Tracy Futhey

Vice President for Information Technology
and Chief Information Officer

Tracy Futhey was appointed vice president for Information Technology and chief information officer at Duke University in February 2002. She is responsible for all aspects of the university’s information technology infrastructure and directs the allocation and effective use of computing resources in support of university programs.

In both its 2001 and 2006 strategic plans, Duke identified information technology as one of its major goals. Tracy provides the leadership for achieving that goal, which seeks to intensify the use of information technology throughout the university’s various endeavors.

Prior to her position at Duke, Tracy spent 17 years at Carnegie Mellon University in a variety of information technology positions ranging from computer consultant in the early years to CIO in the later years.

Tracy is an active member of numerous regional and national higher education organizations and serves on several industry advisory councils. She holds a B.S. in mathematics with a computer science concentration and an M.S. in industrial administration, both from Carnegie Mellon.