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Linda Alessandro – is the founder of Body Wellness®
Programs & Services, a company providing over 250 different onsite corporate
wellness programs to government agencies, Fortune 500 and Fortune 100 organizations
and Body Wellness® Fitness & Management a company providing over
250 health and fitness programs to gated communities, country clubs, hospitals and
schools as well as individual personalized programs.
Linda has organized a team of nine health and wellness experts who facilitate these
programs. Many of these individuals are considered experts in their chosen fields.
Ms. Alessandro is a self taught specialist in the field of health and fitness. Her
expertise has earned her a place within the President's Council on Physical Fitness
& Sports Program. In 1992 she was asked to address the United Nations Nutrition
Committee on the mind/body connection in health.
She leads many of the stress management lectures offered at Body Wellness®.
In 1996 the Federal Aviation Administration implemented her stress management
program, known today as SLOWO®: The Mental Interface® Technique,
in addition to providing several other Body Wellness® programs in the
New York Region.
In 2001 she was to implement her Body Wellness® Triune Program
for the entire FDNY and three days prior to program scheduling we witnessed
the tragedy of 9/11.
Linda has presented the Body Wellness® programs at Citibank, Fleetbank,
The US Postal Service, Cablevision, ADP, Avis, General Instrument, Standard Microsystems,
Oxford Resources, Macy's, Nikon, Estee Lauder, Home Depot, Cybex, Symbol Technologies,
Loral, and many other organizations.
Daniel Alessandro, MBA – is Vice President and CFO
of Body Wellness® Programs & Services, a company providing over 250
different onsite corporate wellness programs to government agencies, Fortune 500
and Fortune 100 organizations. Daniel is Managing Partner of Body Wellness® Fitness
& Management a company providing over 250 health and fitness programs
to gated communities and country clubs, as well as individual personalized programs.
Together with his wife Linda, he has organized a team of health and wellness experts,
who provide corporate wellness programs for a variety of prestigious companies,
organizations and government agencies. Presently, the Body Wellness®
formats are the only programs of their kind, offering proactive onsite wellness.
Daniel developed his creative management and work-life programs during his career
with Pam American World Airways, as Manager of Operations, as Director of
Operations with Hilti International and as Executive Vice President of Operations,
and CFO with Gift Box Corporation of America.
During his business career, Daniel began Hospice work and for the last 15 years
he has worked with Hackensack University Medical Center as their most popular
Hospice Worker. As a Hospice volunteer, Daniel uses many of the stress management
techniques he teaches in the corporate world, to those who require his Hospice services.
These techniques have been so well received that Daniel is often asked to address
graduating classes, teach nurses and other hospice workers his unique methods and
approach.
Daniel has presented the Body Wellness® programs at Cablevision, Home
Depot, Miami Dade Fire Rescue, AutoNation, FAA, Estee Lauder, Parker Hannifin, SMCS
and many other organizations.
Ellen Kamhi, RN, PhD. - The Director of Health Education
at Body Wellness®, is also known as "The Natural Nurse". Dr.
Ellen Kamhi brings the message of holistic medicine to millions of Americans through
radio and television programs broadcast throughout the United States daily. She
appeared on News 12 in her own segment on health for two years and is presently
featured in numerous magazines, journals and newspapers including The New York Times,
The New York Post and Marie Claire.
Dr. Kamhi creates and runs popular workshops on the use of local wild plants, herbal
medicine, homeopathic remedies, organic natural foods and energy techniques used
to improve the quality of ones health and life. Her programs at Body Wellness®
are very popular, once she presents at a company she is invited back continuously
as she is chock full of information, keeping herself up to date on the latest research
in holistic health and nutrition.
Ellen has been involved in the field of natural medicine for over 30 years. She
attended Rutgers and Cornell Universities, sat on the panel of Traditional
Medicine at Columbia Presbyterian Medical School, and holds the position
of Clinical Instructor at Stony Brooke Medical School College of Family Medicine.
Dr Kamhi is the author of Cycles of Life, Herbs and Energy Techniques for the Stages
of a Woman's Life, The Natural Guide to Great Sex and co-author
of The Natural Medicine Chest and Arthritis, The Alternative Medicine Definitive
Guide.
