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Canton

Stark State College
6200 Frank Ave. NW
Canton OH 44720-
(330) 966-5455 4240
Russ O'Neil
www.starkstate.edu

Cincinnati

http://www.gatlineducation.com/certified_personal_trainer__course_online.html

Scarlet Oaks
3254 East Kemper Road
Cincinnati, OH 45421
Registration# 513-612-5793
Carol Klotz klotzc@greatoaks.com
Classes starting Monday, Sept. 19th (Mondays and Wednesdays, 6:30 – 9:30 p.m.), ending October 26th.
Orientation, Wednesday, September 7th, 6:30 p.m

Columbus

OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
Department of Recreational Sports
B106 Recreation and Physical Activity Center
337 W. 17th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210
contact: John Katsares
Phone: (614) 292-5153
http://recsports.osu.edu/training_certification.asp
www.recsports.osu.edu

Teachers:

Ed Avery: Practical Lab Instructor
Trained at The Ohio State University and is certified by World Instructional Training School, Group Exercise Nationally Certified as well

East Liverpool

Kent State University- East Liverpool
2340 Dresden Avenue
East Liverpool, OH 43920
www.col.kent.edu/workforce/
Reg# (330) 382-7427
Lisa McNichol (330) 382-7427

Kirtland

Lakeland Community College
7700 Clock Tower Dr.
Kirtland OH 44094-
(440) 953-7116
Nan Mayer
www.Lakelandcc.edu

Medina

Medina County Career Center
1101 W. Liberty Street
Medina, OH 44256
Reg# (330) 725-8461
Kim Grieco
(330) 721-0255

Middleburg Heights

Polaris Career Center
7285 Old Oak Blvd
Middleburg Heights, OH 44130
Reg# (440) 891-7600
Karen Rayk
(440) 891-7639

North Royalton

Balanced Fitness and Wellness
6418 Royalton Road
North Royalton, OH 44133
Contact: Amanda Kost
Registrations: 888-330-9487
www.balancedfitnessllc.com

Piqua

Edison Community College
1973 Edison Drive
Piqua, OH 45356
937-778-7864

Sylvania

YMCA of Greater Toledo at JCC Sylvania
6465 Sylvania Ave
Sylvania, OH 43560
Contact: Laurie Vass
Registrations: 419-885-4485
www.ymcatoledo.org

Toledo

Owens Community College
2249 Tracy Rd.
Toledo OH 43619-
(419) 661-7357
Andrea Thompson
www.owens.edu

Teachers:

Laurie Ford Vass
Group Exercise Instructor
Personal Trainer
National Presenter

Laurie has been instructing and training since 1988. Her various teaching skills and motivation will help you lose weight, build strength, and tone up fast. Her teaching and management experience started in Youngstown, OH where she received her Bachelor in
Fitness Management. After years of international travel, managing, instructing, and certifying other instructors and trainers, her family
has relocated to Sylvania, Ohio. She teaches and trains individuals in Athlekinetix, a multifaceted fitness program geared towards all level of participants. You maintain your training zone heart rate throughout this non-stop, no repetition, no choreography, intense experience. No two workouts are ever the same. Other classes that can kick off your new year include strength training, Turbo Kick, boot camp, dance and cycling. Her Personal Training is effective and always changing as the research changes. She holds national certifications with ACE, WITS and NHE.

Angie Green, M.Ed.
Angie Green has been in the fitness industry for over ten years. She began teaching aerobics in college. Her passion grew for fitness so much that she decided to obtain her Master’s Degree in Recreation and Fitness Administration.
Along with being an instructor for WITS, Angie also works as an Area Promotions Director and Presenter for Powder Blue Productions, the company that produces the classes Turbo Kick, Hip Hop Hutsle, and PiYo. She has appeared in several videos as well as on QVC. She was also awarded presenter of the year for 2006.
Angie works as the Associate Director, Programming at The University of Toledo in Ohio. She is is AFAA certified in group exercise and personal training. Along with her training in Turbo Kick™ and PiYo™, she also holds certifications and trainings for Spinning®, Body Pump®, YogaFit Levels I, II, and III, Polestar Pilates Mat, PowerHouse Pilates Reformer, BOSU, and Balletone.