Jason Baum

Jason Baum has been instrumental in assisting Virginia navigate various issues associated with name, image and likeness and the changing landscape of college athletics.

Baum joined the Virginia athletics compliance office in 2014 as an Assistant Director of Compliance and was promoted to Director of Compliance in 2018.  In 2022, Baum was promoted to Associate Athletic Director for Governance & Regulatory Affairs.  After two years of leading the athletics compliance office, Baum was named Deputy Athletics Director for Legal & Regulatory Affairs in 2024.

He previously worked in various compliance roles at Southern, Maryland and Howard. Prior entering college athletics, Baum was a practicing attorney who focused on intellectual property, employment law, and litigation. Additionally, he was a senior law clerk to the Honorable Michele D. Hotten of the Maryland Court of Special Appeals.

Baum earned his Juris Doctor from American University Washington College of Law and his undergraduate degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara.  He is a native of Southern California. He and his wife, Lauren, have two children – Logan and Connor.