31st Annual International Convention
& Trade Show

March 14-17, 2012 | Los Angeles | L.A. Convention Center | Register

SPEAKERS / MODERATORS / INSTRUCTORS

Detailed below in alphabetical order by last name are the confirmed guest presenters for the IHRSA 2012 event in Los Angeles. This list is current as of September 1, 2011. Highlighted names are first-time presenters at an IHRSA Convention.

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

A

• Sarah Addeo, ACE-CPT, Personal Trainer & Instructor, Elite Sports Clubs
• Ray Algar, Managing Director, Oxygen Consulting, UNITED KINGDOM
• Daron Allen, President / CEO, Visual Fitness Planner™
• Mike Alpert, President and CEO, The Claremont Club
• Michael Amaro, Esq., Board Member, International Amusement & Leisure Defense Association (IALDA) and Founding Partner, Prindle, Amaro, Goetz, Hillyard, Barnes & Reinholtz LLP
• Theresa Amaya, Director of Human Resources, St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort
• Nicki Anderson, NASM-CPT, President, Reality Fitness, Inc.
• Dr. Michael Arloski, CEO, Real Balance Global Wellness, PCC, CWP, CIIS

B

• Doug Balzarini, CSCS, ACE, Founder, DB Strength
• Mike Bannan, Head of Development, IDEA Health & Fitness Association
• Richard Beddie, President, International Confederation of Registers for Exercise Professionals (ICREPs), NEW ZEALAND
• Dr. James Bell, President, IFPA and Doctors Fitness Centers
• Amy Blansit, MA, President, American College of Wellness
• Paul Bosley, Executive Vice President, First Financial Finance & Leasing Inc.
• Amanda Bracks, Business Director, Bracks Consulting, AUSTRALIA
• Christopher Breuleux, PhD, President, The Medical Wellness Association
• C. Victor Brick, M.Ed., CEO, Brick Bodies Fitness Services
• Lynne Brick, RN, President, Brick Bodies Fitness Services
• Paul Brown, President, Face2Face Retention Systems, AUSTRALIA
• Cedric X. Bryant, Ph.D., Chief Science Officer, American Council on Exercise

C

• John Carmean, Personal Training Marketing, Gainesville Health & Fitness Center
• Rick Caro, President, Management Vision, Inc.
• Hyla Cass, MD, Psychiatrist and Integrative Medicine Author, UCLA
• Drew Chesler, CEO, South Beach Active
• Laurie Cingle, President, Laurie Cingle Consulting & Coaching
• Joe Cirulli, Owner, Gainesville Health & Fitness Center
• Teresa Coffey-Gordon, Chief Marketing Officer, Millennium Partners Sports Club Management, LLC
• Sandy Coffman, Owner & President, Programming for Profit
• Jarod Cogswell, General Manager, ClubSport Oregon
• Casey Conrad, President, Communication Consultants WBS, Inc.
• Dr. Jason Conviser, President and CEO, One Small World
• Rachel Cosgrove, NSCA-CSCS, Owner, Results Fitness
• Art Curtis, Ph.D., Mergers & Acquisitions and New Club Development, Millennium Partners, and Chairperson, IHRSA Board of Directors


D

• Ryan Damon, Director, Global Strategic Sales, TRX
• Brent Darden, MS, Owner & General Manager, TELOS Fitness Center
• Maria de los Angeles de Santiago, General Manager, Management Around Sports, SPAIN
• James Decker, MBA, CPCU, ARM, ASLI, AINS, AIM, Assistant Vice President of Health and Fitness and Amateur Sports, Philadelphia Insurance Companies
• Dr. Nick Delgado, Principal, The Delgado Protocol
• Derek Deprey, MSS, Sport Management, General Manager, Wisconsin Athletic Club
• Grace DeSimone, ACSM-CPT, ACSM-GEI, National Director of Group Fitness, Plus One Health Management
• Fausto Di Giulio, Marketing & Management Coordinator, Italian Fitness Federation, ITALY
• Thom Downing, MS Kinesiology, Founder, FIT
• Laureen DuBeau, STOTT PILATES® Master Instructor Trainer
• Helen Durkin, J.D., Executive Vice President of Public Policy, IHRSA
• Todd Durkin, MA, CSCS, NCTMB, Owner, Fitness Quest 10 & Todd Durkin Enterprises


E

• Maigread Eichten, Principal, Alitum Partners, Inc. and Former President & CEO, The FRS Company


