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In March of 2015, George was hired to be Parisi Franchise Systems first ever Director of Marketing. His primary areas of focus were franchise recruitment marketing, brand management and social media, while taking on additional responsibilities in the areas of network marketing, license support and business development in the years that followed.

At the beginning of 2020, George was named Managing Director for Parisi, and is now responsible for planning and implementing long-term business strategies that facilitate growth of the Parisi Brand and Network, such as developing and directing strategic business initiatives, overseeing projects and processes, and maintaining a leadership role in day to day operations.

Prior to Parisi, George worked for the Detroit Red Wings in a variety of positions within the merchandise department, from operations to marketing, for more than a decade. He graduated with a Bachelors Degree from Madonna University in 2003, majoring in Journalism and Public Relations.

In her role as Director of Brand Marketing, Carol is responsible for growing awareness of Parisi License Opportunity, Education, Training and company initiatives, through social media, email, website and other traditional marketing efforts. Areas of responsibility and oversight include social media and email campaigns, marketing strategy and development, website management and communications.

Carol brings a fresh perspective to the Parisi team. As a NASM-certified trainer, life-long athlete and competitive bodybuilder, powerlifter and strongman, Carol’s passion for health and fitness expands into every aspect of her life. Prior to Parisi, Carol spent three years at a mid-size digital marketing agency after graduating from Ramapo College of New Jersey with a B.A. in Communications.

Jennifer joined the Parisi Corporate Team in 2015 to assist our franchises with marketing support. She helps coordinate monthly promotions and works closely with our Marketing Director and Graphic Designer.  Jennifer also helps support our franchises with social media content and with the development of our corporate website.

Jennifer is a graduate from Rutgers College in New Brunswick, NJ and has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications.  After graduating she worked at AT&T in Corporate and National Account Management for 10 years.  Before joining our Corporate team she was a full time Mom to Bill and Jennifer’s 2 boys.

Casey Lee has been in the Parisi Network since 2011. In October of 2014, Casey was awarded Parisi Performance Coach of the Year, a national award with an applicant pool of 450+ coaches. He has had one of the fastest tracks of any Performance Coach, becoming the youngest Master Coach in the Parisi network from 2014-2017. During this time he provided sports performance programming and educational content throughout the entire Parisi network.

Casey has 7 years experience as a Parisi Program Director and now leads the Parisi All-Access, Mentorship and Masterclass programs for Coaches around the world. 

Having worked for Parisi Speed School in Fair Lawn and Morris Plains, N.J., for 15 years as a performance coach and program director, Steve now owns his own franchise location in Sparta, N.J., and assists the franchise corporate team. He holds multiple professional certifications and has years of coaching experience.

Steve grew up in Hawthorne, N.J., where he was a three-sport varsity athlete. Realizing sports was his real passion, Steve majored in Exercise Sciences at Northeastern University and graduated with a degree in Sports Management from Centenary College.

As a Parisi Speed School franchise owner, Eric brings unique experience to the corporate team. He purchased the franchise in 2006 to continue to develop the total athlete concept.

Eric began his coaching career in 1990 with a high school track program, and spent the following 16 years coaching all levels of of athletes from elementary school to the National Football League. He grew up in Havertown, Pa., and attended Juniata College where he was a four-year letter winner in multiple sports.

As a highly decorated Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps and Gulf War Veteran, John designed and implemented physical training programs for his fellow Marines. John’s experience includes serving as the Director of Training at Spine and Sports Care in Elmwood Park, where he studied and worked with spine, joint, and sports therapists. He has been one of the premier Performance Enhancement Specialists in the Parisi organization, having successfully trained over 1,000 athletes including high school, collegiate, and professional athletes. His service included the NFL Combine Program, where he assisted in successfully launching the careers of over 130 athletes, franchise compliance, and franchise sales.

Bringing over 25 years of training experience, 15 of them with the Parisi Speed School, John now serves as the Parisi Program Director at Parisi Fairfield, and is deeply involved in all stages of staff training, motivation and education, having certified over 300 performance coaches through the Parisi organization.

