University of California, Santa Barbara

Laura Lum oversees the daily operation of the Athletics Development Office.

Lum joined the Development team after 11 years in the Intercollegiate Athletics business office as operations coordinator. She provides direct support to Christina Baglas, Matt English, Kevin Bromley, Mia Weber and Harrison Hughes both in the office and at Gaucho Fund Events. She is responsible for processing all donations and is Development's liaison to other departments across campus.

Lum is a long time Santa Barbara resident with many community ties. Prior to working at UCSB she worked for 11 years at Santa Barbara Research Center, leaving her job as Project Control Administrator to care for her children. Lum has been the Youth Director at Zodo's (Orchid Bowl) for the past 22 years. She has two daughters, Maile (Joshua) and Nicole (Zachary), a son Jeremy (Jennifer) and 6 grandchildren, Audrey, Elliot, Olivia, Jackson, Zachary and Mia.