F

• Gerry Faust, Ph.D., President, Faust Management Group
• Garrett Felix, MS CISSP, Information Security Officer, MediFit
• Janet Frenkel, Chief Operating Officer, American Council on Exercise (ACE)


G

• Octavio Galindo, B.A., Co-Owner, Concentric Studio
• Lisa Gorsline, President & General Manager, Corpus Christi Athletic Club
• Patrick Goudeau, SPRI Master Trainer, NIKE Elite Fitness Trainer
• Scott Goudeseune, President & Chief Executive Officer, American Council on Exercise
• Joshua Gould, ACSM-CPT, AFAA, Founder, Exercise Expertise, LLC
• Trina Gray, Owner, Bay Athletic Club
• Leslie Grosshauser, National Presenter, Polar Electro
• Steve Groves, Vice President, Technology, and CIO, GoodLife Fitness Clubs, CANADA


H

• Dr. Raymond Hall, DC, Santa Monica Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Group
• David Hardy, President, Fitness Industry Council of Canada, CANADA
• Joe Hassinger, President, International Amusement & Leisure Defense Association (IALDA) and Director, Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr & Smith, PLC
• Dr. Ann Hawkins Hood, President, Global WellCare
• Cameron Hedges, NSCA-CSCS, General Manager, Results Fitness
• Brian Heermance, J.D., Attorney – Partner, Morrison Mahoney LLP
• Dr. Steve Helschien, DC, Founder, Cardio Crusaders
• Cecil Hightower, Director of Ortho Kinetic Training, TELOS Fitness Center
• Ed Hill, Director of Marketing - Embedded & Communications Group, Intel Corporation
• Jeremy Howell, Ph.D., Professor, Sport Management Graduate Program, University of San Francisco


J

• Steve Jack, Founder PT-Professionals, Team Dynamix, UNITED KINGDOM
• Darren Jacobson, Head of Product, Virgin Active South Africa, SOUTH AFRICA
• Roger Jahnke, OMD, CEO, Health Action
• Karen Jashinsky, Founder & CEO, O2 MAX Fitness
• Stephanie Jennings, Director of Sales, MINDBODY, Inc.
• Steve Jensen, CEO, Impact Training Corporation & National Sales Academy, AUSTRALIA
• Dr. Meg Jordan, Chair Integrative Health, California Institute of Integral Studies
• Paul M. Juris, Ed.D., Executive Director, CYBEX Research Institute


K

• Skye Kaiss, CEO, Gold’s Gyms of Regina, CANADA
• Phil Kaplan, NSCA-CPT, ACE, President, Be Better Solutions, Inc.
• Guy Kawasaki, Co-Founder, Alltop.com, Founding Partner, Garage Technology Ventures, and Former Chief Evangelist, Apple, Inc.
• Tim Keightley, Vice President of Fitness & Personal Training, Gold’s Gym International, LLC
• John Kersh, Vice President of International Development, Anytime Fitness LLC
• Jill Stevens Kinney, Managing Director, Clubsource
• Patricia Kirk, MS, Exercise Science and Cardiac Rehabilitation, Regional Manager and Director of Training & Development for Commercial Clubs, Club One, Inc.
• Jasmin Kirstein, Owner & CEO, My Sportlady, GERMANY
• Thomas Kulp, CEO, Universal Athletic Club


L

• Vito La Fata, NASM-CPT, Owner, Fitness Evolution
• John La Puma, MD, FACP, ChefMD®
• Greg Lappin, Owner & General Manager, Rochester Athletic Club
• Patricia Laus, Chief Executive Officer, The Atlantic Club, Inc.
• Anita Lawlor, Chief Operating Officer, IHRSA
• Clarisa Lindenmeyer, MBA, Director of Marketing & Sales, TELOS Fitness Center
• Jeffery Long, Esq., Attorney, Prout – LeVangie, LLP


