The reaction came quickly after the Texas A&M system board of regents selected Susan Ballabina as their finalist for the next president at the flagship campus.
Shortly after the vote, the system and university started sharing endorsements on their social media from Aggie former students and leaders of Aggie affiliated organizations.
Social media endorsements included two Aggies who are state lawmakers, Paul Dyson of Bryan and Brad Buckley of Killeen. Other Aggies in state government as of noon Tuesday (April 14) who have not shared their opinion on social media include the chairman of the state senate’s higher education committee, Paul Bettencourt of Houston, and the chairman of the state house higher education committee, Terry Wilson of Georgetown. There has also been no comment on the social media of the governor or lieutenant governor.
Speaking on WTAW’s The Infomaniacs, Bryan/College Station chamber of commerce president Glen Brewer said Ballabina “will open up an age of some great things to happen at the big school.”
Click below to hear Glen Brewer’s comments during his visit on The Infomaniacs with WTAW’s Will Welch and Scott DeLucia.
As of noon April 14 2026, images and screen shots from either the Texas A&M System or Texas A&M University X/Twitter accounts:
