David Tabaruka

Board Member	Board of Trustees

Biography

David Tabaruka, Class of 2010, serves as Senior Director of Financial Planning & Analysis for the Vermont State Colleges System, where he leads systemwide budgeting, forecasting, and financial strategy. He previously served as Controller for the Community College of Vermont, overseeing budget development, financial reporting, grants administration, and student accounts receivable, and helped lead the System’s enterprise financial system implementation through its 2026 go-live.

Before entering higher education, David spent more than a decade in corporate finance. He served as Finance Project Manager for Bombardier Transportation/Alstom in Québec, Plant Controller for Volvo Group’s Prevost Car division, and Site Controller for Bombardier Mass Transit in Plattsburgh, New York, following early-career work in client finance at Ogilvy & Mather in New York City. That work spanned project accounting, capital budgeting, and manufacturing cost control across the United States and Canada.

David holds a B.S. in International Business from Champlain College and an M.S. in Accounting and Finance from Southern New Hampshire University. He serves as Vice Chair of the Vermont Futures Project and on the board of directors of the Vermont Professionals of Color Network, and is a member of the Rotary Club of Burlington. He is fluent in English, French, and Kinyarwanda.