University of Tennessee Athletics
Staff Directory
Gilliam, Maddie
Maddie Gilliam
- Title:
- Associate Director of Development, Major Gifts
- Email:
- Phone:
- (865) 974-9706
Updated: July 2025
Maddie Burns Gilliam joined the Tennessee Fund staff in May 2020 as a Development Assistant. The following year, she was promoted to Assistant Director of the Annual Fund and then Associate Director in July 2023. In the Fall of 2024, she transitioned into major giving and currently serves as an Associate Director of Major Gifts.
Maddie is originally from Richmond, Virginia. She received a B.S. in Management from Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, VA, where she was a soccer student-athlete and Academic All-American. As an undergraduate student-athlete, Maddie was on the NCAA Division III National Student-Athlete Advisory Committee serving as Chair of the committee in her final year. Additionally, Maddie received a Master’s of Sport Leadership from Virginia Commonwealth University’s Center for Sport Leadership in the spring of 2020. While completing her graduate degree at VCU, Maddie served as a Graduate Assistant in the Ram Athletic Fund.
Maddie Burns Gilliam joined the Tennessee Fund staff in May 2020 as a Development Assistant. The following year, she was promoted to Assistant Director of the Annual Fund and then Associate Director in July 2023. In the Fall of 2024, she transitioned into major giving and currently serves as an Associate Director of Major Gifts.
Maddie is originally from Richmond, Virginia. She received a B.S. in Management from Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, VA, where she was a soccer student-athlete and Academic All-American. As an undergraduate student-athlete, Maddie was on the NCAA Division III National Student-Athlete Advisory Committee serving as Chair of the committee in her final year. Additionally, Maddie received a Master’s of Sport Leadership from Virginia Commonwealth University’s Center for Sport Leadership in the spring of 2020. While completing her graduate degree at VCU, Maddie served as a Graduate Assistant in the Ram Athletic Fund.
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