By Mark Conti
Kristen Puntieri wants to help you connect with your active self, recover from a strenuous activity or release any bottled up stress and tension.
As the senior associate director of University Recreation, Puntieri’s responsibilities range from maximizing utilization of the courts at the Marino Center, managing the development of recreation programs on the many Northeastern campuses and implementing new fitness programs.
Puntieri, who graduated from the Bouve College of Health Sciences with a master’s degree in exercise physiology, has been in her current role for three years and has worked at Northeastern for 21 years.
During those two decades, she has seen soccer and cricket surpass flag football as popular intramural sports. She has seen a growing demand for badminton and volleyball on the courts at Marino. And meeting the national trend, she made sure pickleball has a space in the fitness center.
Puntieri recently spoke with Northeastern Global News about her role in University Recreation.
