Tracy Duda Chapman
Tracy Duda Chapman joined A. Duda & Sons, Inc. in 1992 as Associate Counsel at the corporate headquarters in Oviedo, Florida. She was promoted to General Counsel in 2000. In 2005 she was appointed Corporate Vice President of Corporate Services, with oversight responsibility for corporate communications, governmental affairs, risk management and technical services. She was also appointed Corporate Secretary in 2000 and retains that position. She was recently appointed Chief Executive Officer of The Viera Company, DUDA’s wholly owned real estate development subsidiary, and Executive Vice President of the corporation.
Before joining DUDA, Tracy practiced law with the firm of Dean, Mead, Egerton, Bloodworth, Capouano and Bozarth in Orlando.
Tracy holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, and a Juris Doctor from the University of Florida College of Law in Gainesville. She is a member of the American Bar Association and the Orange County Bar Association. A Florida native, she was born in West Palm Beach, and attended high school in Oviedo, Florida.
Tracy serves as a member of the Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association’s Environmental and Pest Management Committee. In 1999, she was appointed by Governor Jeb Bush to a four-year term as a Commissioner on Florida’s Environmental Regulation Commission, and was reappointed to the Commission in 2003. She is a graduate of the Wedgworth Leadership Institute and is the current Past President of its Alumni Association. She is a member of the Executive Board of the National Council of Agricultural Employers. She is also a Sustaining Member of the Junior League of Greater Orlando. Tracy served as a Supervisor on the Viera East Community Development District.
Tracy and her husband, Marc, also an attorney, have two young daughters, Amanda and Emma. The family lives in Oviedo and is active in St. Luke’s Lutheran Church.
