Daniel Duffy

Dan Duffy, an innovative higher education leader with over 30 years of transformational leadership experience, joined Seattle Colleges as Vice Chancellor of Information Technology and Chief Information Officer on September 16, 2026.

Dan has led IT, educational technology, library, and institutional research teams at four-year and two-year institutions in supporting student, faculty, staff, and institutional success. He brings three decades of leadership experience in higher education having served at the senior level at Dean College (MA), Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority (MA), University of Washington (WA), Seattle University (WA), University of the Incarnate Word (TX), Yosemite Community College District (CA), Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (AB), Fresno Pacific University (CA), Drew University (NJ), Walla Walla Community College (WA), Columbia-Greene Community College (NY), Kilgore College (TX), and Spokane Colleges (WA).  

Dan completed his doctoral course work at Seattle University and looks forward to earning a doctorate in higher education leadership in the future. He is a proud double-alum of the Sawyer Business School at Suffolk University in Boston, where he earned both a Master of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Science in business administration. He is also a member of the Suffolk University Athletics Hall of Fame.

Dan and his wife Maryam have enjoyed living in Seattle for the past twenty years.