Chancellor
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Michael D. McKinney, M.D. |
The chancellor serves as chief executive officer of the A&M System under the direction of the Board of Regents. The A&M System is a statewide network of nine universities, seven state agencies and a comprehensive health science center that educates more than 103,000 students, reaches another 15 million people through service each year and brings in $620 million in externally funded research every year to help drive the state’s economy.
Career
| 2007- present | Chancellor, The Texas A&M University System |
| 2003-2006 | Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, |
| 2006 | Acting Chief of Staff, Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital |
| 2005-2006 | Acting Dean, UT Medical School at Houston |
| 2002-2003 | Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs, The University of Texas System |
| 2001-2002 | Chief of Staff, Governor Rick Perry |
| 2001 | President, Centene, Texas and Vice President, Centene Corporation |
| 1999-2001 | CEO and President, Managed Health Services (Indianapolis); Vice President, Centene Corporation |
| 1998-1999 | CEO and President, Superior Health Plan, Inc.; CEO and President, Centene, Texas; Vice President, Centene Corporation |
| 1995-1998 | Commissioner, Texas Health & Human Services Commission (appointed by former Governor George W. Bush) |
| 1995 | Acting Medicaid Texas Director |
| 1994-1995 | Medical Director and Vice President, National Heritage Insurance Company, EDS (Austin) |
| 1993 | Medical Director, NHIC/STAR Health Plan (Austin) |
| 1992-1993 | Family practitioner in group practice (Pasadena) |
| 1991-1993 | Commissioner, Physician Payment Review Commission, Federal Office of Technology (Washington, D.C.) Physician II (part-time), Texas Department of Health, serving as Public Health and Family Planning Physician (Leon, Freestone, Grimes and Madison Counties) |
| 1977-1992 | Medical Director, Leisure Lodge Nursing Home (Centerville) |
| 1976-1992 | Family practitioner in private practice (Centerville) Leon County Health Officer |
Legislative Service
| 1989-1990 | Speaker Pro-Tempore, Texas House of Representatives |
| 1984-1991 | Member, Texas House of Representatives District 15 (Leon, Madison, Grimes, Houston and Montgomery Counties) |
Education
| 1977 | Harvard University, JFK School of Government Course for senior executives in state and local government |
| 1976 | University of Texas Medical Branch Doctor of Medicine, with Honors |
| 1973 | University of Houston Bachelor of Science, with Honors |
| 1969 | Sam Rayburn High School (Pasadena, Texas) |