Race announcer and active mom Home base: Denver, CO Family life: Married to Peter and mother to a 2 ½-year-old daughter and a 1-year-old son. Work life: Race announcer, Emmy award-winning TV producer, spokesperson, host Age: 36 Growing up in a family of academics, Ann Wessling’s love of sports was not understood or appreciated by …
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Meet Parker Jennings
Active Theater Student Home base: Atlanta, GA Personal life: Student at Boston Conservatory at Berklee Work life: Student, Actor, Performer Age: 19 As a student at Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Parker is on the go, all day long. Dance classes. Gym time. Moving around campus from one class to another. “These days, walking is my …
Meet Sinyee Phan
A Healthy-Lifestyle Role Model Home base: Marietta, GA Family life: Mom to three boys in 8th grade, 10th grade, and a sophomore in college Work life: Accounts manager at Caduceus Age: 46 Sinyee Phan enjoys being active. She incorporates activity into her daily life by going to the gym, walking, cleaning the house and doing …
Meet Kimberly Petty
Stepping away the stress Home base: Marietta, GA Family life: Married to Mark, Mom to Parker and Vienne. Work life: Director of Content Development, Cindy Miller Communications Age: 43 As mother and businesswoman, Kimberly Petty lives an active lifestyle. Whether she’s running her kids to practices or checking emails on the office treadmill, Kimberly knows …
Meet Jay Croft
Loves the gym Home base: Midtown Atlanta Family life: Single Work life: Fitness Content Marketer Age: 55 Jay Croft describes himself as “skinny, runty kid” growing up, enjoying rec baseball and basketball, but certainly not an athlete. And then came the summer of 1984, when Jay was in college and Bruce Springsteen burst onto the …
Meet Glenn Shanholtzer
Life-long Recreational Athlete Home base: Tucker, GA Family life: Married, with a 12-year-old son and nine-year-old daughter Work life: Banker for Affinity Bank Age: 44 Glenn Shanholtzer competed in sports his entire life. Not just one sport — he played practically all of them: baseball, basketball, tennis, football and, more recently, adult league softball. That …
Meet Mike Lawson
Retired Supply Chain Manager Home base: Woodstock Family life: Married to MiJa, two kids, five grandchildren, one grand-dog. Work life: Retired Supply Chain Manager Age: 70 Mike Lawson spent his career first as a production supervisor and then as a supply chain manager for an automotive manufacturing plant which required him to stand and walk …
Meet Joel Pates
GE Power Service Sales Manager Home base: East Cobb Family life: Married to Danielle and father to three boys — Soren, 9, Fletcher, 10, and Jensen, 11 Work life: Sales Manager at GE Power Service Age: 46 Joel Pates got serious about sports at a young age. He started playing football in fifth grade and …
Meet Shonda Lawary
Owner of Best Self Total Wellness Home base: East Cobb Family life: Two children, a daughter in 3rd grade and a stepson in college. Work life: Owner of Best Self Total Wellness Age: 45 Shonda Lawary is enthusiastic about exercise. She tries to work out every day and get in 10,000 steps a day — …
Meet Erin Ellingwood
Mom of an Active Boy Home base: Kennesaw, GA Family life: Married to Chris, Mom to a young baseball star Work life: Director of Social Content, Cindy Miller Communications Age: 31 As the mother of a five-year-old boy, Erin Ellingwood is always on the move. As any parent knows, it’s pretty much non-stop from the time …
