Brian McCall

Brian McCall is chancellor of the Texas State University System, the first university system established in Texas, comprising seven institutions with more than 90,000 students and 16,000 faculty and staff.

McCall served on the board of Legacy Texas Financial Group and as chairman of Texas’ Council of Public University Presidents and Chancellors. McCall was also president of Westminster Capital Corporation. He also operates Snow Hill Farm north of Dallas.

McCall holds a bachelor’s degree from Baylor University (TX), a master’s degree from Southern Methodist University (TX), and a Ph.D. from The University of Texas at Dallas. He is the author of The Power of the Texas Governor: Connally to Bush, published by University of Texas Press.

A long-time civic and community volunteer, McCall was founder and chairman of the board of The Empowerment Project, a nonprofit organization which has sent more than $10 million worth of math and science books to disadvantaged schools in the Republic of South Africa. In 2023, he was selected by his peers to serve as chair of the National Association of System Heads, which represents chief executives of the 65 U.S. public higher education systems.