Staff Directory

Cindy Hartmann

Title:
Chief Performance & Strategy Officer
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Cindy Hartmann joined Duke Athletics in 2026 and serves as the Chief Performance and Strategy Officer. As a member of the department's executive leadership team, Hartmann provides strategic vision and oversight for several key operational units while working closely with coaches, athletics administrators and campus partners to advance the department's strategic priorities. She oversees athletics nutrition, sports performance, athletic medicine and mental health and performance while helping guide department-wide planning, resource allocation and organizational initiatives.

Prior to joining Duke, Hartmann spent 12 years at Florida State, most recently serving as Senior Deputy Athletics Director and Senior Woman Administrator. During her tenure, she advised the vice president and director of athletics on strategic operations, oversaw sport programs and multiple internal units, led the department's leadership team and established Florida State Athletics' human resources department.

Hartmann previously spent six years at Duke from 2008-14, serving as Associate Athletics Director for Compliance and Assistant Athletics Director for Human Resources. Earlier in her career, she held leadership positions at Dayton, Connecticut, Georgia State and Georgia Perimeter College, with responsibilities spanning compliance, human resources, academic services, sport administration and athletics administration.

A former Division I women's basketball student-athlete at Syracuse, Hartmann earned a Bachelor of Science in photojournalism with a minor in sociology from Syracuse in 1991. She later earned a Master of Science in education with a concentration in sports administration from Georgia State in 1995.

Updated October 2026