Chancellor

Mike McKinney

Michael D. McKinney, M.D.
The Texas A&M University System
A&M System Building, Suite 2043
200 Technology Way
College Station, Texas 77845-3424
(979) 458-6000
fax (979) 458-6044

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 105,000 students, reaches another 15 million people through service each year and brings in almost
$627 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,
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

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)