Tracy Black

Partner
NewRoad Capital Partners

Tracy Black is a partner at NewRoad Capital Partners, a private equity investment firm located in Rogers, Ar. She serves on the board of Platform Science an IoT fleet management platform company based in San Diego, CA, Emerge a digital freight platform based in Phoenix, Az, and as Chairman of the board for Pickup a final mile delivery service based in Dallas, Tx. She also serves as board observer for Bardavon Health Innovations based in Kansas City, KS. Previously, she served on the executive team as SVP IT at J.B Hunt Transport a fortune 300 transportation logistics company based in Lowell, Ar where she led the IT organization and was responsible for the companies technology strategies including mobility, telematics, cloud migration, digital transformation, analytics and software development. Tracy led the effort to establish an Innovation Center of Excellence for artificial intelligence and machine learning with the University of Arkansas and J.B. Hunt. Tracy is currently serving as a mentor for Endeavor, a global organization founded on the belief that job creation, innovation, and overall prosperity flourish where there is robust support for entrepreneurship. Tracy has served as the President of the NWA Network of Executive Women, President of University of Arkansas CSEG Alumni organization, and as a board member for Credit Counseling of Arkansas, Samsung Executive Advisory Board, Arkansas Academy of Computing, and the Information Technology Research Institute. Tracy is a member of the Arkansas Executive Forum. Tracy received the distinguished alumni award from the University of Arkansas in 2014. She was named a Premier 100 IT leader by Computerworld. In 2020 Tracy received the NWA Women in Business Award.