Lucas leads the Corporate Sponsorship Department for the Oregon State Beavers as the General Manager of Beaver Sports Properties, a division of Learfield. Born and raised in Iowa, he began his sports career in Cincinnati with the Cincinnati Bengals and the Xavier Musketeers. He was then recruited to move to Bozeman, Montana where he was the Manager of Business Development for the Montana State Bobcats, developing corporate partnerships for their Athletic Department. From there, he moved to Portland to work for the Beavers as the Senior Manager of Business Development where he continued to connect brands to Beaver fans, and then moved into the Director of Business Development leading the corporate partnership strategic planning with the sales team. In 2018, he moved into the General Manager role overseeing the multi-media rights business in its entirety at Oregon State.
Lucas is involved in Sport Oregon, the Portland Business Alliance, and the Children’s Cancer Association. He was a student-athlete and graduate of Knox College with a degree in Integrated International Studies and a Japanese/History minor.