Staff Directory

Laura Barnum

Title:
Senior Associate AD, Internal Operations/Unit Business Officer/IT Node
(Sport Supervisor: Men's and Women's XC, Track and Field, Men's Tennis)
Email:
Phone:
716-645-3581

Laura Barnum begins her first year as Senior Associate Athletic Director for Internal Operations. It is a homecoming for Barnum who is not only a graduate of UB, but previously served several roles at the university.

Barnum served many roles in the Division of Athletics from 1996-2007. She began as the Director of Business Operations and worked her way up to Associate Athletic Director, Internal Operations/Senior Woman Administrator. She served as Interim Athletic Director in 2005.

In 2007, she moved across campus after accepting a position in UB's Division of Academic Affairs. She began as Senior Assistant Vice President for Resource Planning and Information Management before being promoted to Senior Associate Vice Provost for Academic Planning and Budget.

In 2013, she began a five-year stint as Associate Vice President for Resource Planning in UB's Division of Finance and Administration.

From 2018-23, Barnum served as Vice President for Finance and Management at SUNY Buffalo State College.

Barnum began her career in the coaching ranks, serving as an assistant volleyball coach at Canisius from 1993-95 and at UB from 1996-97.

A four-year letterwinner on UB's volleyball team, Barnum earned her B.S. in exercise science with a sport management concentration. She completed an M.S. in sport administration at Canisius University in 1996, and later earned an M.B.A. from UB in 2000.