UC Davis Athletics

Liz Martin Gullett currently serves as the Senior Associate Athletics Director, Development & Alumni Engagement and has been with the Aggies since September, 2018.

In this position, she serves as the lead fundraiser for men’s and women’s basketball, baseball, gymnastics and oversees all major gift and annual fund campaigns associated with those programs. She also oversees the ‘EVO Pro’ network of alumni, parents and supporters who help our student-athletes prepare for careers after graduation.

Prior to this position, Martin was the UC Davis Athletics' director of development for four years in Intercollegiate Athletics, and the campus' assistant director of regional giving. Raising major gifts support for the university, and stewarding donors who support a variety of areas on campus was are the primary responsibilities of each position.

In her role as Director of Development, she launched the Marya Welch Initiative for Women’s Athletics, which provides special project support for the campus' 16 women’s athletic programs.

Before arriving to UC Davis, Martin was the Assistant Director of Development at Florida's College of Education, and spent time assisting Athletics personnel at at Clemson, Cal, and Tennessee.

A native of North Carolina, Liz was a four-year collegiate rower at Duke and graduated in 2008. During her undergraduate tenure, she also worked as an undergraduate in the Iron Dukes office — the primary fundraising medium for Duke Athletics.

Once year after graduating from Duke, Martin earned her masters degree, in sport management, from Tennessee.