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B. J. Crain
Chief Business Officer
The Texas A&M University System
B. J. Crain is Chief Business Officer for The Texas A&M University System. As such, she is
responsible for systemwide financial accounting and reporting oversight; the direction of tax
and fiscal activities; the direction of the financial activities/functions related to the legislative
appropriations process; the direction of the annual operating budget process and management
information analysis and reporting activities; Historically Underutilized Business (HUB)
initiatives; the operational direction for System Aircraft; and related policy development and
interpretation. She is also responsible for the System Office's budget, business, payroll, and
procurement services.
Prior to becoming the Chief Business Officer, Ms. Crain served the Texas A&M System as the
Associate Vice Chancellor for Budgets and Accounting, the Assistant Vice Chancellor of Budgets
and Accounting, the Director of Budgets, and the Assistant Director of Budgets. She was also
the Contracts and Budgets Manager as well as the Senior Accountant and Federal Fiscal Officer
for the Texas Agricultural Extension Service. She began her career as an accountant with Ken
Havis, CPA.
Ms. Crain is a graduate of the Governor’s Executive Development Program, Class XXIV, through
the LBJ School of Public Affairs, and holds a Bachelor of Business Administration (Accounting)
from Texas A&M University.
Texas Higher Education Leadership Conference
November 2011