Tracy Martin-Thompson

EVP of Organizational Excellence & Enterprise Services

"I am passionate about designing systems and strategies that allow Future Plans to achieve its mission. When an organization is strong and aligned, it can empower communities to transform."

About Tracy Martin-Thompson

Tracy Martin-Thompson brings more than two decades of cabinet-level leadership experience transforming complex systems across education, government, and nonprofit sectors. She currently serves as Executive Vice President of Organizational Excellence and Enterprise Services at Future Plans, where she provides strategic leadership and operational oversight of Human Resources, Legal, Finance, Grants Management, and Data/Research. In this role, Tracy ensures the organization’s infrastructure is strong, resilient, and aligned with its mission to eradicate poverty and drive sustainable growth.

Drawing on her systems-thinking approach and broad leadership experience, Tracy is guiding efforts to strengthen internal operations, foster a high-performance culture, and align enterprise services with organizational strategy. She leverages her background in leading large-scale transformations to build capacity, drive continuous improvement, and position Future Plans for long-term impact.

Tracy’s leadership portfolio includes senior cabinet-level roles in both public education and city government. As Chief of Prevention, Intervention, and Opportunity for the City of Cleveland, she oversaw the Departments of Public Health, Aging, and Community Relations, led the city’s COVID-19 response, and launched the Division of Health Equity and Social Justice. She also redesigned Cleveland’s recreation centers into trauma-informed resource hubs, expanded youth employment and reentry initiatives, and advanced citywide strategies to address public health, youth violence, and social determinants of health.

Earlier in her career, Tracy held senior cabinet-level leadership roles in several of the nation’s largest urban school districts, including Cleveland, Chicago, Detroit, and Washington, D.C. In these positions, she directed district-wide academic reforms, secured more than $100 million in grant funding, and implemented innovative models for school improvement and leadership development, impacting tens of thousands of students and staff.

Tracy holds a Master of Education in Administration and Supervision from John Carroll University and a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education from Ohio University. She has also completed executive leadership programs at the Harvard Executive Leadership Institute for Educators and the University of Virginia’s Turnaround Leadership Institute.

A visionary strategist and systems leader, Tracy is deeply committed to excellence and to empowering communities through education, opportunity, and organizational strength. In her spare time, she enjoys being with her family, reading, and taking long walk.