Chad Coy has been a part of the Parisi Speed School family since signing as the 13th Franchise in 2006. A graduate of Purdue University in 1991, Chad studied Exercise Science and Nutrition. Chad still has a strong commitment to as an athlete, and has competed as a professional strongman since 1998. He has won Masters’ America’s Strongest Man two times and placed second at Masters’ Worlds two times after 10 years as an open Pro. A Powerlifter from 1994 -1998, he has also won 2 National Powerlifiting Championships, 1 World Championship, and holds 4 American Records and 3 World Records. Chad joined the Master Trainer program in the winter of 2014 and takes great pride in helping educate the future coaches of the franchise.

Sully Parker has been a Parisi Performance Coach since 2008 at the flagship location in Fair Lawn, NJ. In 2018, he was named Master Coach by the Corporate Team. A lifelong athlete, Sully was awarded Bergen County All-Decade for the 55m for 2000-2010. A graduate of The College of New Jersey, Sully studied Exercises & Sports Science and competed in Track & Field and Football.

Liz Madden has been a Parisi Performance Coach since 2015 at Parisi Cherry Hill in New Jersey. In 2018, she was named Master Coach by the Corporate Team. A lifelong athlete, Liz competed at the Division 2 collegiate level at East Stroudsburg University for the volleyball team and track and field team as a thrower for four years. She was the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference 2013 and 2014 Women’s 20lb. Weight Throw Champion and holds the school record of 55’3.5” in the weight throw and freshman records in the weight throw and hammer. 

Owner of POW! Gym Chicago, the home of the Parisi Speed School of Chicago, Katalin opened her facility in 2001 and has offered the Parisi program since 2015. POW! Gym offers over 100 classes a week, half for adults and half for kids. Katalin’s program offers a variety of services like team training, personal training and birthday parties. She has starred in 17 fitness DVDs and is an established content creator.

Katalin is an experienced presenter and has authored the book, The Ultimate Guide to Strength Training for Martial Arts, as well as 4 industry training manuals.

Ben Jones is from Southeast Texas and is currently the Owner/Operator of the Parisi Speed School in Beaumont. He also serves as the Membership Director/General Manager for their location's partnered health club, Exygon Health and Fitness Club. He started with Parisi Speed School in the summer of 2017 as a Performance Coach and rose through the ranks to owner roughly a year later.

Logan is the Program Director of Champions Sports Performance in Cornelius, North Carolina, as well as at their newly opened second location in Matthews, North Carolina. Logan began working at Champions Sports Performance in 2019 as Performance Coach and was promoted to her current role of PD in 2021.

Logan found a passion for sports performance and injury resilience training after sustaining 4 ACL reconstructive surgeries throughout high school and college. She played Division II soccer at Catawba College, where she was named Captain and earned a B.S in Athletic Training. She enjoys coaching youth and adult populations and using training as a way to improve confidence and overall health.

Peter is the Director of Parisi Speed School Tri-Cities. Before relocating to the Tri-Cities with his wife Michelle (formerly Elliott) and 2 kids, Winston and Maika, Clark owned and operated a training facility in Spokane, Washington for 5 years. Prior to that he was an Athletic Trainer at Gonzaga University for 8 years working with all Varsity sports at the University.

Strength and conditioning and rehabilitation has been an integral part of his passion and education. Clark has a bachelor’s degree in Athletic Training and Kinesiology from Whitworth University and a Master’s degree in Leadership from Gonzaga University and has been through many of the leading certifications in the field of Strength and Conditioning.

Kyle is the Program Director at Guadalupe Regional Medical Center in Seguin, Texas, and has been in the industry since 2010. He obtained his Bachelor's Degree in Kinesiology from Texas Lutheran University, where he also played soccer.

He joined Parisi System in 2016 as a Performance Coach and became the Program Director at his facility in 2018. In his current role, he is responsible for implementing sports performance training for athletes of all backgrounds and sports, which aligns with his passion for training individual athletes and teams. In addition to being a certified Parisi Coach, he also holds a CSCS and ACSM-CPT certification.

