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Since arriving in College Park for his second stint, Mills has led Maryland Athletics to unprecedented fundraising success while also emphasizing campus and community partnership and fostering a culture of volunteerism and advocacy.
Maryland Athletics raised more than $30M in both 2024-25 and 2025-26 fiscal years, the first time in school history the department has raised $30M+ in consecutive years. In FY26, the Terrapin Club raised more than $38M, the second-most in department history, and in FY25 raised more than $33M, its highest mark since 2021-22, including more than $18M in cash, the highest mark in recent history.
For the fourth consecutive year, the Terrapin Club increased its unique donor count, including more than 9,000 in FY26, the most since FY11, and more than 8,900 in FY25. The 26% increase from FY24 to FY25 represented the highest single-year jump in the previous 25 years.
He has guided the Building Champions campaign to new heights as philanthropic support has helped three facilities get finished during his tenure, including the Barry P. Gossett Basketball Performance Center, the Bobb Baseball Performance Center and the Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex.
Mills has taken an active role in solidifying the future of Maryland Athletics through both endowment growth and cultivation of new donors and fans. Under Mills the Terrapin Club has established nearly 100 endowments in support of both student-athlete scholarships and programmatic support, including nearly 40 in FY26, the most in a single year in school history. He launched both a "next generation" program for Terps under 40 years old and a Student Terrapin Club for current UMD students to build affinity and engagement.
He has prioritized letterwinner philanthropy and engagement through a continued partnership with the M Club, a renewed emphasis on championship celebrations and team reunions, and enhanced benefits and opportunities.
Mills returns to his alma mater after serving as Associate Athletic Director, Development at Arizona State University. He served in various development roles with the Sun Devils between 2017 and 2022 where he led the fundraising unit in achieving collective team goals of generating more than $32.5M annually in new gifts and commitments from more than 10,000 unique donors. Mills oversaw all philanthropic giving in support of Arizona State Athletics through management and development of a diverse team of professional fundraisers focusing on one-on-one donor engagement, annual fund efforts and donor experience. He was responsible for managing a portfolio of high capacity donors and individually secured more than $4M in new gifts and commitments annually.
In his time at Arizona State, Mills received progressive promotions from Director of Major Gifts to Assistant Athletic Director to Associate Athletic Director. With the Sun Devils, Mills individually raised nearly $25M through donor support, including cash and gift planning commitments towards endowments, facilities, program needs and other departmental priorities. He has also been an instrumental part of a team that raised more than $100M over the last five years. He elevated the leadership giving efforts by building a pipeline leading to seven and eight figure donations. Mills individually secured an eight-figure commitment tied to the donor recognition of the recently dedicated Mullett Arena, a new multi-purpose venue, home of Arizona State ice hockey and the NHL's Arizona Coyotes.
Prior to his time in The Valley, Mills worked at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater from 2015-17 where he finished his time as the Assistant Athletic Director, External Relations. Mills directed the revenue generation initiatives for the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, supporting all 20 NCAA Division III programs by enhancing fundraising operations and implementing a corporate partner program. He also served as primary resource raiser and led a team of support personnel to build sustainable revenue models and increase external engagement through high-impact recognition and stewardship of corporate and philanthropic investors.
Before Whitewater, Mills worked various roles at Maryland from 2012-15. He served as the Assistant Director of Development in the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences in 2014-15. Prior to that, he was Assistant Director of Football Operations/Outreach as well as a position handling Football Social Media and Operations Coordinator and working in the athletic department as a student worker.
Mills is a native of Georgetown, Delaware and continues a family legacy of Terrapins as three generations of his family attended Maryland. He grew up going to Maryland football games, sitting in Section 17, Row R. Mills and his wife Leah have a son, Foster, and daughter, Everett.
Updated August 2026
