Aaron Escobar

Vice President, Athletic Development, and Senior Associate Athletic Director

Aaron Escobar is the lead fundraiser for OSU Athletics and provides leadership to Our Beaver Nation, which generates support for the University’s student-athletes and athletic programs. He joined the OSU Foundation in 2002 and has held various roles, most recently as associate vice president of development, where he had fundraising responsibility for the divisions of business, engineering, and health sciences. He also helped develop fundraising programs for OSU-Cascades and the growing regional program focused on California and other markets outside of Oregon. Escobar also has served as senior director of development for the Division of Business and Engineering, senior director of development for the Division of Health Sciences, and director of development for the College of Business.  

Escobar is a frequent speaker at CASE District VIII conferences and the National Association of Athletic Development Directors (NAADD) annual convention, where he was honored with the university Fundraiser of the Year award in 2023. Previously, he was the principal fundraiser for the Oregon Trail Council of Boy Scouts of America. He holds a bachelor’s degree in speech communications from OSU.