Staff Directory

Brandon Vedder

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Development, Senior Gift Officer – Team Lead
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Brandon Vedder joined the Spartan Athletic Foundation in July 2026 as a Senior Gift Officer. In this role, he leads a team of three development officers focused on securing philanthropic support for Spartan Athletics. He also manages a portfolio of donors to secure major gifts, aimed at fundraising in an assigned territory.

Prior to this role, Vedder worked at Syracuse University Athletics as an Assistant Athletic Director of Development, securing philanthropic contributions while managing national territories and liaising with multiple sports. He is an alumnus of Carroll College, where he played football and majored in business administration and finance from 2011 to 2016. He also holds an MBA and an MS in sport management from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.