Tracy Elise Poole ’82
Nominating and Governance Committee Member and Alum Career Connections Committee Member
(she/her/hers)
New York
Term of Service: 2026–2030
Additional Vassar Volunteer Experience
Member, President’s Advisory Council, 2021–present; Class Agent, class of 1982, 2018–2025; member, AAVC Vassar Fund Committee, 2018–2023; member, Vassar College Alumni Admission Program (VCAAP), 2010–2023, 2008–2009, and 1998–2003; member, class of 1982 Reunion Planning Committee, 2022; mentor, Sophomore Career Connections (SCC), 2016–2018 and 2020, and anchor mentor, 2018; member, AAVC Clubs Committee, 2020–2021; member, AAVC Ad Hoc Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee, 2020–2021; member, AAVC Ad Hoc Student and Young Alumnae/i Engagement Committee, 2018–2021; Co-chair, African American Alumnae/i of Vassar College (AAAVC), 2018–2021, and faculty liaison, 2012–2018; observer, AAVC Board of Directors, 2018–2021; inaugural recipient, AAAVC Alumnae/i of the Year Award, 2017.
Professional/Community Experience
Vice President, Global Chief of Litigation and Risk, Vertex, 2023–2025; Vice President, Assistant General Counsel, Johnson & Johnson, 1999–2023; member, Board of Directors, Executive Committee, and Chair, Education Committee, New York City Center, 2021–present; member, Artistic Director’s Circle, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, 2010–present; Risk Management Officer, Executive Committee, Tau Omega Chapter (New York City) of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., 2024–present.
