Elsa Alina Murano (née Casales; born August 14, 1959) is the former President of Texas A&M University. Dr. Murano currently serves as Director of the Norman E. Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture & Development at Texas A&M University's Agriculture & Life Sciences program, a position she has held since 2012. She took a temporary leave from the Institute from August 2021 to June 2022 to serve as Associate Vice Chancellor for Strategic Initiatives at Texas A&M Agriculture & Life Sciences program, focusing on federal initiatives engagement. Prior to her service as Director of the Institute, Dr. Murano served as President of Texas A&M University from 2008 to 2009, 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