Tracy Dustin-Eichler was appointed Program Office for National Service at the William Jewett Tucker Foundation in July of 2007. In that position she provides leadership to the Dartmouth Partners in Community Service Internship Program and the domestic Service and Education Trips. She has recently developed a new Hurricane Katrina relief collaboration with Hands On Gulf Coast in Biloxi MS, resulting in the Gulf Coast Internship Program. Tracy also advises ECO and Relay for Life; and works with colleagues across the Dartmouth Campus to plan and implement the annual Dartmouth Collaborative Student Leadership Retreat.
Tracy came to the Tucker Foundation in 2003 with a background in education, religion, and outdoor leadership. She spent her first four years at Tucker serving as the Volunteer Programs Advisor in Dartmouth Community Service. As VPA, Tracy advised various local community service outreach projects, provided technical support in the areas of education and mentoring, developed student leadership training curricula and maintained relationships with various agencies and schools in the Upper Valley.
In addition to her work at Tucker, Tracy is currently pursuing a Doctorate in Education at the University of Vermont. Her research interests include diversity in higher education, religious diversity and student leadership development. She also serves on the board of The Service Politics Institute; a new non-profit organization in Vermont which seeks to build a bridge for Vermont youth between community service work and political action.
Prior to coming to Dartmouth, Tracy worked as the Assistant Coordinator of the Center for Public Interest Careers (CPIC) at Harvard College. At this new program, Tracy worked with college administrators, alumni and community partners across the nation to create meaningful and educative summer and full year non-profit internships for Harvard undergraduates. While working with CPIC, Tracy was also pursuing for her Masters in Divinity at Harvard Divinity School. She completed this degree in 2003 with a concentration in religion and society.
Tracy completed a year of service as an AmeriCorps member with the Student Conservation Association. In this position she taught environmental education at a small K-6 elementary school in the Pioneer Valley in Massachusetts and worked on a number of conservation projects on public lands across the state. She has also worked as an environmental educator, a trail crew leader in National Parks across the country, and a hiking guide in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.
Tracy was born and raised in Deerfield, New Hampshire. In 1997 she received her B.A. from Boston College with a double major in theology and elementary/intense special needs education. Tracy currently lives in Woodstock, Vermont with her husband Rick and her dog Fenway. Together they spend their time cooking, hiking through the hills of Vermont and New Hampshire, watching the Red Sox and renovating their 1860 home.
