Sarah Baumgartner

Executive Director of Development

Sarah Baumgartner became the Executive Director of Development & Tiger Scholarship Fund in September of 2009. Her primary role is oversight of the day to day operations of the development office as well as oversight of the budget. Sarah is also responsible for stewarding, cultivating, and soliciting major gifts. Sarah serves as the liaison to Central Development on campus and also to the Senior Women's Administrator. She continues to coordinate and oversee the 3 Point Club for men's basketball and is also currently a member of the Senior Management Team.

Before moving into her most current role, Sarah was the Director of Development for Annual Giving. Sarah was responsible for complete oversight and coordination of the Tiger Scholarship Fund annual giving program which raises in excess of $7 million annually. This includes oversight, direction, and marketing of ticket priority for football and men's basketball. She also coordinated the priority parking program for football and men's basketball. In addition to overseeing the TSF, Sarah was responsible for stewarding, cultivating, and soliciting major gifts. Sarah was the development office liaison to the Mizzou Alumni Association, Mizzou Ticket Office, Marketing Office. She was also a member of the Senior Management Team.

Sarah entered Mizzou as an Assistant Director of Development. Her primary responsibility was to steward, cultivate, and solicit donors to the Tiger Scholarship Fund in the Kansas City Metropolitan area and all of Northern Missouri. She was also the athletic department liaison for the Kansas City Tiger Club, for the Varsity M Letter Winners Club, as well as having complete oversight and coordination of the 3 Point Club for men's basketball.

Before Sarah joined the Tiger Scholarship Fund staff in 2006, she worked in the at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign in the Department of Athletics, where she spent two years as the graduate assistant in development. During her time, Sarah completed her MS degree in Sport Management while working directly with the I FUND, which is the annual scholarship fund program for student-athletes at Illinois. Before her time in athletic development, Sarah was a four year letter-winner in softball at Illinois. In 2004, she graduated from the College of Business with her BS degree in Business Administration.

Sarah Baumgartner is a native of Wheaton, Ill., and currently resides in Columbia, Mo.