To be honest, in order for this "mole" story to work, you have to take smart, heroic women and turn them into vacillating idiots, easily manipulated by one man.
If a member of warden's staff in a prison shows sympathy to a prisoner cause, you don't have to watch Shawshank Redemption or The Longest Yard 100 times to know it is getting back to the warden (Bernedette Peters character excepted; she was just horny). The same goes here. The guy is part of Baylor's administrative hierarchy and if Starr doesn't write his performance appraisal a subordinate of Starr's does. You are telling me the whole support group was ignorant to this fact? C'mon man.
Heck, Tad Footeball's highlighted couple (well, actually Tad was looking for a reason to post just Joanna's picture) could show up to "highlight their plight" and I am sure a savy member of the support group would know their close administration ties from Fixer Upper. You are not a mole if your allegiance is well known.
Of course the article is written by a PR person; critical thinking is anathema to them.