Mort Malkin, DDS - The Director of Cardiovascular Fitness
at Body Wellness®, he specializes in primary preventive medicine and
has invested 25 years developing and fine tuning the biomechanics of the Malkin
Technique of Aerobic Walking. He has taken the safest, most universal exercise and
changed it from marginal to high grade and aerobic with his technique using the
large muscle groups of the legs and mid-body for power. With Malkin Technique, aerobic
walking becomes a powerful, weight bearing, cardiovascular exercise.
He personally leads many of the aerobic walking programs that Body Wellness®
presents on site at corporations, government agencies, and hospitals as well as
programs provided to medical staff. He has developed walking clinics and certification
programs enabling Body Wellness® to bring his technique to a variety of organizations
in every sector of society.
Dr. Malkin is the author of two books on the subject, Walking - The Pleasure Exercise
and Aerobic Walking - The Weight Loss Exercise. He has had many articles
and papers published in both lay periodicals and medical literature.
He holds the rank of attending surgeon emeritus at Brooklyn Hospital Center, Brooklyn,
New York
Paul E. Mc Ghee, Ph.D. – Director of Humor at Body Wellness®,
and is internationally known for his own research on humor and laughter. After earning
his PhD in Developmental Psychology he spent 20 years as a researcher before becoming
a professional speaker.
Paul has given talks on humor in 10 countries, and has published 11 books on humor,
including his latest, Health, Healing & The Amuse System: Humor as Survival Training.
Body Wellness® offers his “hands on” humor skills training program which
is the only program of its kind in the country. Dr. Mc Ghee shows employees exactly
what to do in order to use humor to cope with stress. Paul’s ability to help organizations
build resistance and cope with change using humor is fast establishing him as a
moving force in corporate stress management.
Paul's work has been featured in the New York Times, Newsweek, and numerous
other American and European Publications. He is frequently interviewed by the mass
media about humor. He was featured on The Learning Channel in 1997 and was
featured in a PBS special called “A Laugh A Day” in 2001.
Geri Leon, JD, Ph.D. – Director of Stress Management
at Body Wellness®, is an attorney, college lecturer, and stress management
educator. As a former Assistant District Attorney in Suffolk County, NY, an attorney
in private practice, a college lecturer, corporate stress management facilitator
and mother of five children, she has had first hand experience with stress in the
workplace.
She is the creator/author of "Mentor-at-Work," a stress management training
program which combines a holistic approach to mental and physical health.
With a Master's Degree in Education, a Juris Doctorate in law, and a PH.D. in
the Science of Energy Medicine she combines her education, experience and an integrative
approach to teach workshop participants physical and mental techniques to relieve
stress and improve their work performance.
The acronym MENTOR stands for Mindful, Energetic, Nutritional Training for Optimum
Response (At-Work) Body Wellness® touts her work as the cutting edge
of corporate stress management.
Nancy M. Powers - Director Success Coaching at Body
Wellness®, is a captivating keynote speaker, writer and professional
success coach. Her business mastery and personal development programs inspire audiences
to action. Her seminars are content oriented, illuminating and highly entertaining.
Nancy exudes warmth and has a captivating style that keeps the audience spellbound
from beginning to end. Through examples and practical methods she delivers common-sense
strategies that translate into results.
While working with Anthony Robbins, she successfully maintained the country’s number
one franchise. Drawing on her 25 years of experience and dedication to research,
she responds with training that produces solid, quantifiable, bottom-line results.
She has presented for Allstate, Grumman, Citibank, Cushman & Wakefield, American
Express, Marchon Eyewear, Massachusetts Mutual, Metropolitan Life, New York Life,
Paine Webber, Prudential Securities, Remax Realtors, The Long Island Association
and the National Association For Sales and Marketing Executives, National Association
For Women Business Owners, The Center For Professional Women, Verizon, Greater Miami
Chamber of Commerce, The Masters Circle, National Chiropractic Council, and Breakthrough
Coaching.
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change
the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." ~ Margaret Mead
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