Biography

Donna has been with Princeton University since 1995 in various roles, progressively increasing her scope of responsibilities. She became Associate Chief Information Officer for Enterprise Infrastructure in 2014 and began serving in the role of Chief Technology Officer in 2023. Donna is passionate about the mission of higher education and working at Princeton. She fosters teamwork and collaboration and takes pride when success is achieved by members of the team. She is highly focused and fully committed to helping Princeton achieve its mission through the work with campus stakeholders to shape the University's technological infrastructures to meet the needs of the university community. In 2024, Donna began work with key campus colleagues to consider and evaluate the use of AI/generative AI in administrative departments. Prior to her current roles, Ms. Tatro was responsible for various programs, including student residential computing and campus-wide hardware and software deployments. Before Princeton, she worked in the central IT organization at Cornell University as Assistant Director for User Services and Departmental Computing. Every day she looks forward to early, early mornings on the water rowing (or on the “erg” when the weather turns cold) and then walks with her Labrador Retriever. Donna holds an MS from Cornell University and an MBA from Drexel University.