Chief Academic Officers

The System Academic Council, composed of the Chief Academic Officers (CAO’s) of member institutions and the Health Science Center, meets four to six times per year to discuss current and upcoming academic initiatives for the A&M System.

	SYSTEM MEMBER	CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER (CAO)
	Texas A&M University	Alan Sams, Ph.D. Interim Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
	Texas A&M University at Galveston	Deborah Thomas, Ph.D. Chief Academic Officer (TAMUG)
	Prairie View A&M University	James Palmer, Ph.D. Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
	Texas A&M University – Commerce	Tammi Vacha-Haase, Ph.D. Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
	Tarleton State University	Diane Stearns, Ph.D. Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
	West Texas A&M University	Neil Terry, Ph.D. Provost and Executive Vice President
	Texas A&M University – Kingsville	Jaya Goswami, Ph.D. Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
	Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi	Clarenda Phillips, Ph.D. Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
	Texas A&M International University	Thomas Mitchell, Ph.D. Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
	Texas A&M University – Texarkana	Melinda Arnold, Ph.D. Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
	Texas A&M University – Central Texas	Peg Gray-Vickrey, D.N.S. Provost and Vice President for Academic & Student Affairs
	Texas A&M University – San Antonio	Mohamed Abdelrahman, Ph.D. Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
	RELLIS Academic Alliance	Nancy Shankle, Ph.D. Associate Vice Chancellor and Provost
	The Texas A&M University System	James Hallmark, Ph.D. Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
	Updated: Sept. 2022