Joe Sullivan

Biography

Joe Sullivan was named the assistant athletics director for development in October of 2024. Sullivan served as the assistant director for athletics annual giving at Boston College from 2022-24. He managed a portfolio of nearly 200 donors and raised over million dollars annually, including multiple six-figure gifts. Prior to working in fundraising, Sullivan served as the director of football player personnel at Boston College (2019-22) and football recruiting assistant at Boston College (2016-19). He also served as the director of basketball operations at Harvard during the 2015-16 season. Sullivan was a graduate assistant men's basketball coach and undergraduate team manager at Xavier from 2010-15. The Boston, Mass., native holds bachelor's degree from Xavier in liberal arts ('14) and a master's degree from Xavier in sport administration ('22). He resides in Cincinnati with his wife, Molly, and his their two children, Frankie and Jack.