Dr. Stuart M. McGill is a professor emeritus, University of Waterloo, where he was a professor for 32 years. His laboratory and experimental research clinic investigated issues related to the causal mechanisms of back pain, how to rehabilitate back-pained people and enhance both injury resilience and performance. This produced over 240 peer-reviewed scientific journal papers, several textbooks, and many international awards. He mentored over 40 graduate students during this scientific journey.

During this time he taught thousands of clinicians and practitioners in professional development and continuing education courses around the world.

He continues as the Chief Scientific Officer for Backfitpro Inc. His advice is often sought by governments, corporations, legal experts, medical groups and elite athletes and teams from around the world. Difficult back cases are regularly referred to him for consultation.

Dan Pfaff is an internationally experienced and recognized educator/coach with 44 years of multifaceted work. Pfaff’s impressive background includes directorships of international training centers, coaching staff development, Division I intercollegiate track and field as a head coach, as well as numerous assistant coaching and teaching positions.

Pfaff also has extensive experience as a lecturer and curriculum designer for international, national, regional, state and community level sports theory symposia and schools. He is a highly-qualified leader with demonstrated abilities in integrated support team management, coach and support staff development/mentoring, and community relations.

Pfaff is actively involved with consulting services to a number of professional teams, support staffs and individual athletes in a variety of sports both domestically and internationally. He is internationally recognized as a high performance center director having served domestically and internationally.

Michol Dalcourt is an internationally recognized expert in human movement and performance. He is the founder and Director of the Institute of Motion, inventor of the fitness tool “ViPR PRO®” and co-founder of PTA Global. As an international lecturer and educator, Michol has authored numerous articles on human design and function, developed a series of performance videos and created and athletic model for high performance training.

Dr. Ken Clark is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Kinesiology at West Chester University (WCU), joining the WCU faculty in the Fall 2015 Semester. Ken teaches Biomechanics and Kinetic Anatomy at the undergraduate level, and teaches Motor Learning at both the undergraduate and graduate level.

Ken’s research interests include the mechanical factors underlying athletic performance and injury mechanisms, and he has special expertise in speed and agility development. Ken has peer-reviewed publications in journals such as the Journal of Applied Physiology, Journal of Experimental Biology, Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports, and the Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research.

In addition to teaching and conducting research, Ken has over a decade of strength & conditioning coaching experience. He has coached in the private sector (Summit Sports Training Center), the high school level (Dallas Jesuit Prep), and in the collegiate setting (Dickinson College and Haverford College). Starting in 2017, Ken has worked with the sprinters on the WCU Track and Field team, and has also been a biomechanics consultant for USA Track and Field. Ken has certifications from the NSCA, USA-Weightlifting, and USA Track & Field.

Ken received his PhD in Applied Physiology and Biomechanics from Southern Methodist University in Dallas in 2014, where he was mentored by Dr. Peter Weyand. Ken completed his Master’s Degree in Kinesiology at West Chester University in 2009. Ken completed his Bachelor’s degree in Psychology at Swarthmore College in 2003, where he was a two-time All-Conference running back for the football team.

As VP of Sports Performance at Kinexon, a leader in RFID sports tracking, Paul oversees performance consulting for professional teams and athletes. Clients include the NBA, NFL, USTA as well as German leagues in soccer, handball and basketball. Previously, Paul was Director of Performance for STATS and oversaw the development of the NBA sports performance game data. He is now taking the performance data metrics into these additional sports and leagues.

Paul has an extensive background in tracking technology and its impact on athlete recovery and conditioning. Much of this came from working for over 10 years with EXOS (formerly known as Athletes Performance) as the metabolic specialist developing energy system programs and assessment. Since then, he has been involved with the USTA Sports Science and NHL Combine Committees and sits on advisory boards for Plantiga, Kenzen, Sports Biometric Conference and Bimin. Paul works directly with various wearable and recovery treatment companies to develop hardware for live data tracking, performance training based on energy systems demands and recovery protocols.