M

• Bill Manning, Director, Graduate Kinesiology & Graduate Sport Management, Saint Mary’s College of California
• Jason Mason, NSCA-CSCS, Regional Fitness Director, Beverly & Cambridge Athletic Clubs
• Bonnie Patrick Mattalian, Vice President, MediFit
• Adrienne McBride, MS, Corporate Program & Fitness Director, Club One, Inc.
• Bill McBride, President & Chief Operating Officer, Club One, Inc.
• Michael McDonald, Provincial Director of Fitness Services & Member Experience, World Health / International Fitness Holdings Inc., CANADA
• Chris McGoff, Founder, The Clearing, Inc., and Author, The PRIMES
• Tex McIver, Senior Partner, Fisher & Phillips LLP
• Alex McMillan, CEO, Fitness Profit Solutions, ALX Fitness
• Michele Melkerson-Granryd, M.Ed., ACE-CPT, General Manager, BodyBusiness Health Club & Spa, and Executive Director, Texas Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association (THRSA)
• Mark Miller, Vice President, Merritt Athletic Clubs
• Joe Moore, President & CEO, IHRSA
• Andres Moran, Director of Business Development, MINDBODY, Inc.
• Cees Morsch, Owner, CASE Builders, BELGIUM
• Elizabeth Mueller, MA, Sport / Exercise Psychology, ACSM-CPT, Owner, Recess & Results


N

• Frank Napolitano, President & Chief Executive Officer, GlobalFit
• Tom Nelson, MA, Vice President Business Development, Club One
• Mark Nutting, NSCA-CSCS, NSCA-CPT, ACSM-HFD, ACSM-HFS, Fitness Director, Saco Sport & Fitness


O

• Kerry Olsen, M.D., Medical Director, Mayo Clinic - Dan Abraham Healthy Living Center


P

• Chris Pacifico, Senior Partner, New Paradigm Partners
• Maria Parrella-Turco, AFAA, Senior Partner, New Paradigm Partners
• David Patchell-Evans, Founder & CEO, GoodLife Fitness Clubs, CANADA
• Marynes Pereira, Executive Director, Provider Solutions, BRAZIL
• Beto Perez, Co-Founder of the Zumba® Program
• Jen Pleimann, NSCA-CSCS, ISSA-CFT, USAWL, Personal Trainer, FIT, and Founder, FIT Buddies
• Chris Purvis, PT, MS, President-Founder, Peak Performance Physical Therapy


R

• Jason Reinhardt, Vice President of Sales, Sport & Health
• Thomas Richards, J.D., Senior Public Policy Manager, IHRSA
• Melissa Rodriguez, Research Manager, IHRSA
• David Ross, Ph.D., Principal Consultant, The Table Group
• Jonathan Ross, President & CEO, CSI Software


S

• Tara Sampson, Personal Training Sales, Gainesville Health & Fitness Center
• Dr. Brian Sekula, President, Health Performance Institute
• Robert Sherman, SPRI Master Trainer, President / Owner, F.I.T., Inc., and Area Group Fitness Manager, Equinox Fitness Clubs
• Debra Siena, President, Proactive Partners, A Division of TCA Holdings, LLC
• Simon Sinek, Founder, Simon Sinek Inc., and Author
• Kevin Steele, Ph.D., Principal, Communication Consultants WBS, Inc.
• Shawn Stewart, Operations Manager, Gainesville Health & Fitness Center
• Jim Strohecker, President-Founder, HealthWorld Online


T

• Justin Tamsett, Managing Director, Active Management, AUSTRALIA
• William Taylor, Founding Editor, Fast Company, and Best-Selling Author
• Christine Thalwitz, Director of Communications & Service, ACAC Fitness & Wellness Centers
• Leila Timergaleeva, Vice President of Operations, Complete Body Development, IHRSA Ambassador to Russia, RUSSIA
• Isaiah Truyman, NSCA, NASM, Founder, EZIA Human Performance

U

• Dr. Bruce Underwood, Principal, Healthy Futures

V

• Dr. Gijs van Oort, CEO, Practiva Health and Healthcare Access San Antonio
• Eric Vandenabeele, Director, Fitness.be, BELGIUM
• Guillermo Velez, Editor/Director, Mercado Fitness, ARGENTINA
• Amanda Vogel, MA Human Kinetics, Owner, Active Voice, CANADA


W

• Beth Warren, MBA, ACSM HFI, Director, Mayo Clinic - Dan Abraham Healthy Living Center
• Simon Weatherill, Chief Executive Officer, State Sport Centres Trust, AUSTRALIA
• Travis Wood, Vice President of Operations, Sky Fitness & Wellbeing
• Andy Wigderson, Vice President of Sales & Marketing, CSI Software
• Jennifer Wilson, Can Fit Pro PTS, and Director of Fitness, HealthCity, THE NETHERLANDS
• Cary Wing, Ed.D., Medical Fitness Industry Consultant
• Karen Woodard-Chavez, President, Premium Performance Training