About the Author: Kyle Coppola

Kyle Coppola was born in Newton, Massachusetts and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Communications from Curry College in 2016. After traveling to Florida on a family vacation, he decided he could not get enough of the warm weather and made the move from snowy Massachusetts to central Florida 8 years ago.

For the last decade Kyle has gained valuable experience in social media content creation, marketing and sales, writing, video production, sports announcing and even broadcasting for local radio stations, such as FM 102.9 in The Villages and FM 91.5 in Massachusetts. Every year he volunteers at The Villages Charter High School as a play-by-play sports announcer for the football games as well as a public address announcer for the basketball games, including the annual Battle at The Villages Tournament.

Outside the office Kyle is a husband and father to two beautiful girls along with their cat. In his spare time he likes to spend time with his family, travel, play golf and swim. He is also a huge sports junkie and even bigger motorsports fan and loves to attend racing events when he can.

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