tournaments. She has also assisted in the coordination of CUNYAC’s special events such as the Leadership Seminar, the Basketball Press Luncheon, the Michael Steuerman Scholar Athlete Awards Ceremony and the newest conference event, the Athletic Alumni Celebration. Johnson is a 2008 graduate of Alfred University where she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Sports Management. She was a three year member of the indoor and outdoor track and field teams and served on the Student‐Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) for the Saxons. Maya is an avid horseback rider and spends most weekends at her family’s country house in upstate New York. A Brooklyn native, she will be receiving her Masters degree in Sports Management from Columbia University this Fall. Catherine Alves is a 2009 graduate from the Macaulay Honors College at Hunter College, where she was a four‐year student‐athlete for the softball program. Earning CUNY Athletic Conference All‐Star honors all four years of her career, Alves garnered the Player of the Year title in her senior season and helped to lead the Hunter Hawks to two CUNYAC Championships and NCAA appearances in 2006 and 2008. A leader on and off the field, Alves was honored with the Martin Luther King, Jr. Humanitarian Award and the Michael Steuerman Scholar‐Athlete Award in 2009, was a two‐time participant in the NCAA Division III Leadership Conferences, and also served as the CUNYAC and Hunter College Student‐Athlete Advisory Committee President from 2007‐2009. In her role as Strategic Planning & Special Projects Manager at the CUNY Athletic Conference, Alves develops and oversees strategic planning initiatives and generates long‐term strategy goals in the areas of fundraising, financial sustainability, data collection and analysis, and marketing, communications, and promotions strategy. She also plans and coordinates special events for the Conference office, including the SAAC Leadership & Rules Seminar, CUNYAC/Con Edison Basketball Luncheon, CUNYAC Alumni Celebration, Michael Steuerman Scholar‐Athlete Awards Ceremony, professional development meetings and the Goodwill Tour. Previously, Alves worked with global events management company, The Experience Corporation, directing logistics, registration and communications for large‐scale conferences, including The New York Forum and The Cecilia Attias Foundation Dialogue for Action. She also spent two years as a projects associate in the International Program at Demos, a non‐partisan public policy research and advocacy organization in New York City, Boston and Washington, D.C. About CUNYAC The City University of New York Athletic Conference is comprised of nine institutions in its senior college division competing in the NCAA’s Division III, and five institutions in its community college division competing in the NJCAA’s Region XV. All fourteen schools are a part of the City University of New York, and are spread across the City’s five boroughs. The conference runs championship events in 24 sports, for both men and women. Member institutions include Baruch College, Borough of Manhattan Community College, Bronx Community College, Brooklyn College, the City College of New York (CCNY), the College of Staten Island, Hostos Community College, Hunter College, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Kingsborough Community College, Lehman College, Medgar Evers College, Queensborough Community College and York College. ‐‐ CUNYAthletics.com ‐‐
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