Christie Collier moves from Fitness Australia to become General Manager at Melbourne Boomers

The Deakin Melbourne Boomers have announced that Christy Collier will join the club as the new General Manager - joining from Fitness Australia where she was Chief Operations Officer.

Collier, who has nearly 20 years experience in a variety of marketing, operations and business roles, also played in the WNBL with the Canberra Capitals during the 1990s.

Looking forward to her new role, Collier explained “I love the game. I played it growing up, at representative and elite levels.

“I genuinely understand how important basketball is to not only the players but also the fans, members, sponsors and broader community as well”.

Collier also undertakes a range of community work, as a Director at Dragons Abreast Australia and founder of The Pink Movement, two organisations dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of breast cancer survivors.

Her achievements in sports administrators was recognised by the NSW Department of Sport and Recreation in 2009 with a Women’s Sport Leaders Scholarship, as well as receiving several Women in Sport Grants from the Australian Sports Commission.

Collier and her family will be relocating from Sydney to Melbourne, but she says the decision to make the move was an easy one once the opportunity to join the Boomers presented itself, commenting “the Boomers have a very professional set up, they’re on the front foot with their strategic direction and it’s an exciting future ahead for the Club. It’s something I really want to be a part of.

“I’m very passionate about women in sport, so being in a family-friendly space where my daughter can grow up not only idolising our girls but seeing women’s basketball first hand as a genuine professional pathway is something very special”.

Talking about the Boomers on-court goals going into this season, Collier added “we’re striving to win a Championship, and having come close over the past two seasons, it’s an exciting place to be.”

Off the court, the Boomers saw their membership soar to the 3000-mark last season, a growth of almost 2000 from 2017.

Excited to build on the solid foundations that have already been laid, Collier concluded “I’d love to see the Boomers membership continue to grow. It’s an exciting, authentic family experience and I think we can really build on this by continuing to engage the Victorian basketball community.

“People can see what a great fan experience game day is and with more televised games there are opportunities for the game to grow, bringing in more sponsors and new fans.”