President of In Fitness & In Health, New York's premier wellness facility dedicated to plus-size women and creator of the Plus-Size Exercise Program. Author of Real Fitness for Real Women (Warner, 2001).

National and Local Television Appearances

CBS The Sunday Morning Early Show	January 2005
ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings	May 2004
NBC Evening News	March 2004
Fox 5 Network News	November 2003 March 2001
Good Day New York	March, 2003
CBS / The Early Show	January 2002 January 2001
QVC	August 2001 June 2001
NBC / Weekend Today in New York (with Dr. Ian Smith)	October 2001

Professional Speaking

Medical Fitness Association, Orlando, FL	December 2005
IDEA World Conference, Las Vegas, NV	July 2005
NYU Neonatology Associates, New York, NY	June 2005
Geisinger Health Plan, Danville, PA	June 2005
American Cancer Society, Brooklyn, NY	June 2005
V-Day/Love Your Tree, New York, NY	January 2005
Renfrew Center Foundation, Philadelphia, PA	November 2004
Valley Hospital Women's Health Fair, Wasilla, AK	October 2004
IDEA Personal Trainer Summit, New York, NY	October 2004
Medical Fitness Association Conference, Orlando, FL	October 2004
University of MA Dance Department, Amherst, MA	April 2004
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY	April 2004
New York Electrolysis Association, Atlantic City, NJ New York, NY	March 2004 January 2004
Long Island University Student Nurses Association, NY	December 2003
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Association Conference, Rye, NY Atlanta, GA Minneapolis, MN May 2002 Philadelphia, PA	October 2004 October 2003 May 2002 May 2001
American Infertility Association, New York, NY	April 2003 April 2002 April 2001
Jewish Community Center, New York, NY	May 2003
Dress For Success, New York, NY	March 2003
Pratt College, Brooklyn, NY	August 2002

Featured Print

LA Times Health Section	September 2005
NY Times Style Section	June 23, 2005
IDEA Fitness Journal	June 2005
Time Magazine	June 6, 2005
The Sun, NYC	October 2004
Fit Magazine	June 2001
Walking Magazine	July/August 2001
Family Circle	Summer 2001
IHRSA's CBI	October 2000
Consumer Reports on Health	September 2000
IDEA - Health & Fitness Source	January 1999
Belle	Summer 1998
IDEA Today	July/August 1996
Crain's Small Business	September 1996

Memberships

National Speakers Association Toastmasters International IDEA - the Health Professionals Resource National Association for the Advancement of Fat Acceptance, former Board Member Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Association American Infertility Association

Education

New York University, New York. M.A. from Gallatin School of Individualized Study, 1998. Specialized in her Plus-Size Exercise program. Schenk Human Energetics, Basic Training, 2002, Advanced Training, 2003. Pending completion of Master Class, 2005. The union of the physical body and the energy body. World Health and Healing Collaborative, certified Health Coach, Boston, MA, October 2001. University of Massachusetts, Amherst. B.F.A. in Dance, 1983.