Staff Directory
Cosgrove, Rachael
Rachael Cosgrove
- Title:
- Associate AD/Development
- Email:
- Phone:
- 852-1266
Rachael Cosgrove joined the Cardinal Athletic Fund full-time in 2015 and currently serves as Assistant Athletic Director for Development since August 2023.
She previously served as Senior Director of Development since 2020.
In her role, Cosgrove is responsible for CAF's focus on soliciting and securing major gifts, as well as supervising the major gifts and annual fund staff.
Her duties include securing major gifts and managing/stewarding a donor portfolio of 150-plus individuals and businesses, securing new commitments for premium basketball and football areas, managing premium seating and parking inventory, managing the Cardinal Athletic Fund budget, overseeing the Women of Influence program and events, and assisting in all hiring of CAF staff.
Cosgrove also serves as sport administrator for field hockey and softball. She was recently named Vice-Chair of the ACC Field Hockey Committee. Additionally, she assists in special projects assigned by Deputy Athletic Director/Senior Woman Administrator Amy Calabrese. She's also the Team Lead for the Athletic Department's World Changers group, which is a 10-member working group charged with providing solutions to increase employee engagement and decrease burnout.
In her previous work at UofL, Cosgrove helped create the Women of Influence program in 2017 to connect powerful women in the community to Louisville's female student-athletes. She also helped develop and launch The New Standard, a $10 million campaign dedicated to enhancing the female student-athlete experience. Â
She was a member of the inaugural adidas internship group at Louisville in 2014, as well as a member of the department's inaugural Leadership Development Institute cohort.
Cosgrove came to Louisville in 2015 after a year as the Director of Business Development for the Texas Legends.
She received her bachelor's degree from the University of Richmond in 2012, where she double majored in rhetoric & communications and journalism, along with being a member of the women's basketball team. She completed her master's degree in sport administration at UofL in 2015.
Cosgrove and her husband Emmett have one son, Cru.
She previously served as Senior Director of Development since 2020.
In her role, Cosgrove is responsible for CAF's focus on soliciting and securing major gifts, as well as supervising the major gifts and annual fund staff.
Her duties include securing major gifts and managing/stewarding a donor portfolio of 150-plus individuals and businesses, securing new commitments for premium basketball and football areas, managing premium seating and parking inventory, managing the Cardinal Athletic Fund budget, overseeing the Women of Influence program and events, and assisting in all hiring of CAF staff.
Cosgrove also serves as sport administrator for field hockey and softball. She was recently named Vice-Chair of the ACC Field Hockey Committee. Additionally, she assists in special projects assigned by Deputy Athletic Director/Senior Woman Administrator Amy Calabrese. She's also the Team Lead for the Athletic Department's World Changers group, which is a 10-member working group charged with providing solutions to increase employee engagement and decrease burnout.
In her previous work at UofL, Cosgrove helped create the Women of Influence program in 2017 to connect powerful women in the community to Louisville's female student-athletes. She also helped develop and launch The New Standard, a $10 million campaign dedicated to enhancing the female student-athlete experience. Â
She was a member of the inaugural adidas internship group at Louisville in 2014, as well as a member of the department's inaugural Leadership Development Institute cohort.
Cosgrove came to Louisville in 2015 after a year as the Director of Business Development for the Texas Legends.
She received her bachelor's degree from the University of Richmond in 2012, where she double majored in rhetoric & communications and journalism, along with being a member of the women's basketball team. She completed her master's degree in sport administration at UofL in 2015.
Cosgrove and her husband Emmett have one son, Cru.
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