Elsa Murano

Elsa Alina Murano (born Elsa Alina Casales August 14, 1959) is a Cuban-born American executive and the Director of the Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture and Development at Texas A&M University's Agriculture & Life Sciences program since 2012. She served as the 23rd president from January 3, 2008, until her resignation on June 15, 2009.

From August 2021 to June 2022, she took a temporary leave from her duties at the Institute to serve as Associate Vice Chancellor for Strategic Initiatives at Texas A&M's Agriculture & Life Sciences Program, focusing on federal initiatives engagement.

Murano also served as the Vice Chancellor and Dean of Texas A&M's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences from 2005 to 2007 and as the U.S. Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food Safety from 2001 to 2004.

In 2006, Murano joined the board of directors at Hormel Foods. In 2024, she joined the board of directors at Blue Bell Creameries. Provided by Wikipedia