Susan Ballabina is officially Texas A&M's 28th president

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The episode discusses the appointment of Susan Ballabina as the 28th president of Texas A&M University, featuring insights from regents chairman Bob Albritton.

This podcast contains comments from the May 6, 2026 Texas A&M system board of regents meeting, followed by an interview with regents chairman Bob Albritton and WTAW's Bill Oliver. The Texas A&M system board of regents Wednesday (May 6) unanimously named Susan Ballabina president of the flagship campus. Ballabina, whose first official day is May 11, returns to the university after serving as the system's executive vice chancellor since June 2025. Before that, Ballabina served as chief of staff to former president Mark Welsh for one year and eight months. Ballabina has 32 years experience between Texas A&M university, the system office, and other system agencies. News release from the Texas A&M system: The Board of Regents of The Texas A&M University System today voted unanimously to appoint Dr. Susan Ballabina as 28th president of Texas A&M University. Dr. Ballabina will assume her new role on May 11. The vote follows the state’s required 21-day waiting period after which Dr. Ballabina was named sole finalist and marks the selection of a leader with more than three decades of service to Texas A&M and the State of Texas. “Our unanimous vote reflects a…

People in this episode

Host: Bill Oliver

Guests: Susan Ballabina, Bob Albritton

Topics covered

• leadership
• education
• university administration
• Texas A&M
• presidential appointment

Keywords

• Texas A&M
• Susan Ballabina
• president
• Bob Albritton
• university leadership
• education
• regents meeting

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Organizations: Texas A&M University, Texas A&M system, Texas A&M system board of regents

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