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Daniel W. Pullin

President 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 has been 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

With an unwavering commitment to student success, President Pullin blends his higher education experience with an early foundation in world-renowned business organizations to support and advance TCU’s mission. Following a successful commemoration of its 150th anniversary in 2023, TCU stands ready to further enhance its excellence in academics and the student experience and build upon its national reputation as a world-class, values-centered university. As President Pullin leads the charge to develop the University’s next strategic plan, he is dedicated to fostering TCU’s community of connection and engagement as Horned Frogs envision the future together.

Working closely with Chancellor Victor J. Boschini, Jr. and other senior leadership at TCU, 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, 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 an unmistakable 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. 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.

  • John V. Roach Dean, Neeley School of Business, Texas Christian University, 2019-2023
  • Dean, Michael F. Price College of Business, University of Oklahoma, 2014‐2019
  • Vice President, University of Oklahoma, 2014‐2018
  • Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors (ex-officio) (2021-present)
  • Dallas Regional Chamber Board of Advisors (2021-present)
  • City of Fort Worth, Entrepreneurship & Innovation Committee (2022-present)
  • Valliance Bank, Board of Directors (2022-present)
  • University of Houston, Bauer College Academic Advisory Board (2022-present)
  • Seattle Study Club, Board of Directors (2021-present)
  • Bachelor of Accountancy, University of Oklahoma
  • Bachelor of Business Administration, Finance, University of Oklahoma
  • Master of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
  • Juris Doctor, University of Oklahoma, Indiana University