Dana Tuggle
Home Club: Pearland Friendswood
Dana Tuggle currently serves as the Aggie Student Outreach Chair for the Federation Board. This is her third year serving on the board, the past year as Student Outreach and of course Puppy Hugs. She is excited for this new year and to continue the partnership with the University’s CAPS program and the
Mental Health Focus initiatives that Aggie students with the mental struggles of being in college. She has served on the Pearland/Friendswood Aggie Moms Club Board as Student Services
Committee Chair for two years and last year served as the VP of Membership. This year she is honored to be the President.
Dana is married to Kenneth, who even though is a Houston Cougar, has become an honorary Aggie and is a member of the Aggie Dads. They reside in Friendswood, Texas and are proud parents of Jenna ’25, an International Affairs major who will graduate in December. Dana has two bonus children and two grandchildren. Britany, a graduate of Texas State ’07, is a junior high math teacher who is married to Steve a junior high history teacher, and they have two beautiful sons, Carter, and Rory. Jordan Tuggle, graduate of U of H ’11, is in the United States Marine Corps and stationed in Washington, D.C. with his wife Sofia, graduate, University of Miami ’11.
Dana attended Texas A&M University from 1982-1984 and finished her studies at MacMurray College in Jacksonville, Illinois. She has worked in the real estate industry since 1995 and retired in 2023 from RE/MAX, LLC as the Vice President for the Central Region after 22 years.
Dana is dedicated to her church, her family, her friends, and Texas A&M. She is a season ticket holder for A&M Football and is also an avid Dallas Cowboys fan. One of the biggest rewards for her has been coordinating the Aggie Mom Hugs and Puppy Kisses during finals week. This program has grown over the eight semesters to include five locations over four days. Parents and puppies from around the state support our Aggies during what can be their most stressful time, finals.
