Leslie Bonci is director of sports nutrition at the UPMC Center for Sports Medicine and a nutrition consultant to countless organizations in Pittsburgh and nationwide. An expert on sports nutrition, weight management and digestive health, Ms. Bonci is frequently interviewed by local and national print and TV media and tapes a weekly segment called “The Winning Plate” on KDKA-TV’s Pittsburgh Today Live. A former spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association, she writes a weekly blog for Runners World Magazine and serves on the editorial advisory board of Fitness Magazine.

Ms. Bonci is a nutrition consultant to the Pittsburgh Steelers, Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Penguins, Pittsburgh Pirates, Milwaukee Brewers, National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and numerous high schools and universities. She is the sports dietitian for the University of Pittsburgh Athletics Department and Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre. She also is a member of the U.S. Olympic Committee’s sports nutrition network and has worked with numerous Olympians including Bryan Clay, Garrett Weber-Gale and Tara Lipinksi.

A frequent lecturer at universities nationwide, Ms. Bonci is the author or co-author of four popular books,  including Sports Nutrition for Coaches (Human Kinetics, 2009) and several sports medicine textbook chapters and is on the advisory board of the Journal of Athletic Training. She is an adjunct assistant instructor in pediatric dentistry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine and also serves on the faculty of Pitt’s sports medicine fellowship training program.

Ms. Bonci is a registered dietitian, a board-certified sports dietetics specialist and a Pennsylvania-licensed dietitian and nutritionist. She has a bachelor’s degree in biopsychology from Vassar College and a master’s degree in public health from the University of Pittsburgh.

Amy Jo Sutterluety is a professor in the department of health and physical education at Baldwin Wallace College where she teaches physiology of exercise, exercise prescription for special populations and health and physical fitness assessment techniques. She is the academic coordinator of exercise science/pre-physical therapy, providing leadership in curricular and program development.  She is advisor to the pre-physical therapy/exercise science student organization and has been instrumental in securing funding and implementing an employee health promotion program on campus. 

She is past president of the Midwest American College of Sports Medicine, a participant in the Ohio Public Health Leadership Institute, and a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine.  She is currently a speaker for the American Heart Association, a member of the Health Educators Association of Greater Cleveland and a member of the Certification and Credentialing Review Board of the American College of Sports Medicine.  She recently became a peer reviewer for the MERLOT Teaching and Learning Organization, a leading edge, user-centered, searchable collection of peer reviewed and selected higher education, online learning materials. She received the Strosacker Award for Excellence in Teaching at Baldwin-Wallace College in 2000 and has been recognized by the Northeast Ohio Council on Higher Education for her excellence in teaching.

Brian Schiff is a licensed physical therapist, strength coach, personal trainer, author, industry speaker and business owner.  He graduated from The Ohio State University in 1996 with a Bachelor's of Science degree in Allied Health Professions (Physical Therapy).  He became a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist through the National Strength & Conditioning Association in 1998.  Brian has worked in outpatient sports medicine clinics for the past 13 years.  He specializes in treating general orthopedics and sports medicine cases, specifically the shoulder, knee and ankle.

 In 2000, he started his own fitness company, Fitness Edge (www.TheFitnessEdge.cc).  His business focuses on personal training and sport specific training.  From 2002 to 2006, Brian served as the strength & conditioning coach for The Columbus Crew Major League Soccer Team.  He currently focuses much of his time training runners, golfers, and local club soccer players and basketball players, while diligently trying to prevent ACL injuries.  He has lectured on this topic at the AFPA conferences, and has produced his own Fit Knees DVD on ACL injury prevention, along with a sereis of others on knee health.

Brian has also authored books on rotator cuff injuries, the treatment of frozen shoulders and shoulder injury recovery integrated with golf specific fitness.  He contributed three chapters to a golf conditioning e-book entitled The Fitness Secrets of Championship Golfers, as well as a chapter on periodization in the The Power of Champions.  He served as the clinical director for a large outpatient orthopedic therapy clinic for Physiotherapy Associates in New Albany, Ohio from May, 2006, to December, 2007, with his practice focusing on sports medicine and general orthopedic cases.

Over the years, Brian has lectured and given numerous presentations on topics including safe shoulder training, bodyweight training, soccer specific training, ACL injury prevention, low back training, functional golf training, baseball specific training, return to play training and sport specific training.  He has been featured in the USA Weekender, Men's Health Best Life Magazine, Better Homes and Gardens, Personal Fitness Professional, Business First and Central Ohio Health Magazine. 

 He serves as a contributing author for PTontheNet, print and online columnist for Personal Fitness Professional Magazine and is recognized as a platinum expert author for Ezinearticles.com.  Additionally, he presents nationally for Power Systems at their Total Training Seminars for trainers. 

Michael Hall, a serial entrepreneur and service-business veteran, formed a family-run personal training business in 2006.  Hall, a graduate of the National Personal Training Institute (class of 2006) returned to school at age thirty-five in order to follow his passion for getting people in shape.  Thru his studies at the National Personal Training Institute , Michael was introduced to Fitness Together, the world’s largest health and wellness organization and franchisor of personal training studios.  Along, with his brothers-in-law, Brad Newcomb and Jonathan Slain, Hall purchased his first Fitness Together franchise in 2006.  Today, the brothers-in-law own four studios in the Cleveland area.  As the Chief Sales Officer and Chief Operations Officer for Fitness Together in Cleveland, Hall is responsible for overseeing a staff of twenty employees and the day-to-day activities in all studios.  Hall also serves as the Area Director for Fitness Together in Ohio and Kentucky, providing support to other studio owners in those states.

Cat is the owner of State of Fitness fitness center in Gahanna, Ohio and is one of approximately 1,000 certified Russian Kettlebell Challenge (RKC) Instructors worldwide. She is also certified as a personal trainer through the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), and American Council on Exercise (ACE). Holman is also a USA Weightlifting Level 1 Sports Performance Coach and ACE-certified Group Fitness Instructor. She is an active yoga and Krav Maga practitioner and enjoys trail running and golf. She has kickboxed both contact and non-contact for more than 10 years.

As founder and CEO of Physicians Fitness, Greg's vision of his company was shaped 16 years ago while working as a lay assistant to physicians in a sports medicine clinic. It was during this tenure that he noticed the unfortunate reality that most of the patients of the clinic were there as a result of poor physical conditioning. He observed that the patient base consisted of individuals who would return to the clinic for treatment of re-injury to a problem area or the development of new symptoms due to compensation patterns created by the original patho-physiology. The medical and chiropractic staff encouraged these patients to participate in exercise and fitness programs, but did not have the time nor resources to effectively assess, develop, and implement a safe, global health and fitness plan.

As a graduate of the United States Navy's Nuclear Engineering School, Greg used his foundation of engineering skills, his enthusiasm for fitness, his academic certifications (Clinical Exercise Specialist and Personal Trainer and Muscle Activation Techniques Certified Specialist) and his experiences working with a wide variety of medical professionals to develop the Mobility Profiling Method of pre-exercise physical assessment.

His experience in working in such diverse venues as community gyms and medical practices enhanced his awareness of the wide gulf that exists between the medical community and fitness facilities particularly for those individuals trying to recover from and manage a diagnosed disease. This led to the development of a comprehensive documentation and communication system that coordinates fitness programs for individuals with diagnosed diseases from the medical community, the core of Physicians Fitness operations.