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The Valley

Missouri Valley Conference Staff
Maxine Day

Executive Assistant
Maxine Day is in her 17th season
as Executive Assistant for the Valley.
Day came to the Valley with vast
administrative, office management,
and marketing experience having
previously worked for Dow Chemical
in St. Louis before transferring to the
Los Angeles office. She has also held
administrative positions for Ropak Corporation and Sealed Air
Corporation. After returning to St. Louis, she accepted a position as Administrative Assistant for the Continental Basketball
Association where her duties included office management
and game operations until the CBA league office relocated to
Phoenix.
Day’s duties at the Valley include coordination of conference
meetings, assisting with office management/administration,
providing marketing assistance with The Valley sponsor hotel
network, and working with the league’s annual basketball
tournaments and NCAA events. In addition to her Valley duties, Day also serves as Executive Assistant to the Commissioner of the Missouri Valley Football Conference where she
is responsible for meeting planning, event logistics, as well as
general office management/administration.
A graduate of Ford City (Pa.) High School, she continued her
education at Hickey School of Business in St. Louis and Mt.
San Antonio College in Walnut, CA with concentrated studies
in marketing. She has two daughters: Gloria and Ashleigh.

Carla fight

Assistant to the Commissioner
Carla Fight became a full-time
member of The Valley staff in January
2004, hired as Assistant to the Commissioner.
Fight joined The Valley family after
24 years in the airline/travel industry.
She is no stranger to the Missouri Valley Conference as Fight had been a
volunteer for the State Farm MVC Men’s Basketball Tournament for 13 years prior to taking over her current role in 2004.
Her career has kept her working mainly with St. Louis airlines. For two years preceding her appointment at The Valley,
she was Manpower Coordinator for American Airlines’ Premium Services Department.
Before her move to American Airlines, Fight worked for
Trans World Airlines for 22 years. At TWA, she was a manager
for the Ambassadors Club network, a position that put her in
daily contact with the airlines most valued customers.
At The Valley office, Fight provides daily administrative support for the conference commissioner as well as special projects. She also oversees travel for Valley staff, league officials
and television talent. Fight also handles the league’s merchandise program and student-athlete gift programs.

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Quinn Zielonko

Media Relations Assistant
Quinn Zielonko is a St. Louis native
entering his second year with the Missouri Valley Conference. After interning
with the Conference during the 2012-13
season, Zielonko has assumed full-time
Media Relations duties. He recently
completed two Masters Degrees at Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Mo.,
in Business Administration and Sport Management. At Lindenwood, he served as a graduate assistant in the Sport Management department. He also holds a bachelor’s degree from Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn.
In 2013-14, Zielonko will handle communications duties for
women’s soccer, men’s and women’s golf, swimming & diving,
indoor and outdoor track & field, and men’s and women’s tennis. He will also staff multiple championships and assist with
business affairs. Zielonko is an avid musician and tennis player,
and currently resides in Chesterfield, Mo.

brian Rhame

Account Executive, MVC Sports
Properties
In the spring of 2011, Learfield Sports
appointed Brian Rhame account executive for its locally based “MVC Sports
Properties” entity.
Rhame works alongside General Manager Branden Miller and the Missouri
Valley Conference staff to oversee all
components of the MVC’s relationship with the collegiate marketer.
As exclusive marketer for the Conference, Learfield Sports assists the MVC with comprehensive corporate sponsorships, media and branding opportunities. Prior to joining MVC Sports Properties, Rhame served as Territory Manager for CCP Industries in
the greater St. Louis area. Before that, he was the Director of
Special Events for Kirkwood’s St. John Vianney High School for
five years.
Rhame received his bachelor’s degree in Marketing from the
University of Central Arkansas in 2001, where he was a member
of the Bears’ football team. He resides in Webster Groves, Mo.,
along with his wife Nicolle and daughter Adalyn.