Cavender leads the Alumni Services team for the D’Aniello Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University. In this role, she is responsible for building a centralized function for alumni engagement and relationship management for the Institute’s program alumni.

Prior to joining IVMF, Cavender worked at Syracuse University’s Office of Alumni Engagement on the Outreach Programs team. In this role, she worked with countless alumni volunteers as well as on-campus and external partners to coordinate programs and streamline processes.

Cavender holds a bachelor’s degree from Nazareth College and a Master of Business Administration from Syracuse University’s Whitman School of Management.