Brian Favat serves as the Executive Associate Athletics Director and Chief Financial Officer for Stanford’s Department of Athletics, Physical Education, and Recreation (DAPER). Promoted to Chief Financial Officer in 2026, Favat directs the department’s comprehensive financial operations and serves as a core member of its Executive Team.
In this capacity, Favat acts as the principal financial advisor to the Athletics Director and senior university leadership on the financial strategy, capital allocation, and operational implications of department initiatives. His executive purview spans the financial management of Stanford’s 36 varsity sports, campus Recreation & Wellness (including the Stanford Red Barn Equestrian Center and the Stanford Campus Recreation Association), the Stanford Golf Course, and summer camp operations. Additionally, he leads central business operations, travel services, and information technology, championing modern financial technology implementations to drive operational efficiency. Favat has also served as the sport administrator for seven of the department's varsity programs. Â
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Favat brought a wealth of finance and technology consulting experience to Stanford when he joined the department in March 2015. He initially served as Director of Ticketing Systems and Data Management before being promoted to Assistant Athletics Director for Business Strategy & Ticket Operations in 2016. He advanced to Associate Athletics Director in September 2018, and in March 2019, he was elevated to Associate Athletics Director for Finance & Business Operations. Favat joined the department’s Executive Team in July 2024 as Senior Associate Athletics Director, Director of Finance, and was elevated to Executive Associate Athletics Director in December of that year.
A respected voice in collegiate athletics administration, Favat served as a member of the NCAA Men's Gymnastics Committee from 2022 to 2025, culminating in his appointment as Committee Chair for the 2024 and 2025 National Championships. He has also contributed to the next generation of sports business professionals as an adjunct professor in the Menlo College Sports Management program, instructing undergraduate courses in Sport Finance and Introduction to Sports Management.
Prior to his tenure in collegiate athletics, Favat spent several years as a technology consultant at Infosys Consulting, specializing in complex enterprise solutions for the financial services and insurance sectors. He began his professional career at Morgan Stanley as a program manager in the Enterprise Data Group, where he focused on leveraging data to optimize decision-making and drive business process improvements across the sales & trading, investment banking, and wealth management divisions.
A native of Gibbsboro, New Jersey, Favat earned his Bachelor of Science from Boston College and a Master of Business Administration from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. He resides in Belmont, California, with his family.