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Haley Fanning is a firefighter, paramedic, personal trainer and high performance nutrition coach. Haley played AFL for the Canadian Midnight Suns in Australia and specializes in sport-specific training and athletic performance. She also now is competing in several Powerlifting competitions and enjoys heavy lifting and challenging her clients to move big weights. River Beattie is also a trainer who...

Alim Dhanji is the president of Adidas Canada where he is responsible for the retail, ecommerce wholesales business from business development and brand strategy to operations for both Adidas and Reebok across Canada. Before that, he was the SVP Global Talent and Head of HR for Global Brands. He has worked for other big brands like Kik Interactive TD Bank and Citi Bank and has an MBA from Royal Roa...

Lauren Stallwood is a fitness coach and personal trainer. She has her own popular workout YouTube channel, online programs and a strong fitness influencer presence on social media. Lauren has competed at CrossFit sanctioned events such as the Dubai CrossFit Championship and the French Throwdown. Before that, Lauren played competitive rugby where at the age of 17 she was given her first internation...

Jaclyn Cordeiro is Registered Nurse , personal transformation specialist coach, fitness influencer, model, writer and fitness competition athlete. She has combined her healthcare education and passion for fitness into a diverse coaching and fitness program business.  At the Natural Toronto Pro Qualifier last December she placed 1st in both open and masters category. She also an Oxygen Magazine amb...

Sam Cournoyer is making waves in the sport of CrossFit. After an an accident ended his hockey career, Sam found CrossFit and hasn't looked back.  He trains as part of Rich Froning’s Mayhem team and is coming off of a huge 3rd place finish and All-Canadian Men's podium at Wodapalooza – a big lead-in to the sport’s start of it's competition season.  Sam has steadily been climbing the ranks and showi...

Brooke Ence is a fitness icon.  You probably know Brooke originally from her strong showing with two event wins and a Top 15 finish in the 2015 CrossFit Games.  She had an immediate rise to celebrity status as a Games athlete.  She has also had strong showings across regional and team events, but all that took a turn when she suffered a back/neck injury that resulted in surgery. &nb...

Katie Knight is the 2021 World’s Toughest Mudder Champion.  Katie has really powered herself onto the Obstacle and Ultra Racing elite scene, also coming in 3rd at the Spartan Ultra World Championships.  She has been a qualified Fitness Coach since 2014 and has worked as a personal trainer, a qualified CrossFit coach and a corporate Health and Wellness trainer, so she has a unique connection to who...

Alexis Woloschuk is a member of Team Sonnet of the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association. She previously was a member of the Markham Thunder in the Canadian Women's Hockey League. She has played in the Swedish Women's Hockey League and was a standout at Boston University. Outside of hockey Alexis is an Associate at Kaizen Sports and Entertainment and has been a fitness trainer and streng...

Mindi O'Brien is a world-class athlete, fitness coach, wellness expert, and a champion of health and lifestyle improvement. With over thirty years of hands-on experience, Mindi has been shaping the lives, minds, and bodies of people across the globe. Mindi is a legend in the space with a professional IFBB career spanning multiple decades. She has multiple first-place and top 3 finishes, and has ap...

Ashley Horner is a fitness celebrity, hybrid athlete, professional fitness competitor, ultra-runner, triathlete, entrepreneur, and mother She has authored and sold over 1 Million copies of her different training programs In addition to being a massive influencer in the fitness world, Ashley’s entrepreneurial side is equally impressive, as she owns multiple businesses in Virginia Beach. She’s the o...

Teresa Greco is the author of the book Steps to True Happiness, and the co-author of the best-selling books The Decision to Heal: Pathways from Suffering to Love, and Business, Life and the Universe: Vol 4. She is an educator and educational technologies consultant with a master’s degree from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.  She is the editor and senior writer at two Canadian lifestyle magazines. Teresa...

