Tracy Cotner-Pouncy is the Director of Trauma & Forensic Services for Baylor Scott & White in Temple, TX, overseeing three trauma centers and a regional Forensics program. She spent the previous four years as the Sr Director of Trauma Services for UCHealth in Northern Colorado, which encompassed a Level I trauma center and three Level III trauma centers. Ms. Cotner-Pouncy has over 25 years of trauma management experience. She served as the Senior Director of Trauma Services for the Level I Adult and Pediatric Trauma Programs at University Health System in San Antonio, Texas for ten years. Prior to that, she was the Trauma Program Manager at Wilford Hall Medical Center, a military Level I trauma program in San Antonio. Ms. Cotner-Pouncy started her trauma career as the Trauma Designation Coordinator for the Texas Department of Health.

Ms. Cotner-Pouncy is a regional, state, and national leader in trauma management. She currently serves as the Secretary for the Society of Trauma Nurses (STN). She is also a member of the Trauma Nursing Leadership Council for the American Trauma Society (ATS) and a member of the Trauma Systems Committee for the Trauma Centers Association of America (TCAA). Ms. Cotner-Pouncy serves as a Nurse Reviewer for the American College of Surgeons (ACS) as well as a Nurse Partner for the ACS Best Practice Guideline Workgroup. In Colorado, Ms. Cotner-Pouncy was a member of the Colorado Trauma Network (CTN) and served as the Rural Implementation Committee Chair for the Colorado Whole Blood Coalition.