Bison Club & Advancement Staff - Bucknell University Athletics

Todd Newcomb `88, P'19
Associate Athletic Director - External Affairs
Director of the Bison Club
570-577-1771
tnewcomb@bucknell.edu

Todd Newcomb is a familiar face to most Bucknellians, from his time on campus as a student and in his current role as an athletic administrator. Now in his 26th year as a member of the athletics staff, Newcomb returned to Bucknell in 1999 after spending 10 years in the Patriot League Office, the last six months of that time as interim executive director of the league. As the Associate Athletic Director for External Affairs and Director of the Bison Club, Newcomb works closely with the Development and Alumni Relations staff and is responsible for assisting to coordinate annual, planned, capital and special gifts for the department of athletics and recreation. He assists the head coaches in their cultivation and stewardship of their alumni, parents and friends, and is the department's voice at most of its public functions throughout the year. Newcomb is also the current chair of the Bucknell Athletics Hall of Fame selection committee. Under Newcomb's watch, the Bison Club topped the $1 million mark in donations for the first time in 2003-04, and in the spring of 2021 he helped the department top the $1M mark in the "One Herd One Day" 24-hour giving challenge.

Tom Harvey
Senior Leadership Gifts Officer - Athletics
570-577-3277
teharvey@bucknell.edu

A veteran of more than 25 years in college athletics fundraising and operations, Tom Harvey joined the Bucknell community in 2004 as Manager of Athletics Fundraising. His current title is Senior Leadership Gifts Officer for Athletics. Harvey's primary responsibility is to work closely with Bucknell's director of annual giving, the director of athletics and the director of the Bison Club to identify and solicit new annual donors to the Bison Club, while also soliciting current supporters to increase their annual giving. Harvey also works with capital giving prospects to raise needed funds for such areas as endowment and facilities. Prior to Bucknell, Harvey worked as a financial consultant for Smith Barney in Boca Raton, Fla., from 2002-04, but from 1989-2002 he worked exclusively in college athletics, including a four-year stint as director of external operations for football at Florida Atlantic University. Among his duties were coordinating all external football units, including ticket sales and operations, marketing and promotions, community relations, advertising, major gifts and the annual fund. Harvey was instrumental in raising over $9 million for the start-up of FAU's football program. He also served as donor relations coordinator and director of regional athletic development for the Hurricane Club at the University of Miami.

Dave Steigerwald
Athletics Development Officer
570-577-1472
dsteiger@bucknell.edu

Dave Steigerwald, a 1996 Bucknell graduate and a four-year member of the Bison men's basketball team, returned to his alma mater in November 2024 as an Athletics development officer. In his role, Steigerwald works closely with the Bison Club, University Advancement's strategic philanthropy team, and Bucknell head coaches to help secure gifts for the Bison Club and promote the Drive for Five. Steigerwald was an outstanding player under Hall-of-Fame coaches Charlie Woollum and Pat Flannery during his playing days at Bucknell. Known as an outstanding long-range shooter, Steigerwald's .404 career 3-point shooting percentage is the seventh-best in team history. He averaged better than 10 points per game as a junior and senior and was part of teams that went 38-16 against Patriot League competition. Steigerwald continued his basketball career after graduating from Bucknell with a degree in business and English. He played professionally in Europe for two years and also spent one year on the World Tour with the famed Harlem Globetrotters. Steigerwald earned his MB in marketing and management at St. John's while serving as a graduate assistant strength and conditioning coach. He later joined the business world, working on Wall Street with Goldman Sachs and UBS. He served as a management consultant with Accenture and was working in medical device sales before returning to Bucknell in his fundraising role.