Paul received his Bachelor’s degree in Physical Education, with an emphasis in exercise science, from the State University of New York, Cortland. He has a Master’s in Exercise Physiology from California University of Pennsylvania.

The owner of Parisi Speed School’s flagship facility in Fair Lawn, NJ, Rich serves as our NFL Combine Director. Rich’s career at Parisi began in 2008 after 20+ years at UPS, however his passion for fitness and involvement was always present. Rich was, and still is, a competitive power lifter in the World Natural Powerlifting Federation. He currently holds 14 State, 5 National and 1 World Record (s).

At Parisi, Sadiv began his career as a strength consultant, coach, and Program Director for the Parisi NFL Combine Program, which has produced over 200 NFL Draft picks, including Alfred Morris, Josh Norman, Demario Davis and TJ Clemmings. He has also trained athletes from a variety of sports, such as Jim Miller (UFC), Jim Galvin (Olympian), Michael Young (Basketball), Hayden Smith (Rugby) and Penelope Edmonds (Soccer). In 2015, Rich purchased the Fair Lawn facility and is now responsible for a staff of 11 full-time trainers, 7 part-time coaches, 3 part-time admins and 1 full-time marketing manager. Sadiv received a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology in 1989 from William Paterson University and has professional certifications from NASM and FMS, in addition to being a Microsoft Certified Professional and Microsoft Certified Engineer. He has been married for 26 years, with 2 daughters and currently resides in Glen Rock, NJ.

Dr. Rob Gilbert, a professor of applied sport psychology at Montclair State University (NJ), has devoted the last 40 years to researching the mental skills of the world’s greatest athletes and coaches. A sought-after expert in the field of sport psychology, peak performance and motivation, Dr. Gilbert has appeared on hundreds of radio and television programs and has delivered speeches to major academic institutions and corporations. Dr. Gilbert is also an accomplished writer who has published multiple titles.

Phil Wagner is founder and CEO of Sparta Science, as well as a certified physician and strength coach. Phil received his medical degree from USC focused on biomechanics. Phil’s passion for protecting athletes through injury resilience coupled with his medically-oriented mindset inspired him to found Sparta Science, a movement technology and data science company focused on musculoskeletal health.

As an Advisor to Parisi Speed School, Dr. Staples assists with the organizational and operational direction of the company.

Under Paul’s leadership as the previous CEO, Parisi Franchise Systems has strategically and creatively reengineered the company’s structure, including marketing, sales and franchise support. His 25+ years in human performance improvement and human behavior management brings a unique perspective to Parisi and its franchise network.

Dr. Staples received his Masters in Education and Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Louisville. He began his career with Marriott International, where he focused on human performance improvement initiatives for the hotel division.

Glen’s education, a Master’s Degree in Clinical Nutrition from New York University, being a certified specialist in sports dietetics (CSSD), 24 years of experience, and down to earth manner set him apart from his peers; “Perfect does not exist, if you shoot for it you will always fail,” says Glen of his approach to weight management and sports performance optimization through nutrition. Glen believes in making changes in your daily eating as part of your lifestyle. Restriction is not the answer to a lifestyle change, but balancing nutritious meals in a timely manner, as well as proper hydration and sleep play a critical role in achieving success.

Glen works with teams and individual athletes of all ages and skill sets in his private practice in NY, NJ and CT; his clients range from professional athletes to elementary school students. Most recent career highlights include Glen’s positions as the team nutritionist for the Boston Red Sox (MLB baseball team) and former team nutritionist for the New York Jets (NFL football team); Nutritionist for Atlantic Sports Health – in Morristown, NJ; the Nutritionist for Manhattan Sports Medicine in NYC. He is a veteran member of the CPSDA (Collegiate and Professional Sports Dietitians Association) Glen has also completed speaking engagements at Atlantic Sports Health in Morristown, NJ, many local Universities, such as Seton Hall, Fairfield and Rutgers as well as American College of Sports Medicine and community based programs such as NFL PLAY 60 both here and in London, which encourages kids in neighborhoods everywhere to come out to play for 60 minutes a day.