Tracy Gruber was named Executive Director of the Utah Department of Human Services in January 2021 and became the first Executive Director of the Utah Department of Health and Human Services on July 1, 2022, following her unanimous confirmation by the Senate in February 2021. Prior to her appointment by Governor Spencer J. Cox, she served as Director of the Office of Child Care at the Utah Department of Workforce Services (DWS) and as Senior Advisor for Utah’s Intergenerational Poverty Initiative.

In 2024, Gruber was named by Utah Business as one of its “Most Influential Women of Utah”. In 2017, recognized as “Government Official of the Year” by the Community Action Partnership of Utah for her work championing programs and policies to achieve measurable, preventive, positive outcomes that end cycles of intergenerational reliance on government services. 

She and her husband live in Salt Lake City where they enjoy skiing, hiking, mountain biking and camping amidst the majesty of Utah’s natural spaces.