Tricia Budke - Deputy Athletics Director / Chief of Staff (Notary) - Staff Directory

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Tricia Budke

Title:
Deputy Athletics Director / Chief of Staff (Notary)
Email:
Phone:
612-669-6584

Tricia Budke is the Deputy Athletic Director/Chief of Staff for the University of Minnesota Department of Athletics. Tricia joined Gopher Athletics in June of 2015. She is the Athletic Director's liaison to the Office of the President, Office of General Counsel, and Equal Opportunity and Title IX Office. She oversees the day-to-day operations of the Human Resources Department, a role that includes working with all 22 sports programs and 18 supporting units with a total of more than 700 employees. She also has oversight of the Health & Performance units, which includes Athletic Medicine, Athletic Nutrition, Athletic Performance, and Sport Psychology.

Prior to working at the U of M, Tricia was a Senior Labor Relations Consultant for the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities; practiced workers' compensation and employment law at O'Meara, Leer, Wagner & Kohl; and was the Assistant Director of Human Resources at Hilton Minneapolis.

Tricia received her undergraduate degree from UW-Stout and her law degree from Mitchell Hamline School of Law. She is a native of Thief River Falls, Minn. Tricia, and her wife, Michelle Freese, reside in Edina, Minn.