Our President

Daniel W. Pullin

Daniel W. Pullin, an accomplished educator, leader and innovator, was conferred as Texas Christian University President during an Investiture ceremony in November 2023. He is tapped to become TCU’s 11th Chancellor on June 1, 2025, as part of the leadership succession plan announced by the TCU Board of Trustees and Chancellor Victor J. Boschini, Jr.

“We are excited about what TCU’s future holds with Daniel as our next Chancellor. He is the very rare leader who is both wildly optimistic and optimally prepared when faced with the complex issues we are seeing in higher education. I saw his leadership in action as he led the University’s strategic planning efforts this last year. His innovative and collaborative approach has helped craft a vision for TCU we can all support.”

-TCU Board of Trustees Chair Kit T. Moncrief

President Pullin blends an early foundation in world-renowned business organizations with nearly 20 years of higher education experience to support and advance TCU’s mission. Following the successful completion of Texas Christian University’s historic Sesquicentennial in 2023, the Board of Trustees charged President Pullin to embark on an inclusive process to develop a new strategic plan to guide TCU to a sustainable future, ensuring TCU remains a powerful force for the greater good and advances its mission for the next 150 years.

Approved by the Board in November 2024, TCU’s new strategic plan, LEAD ON: Values in Action, is a bold, innovative plan that builds on TCU’s momentum and position of strength to lead TCU to new heights and greater levels of student success and impact. Guided by the TCU Values of Integrity, Engagement, Community and Excellence, and inclusive of input from more than 10,000 stakeholders, the new strategic plan further enhances TCU’s excellence in student-centered growth, research, scholarship and creative activities, athletics and community engagement.

Working closely with Chancellor Victor J. Boschini, Jr., President Pullin infuses operational expertise and strategic planning with innovation to support TCU’s mission, vision and values. In addition to strategic planning and operational oversight of TCU, his executive leadership and experience support and expand TCU’s focus on academic excellence and reputation, student engagement and success, community engagement and a culture of belonging. He is an energetic leader committed to TCU’s diverse body of students, faculty, staff, donors and alumni. In addition to serving as President, Pullin remains in the classroom as a professor of entrepreneurship and innovation.

In 2019, Pullin joined TCU as the John V. Roach Dean of the Neeley School of Business and over the next four years, Neeley experienced dynamic faculty and staff growth and curriculum innovation, earned increased national visibility and rankings, realized development success, built community and civic engagement, and implemented a commitment to inclusive excellence. Prior to joining TCU, Pullin was the Dean of the Price College of Business at the University of Oklahoma, where he also served as university vice president. Before transitioning to higher education, Pullin worked for global consultancy McKinsey & Company and the private equity firm Hicks Muse Tate & Furst and its portfolio companies.

Honored as one of Fort Worth, lnc.’s 400 Most Influential People in Fort Worth and D CEO Magazine’s 500 Most Influential Business Leaders in North Texas, President Pullin has won several awards for teaching, innovation in business and academic integrity. He is committed to civic and higher education leadership, serving on the Fort Worth Economic Development Partnership Executive Council, Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, Dallas Regional Chamber Board of Advisors and is a member of Valliance Bank Board. He actively engages with higher education leadership groups, including Big 12 Conference presidents, Independent Colleges and Universities of Texas (ICUT), the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB), the Education Advisory Board (EAB) University Presidents Roundtable and the CCI University Presidents Roundtable.

Pullin earned his undergraduate degrees from the University of Oklahoma and MBA from Harvard Business School before returning to OU to earn a Juris Doctor. President Pullin and his wife, Ann Bluntzer Pullin, Ph.D., are avid sports fans and enjoy attending TCU fine arts and athletic events with their children.