Heather Monahan is a best-selling author, keynote speaker, entrepreneur and founder of Boss In Heels. Having successfully climbed the corporate ladder for nearly 20 years, Heather Monahan is one of the few women to break the glass ceiling and claim her spot in the C-suite. As a Chief Revenue Officer in Media, Heather Monahan is a Glass Ceiling Award winner, named one of the most Influential Women...

2 Olympics, 2 different sports in only 180 days. That is the incredible feat Vincent De Haître is attempting to add to his already impressive resume. The cyclist Vincent de Haitre competed at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games this summer and placed 5th in Team pursuit. The speed skater Vincent de Haitre is now attempting to make it to the 2022 Beijing Winter Games in February. He is already a two-time...

Boasting more than 30 years in both amateur and professional figure skating, Elizabeth Manley was the first Canadian female to successfully land a triple-double combination jump in competition. She has participated in two Olympic Games, six World Championships, and has won three National Titles. She is probably most famous for having the performance of her life at Calgary 1988 to win the Olympic s...

Kelly Kauffman is a Chief Human Capital Officer with the National Basketball Association's Milwaukee Bucks.  Kelly had held various leadership roles before joining the Bucks as Vice President of Human Resources back in 2014.  She has since seen the team win a NBA championship, grow it's brand presence both locally and internationally and spearheaded the staffing and people development of a new spo...

Dr. Vanessa Bohns is a Social Psychologist and Professor of Organizational Behaviour at Cornell University. She holds a PhD in Psychology from Columbia University and an AB from Brown University. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times and Harvard Business Review and her research has been featured by the Wall Street Journal and New York Times. Her new book You Have More Influence than You T...

Sola Sigurdardottir is a CrossFit athlete from Iceland who is currently based in the UK for her studies.  She has twice been a CrossFit Games team athlete and competed in the European Regionals.  Back in October she took the Madrid Championships for her first high profile championship win as an individual. Sola is in university to become a chiropractor and is a Nike Training athlete. In this episo...

Traci Callahan is a highly accomplished pro beach volleyball player.  She was featured in Sports Illustrated's Faces in the Crowd after earning NCAA Div II Freshman of the Year.  She also was awarded Female Athlete of the Year and was a 3-time All American. Following college she switched to beach volleyball and entered the professional ranks.  She has been a USA National Team Athlete and has compe...

Stacey Leawood has recently become the youngest certified NBA Player agent in Canada.  Herself a varsity Track and Field athlete in university, Stacey has also spent time as a Director of Player Personnel with the Guelph Nighthawks and as an Assistant Coach for both the Memorial University Men's Basketball Team and the Newfoundland Rogues Professional Basketball Team.   In this episode host Jamie...

In this special Crossover episode with Bill Banham, host of the HRchat Podcast, Jamie talks with legendary Brown University Coach, Cornell University Athletic Hall of Famer and current Premier Hockey Federation (formerly NWHL) Toronto Six franchise president Digit Murphy.  Digit's newest entrepreneurial venture, Ruth is working to help level the playing field for women athletes and help high...

Rea Kolbl is a well-rounded athlete who started her athletic pursuits in gymnastics and is now focused on obstacle racing, ultra running and ski mountaineering. She has been on the podium at the Spartan US National Series, has twice won the World's Toughest Mudder (a 24 hour obstacle race) and triumphed at the Spartan Ultra World Championship. She also finished second on a team at the Eco-Challeng...

Victoria Bach is a member of this year's IIHF gold medal winning Canadian Women's Hockey team.  She is one of the young stars added to the national team ahead of next year's Olympics.  Victoria was a standout at Boston University where she holds records in all-time goals, points, most goals in a single season and most points in a season. She is the first woman in the program's history to reach the...

Renee Pickett is a certified AFAA personal trainer, health and fitness speaker and Spartan World Championships athlete.  After starting her career in the fitness industry as a Zumba trainer she has been involved in the design and launch of the Strong Nation program as a Master Trainer.  As a way to further push her own limits she turned to added success in obstacle course racing.  She is an active...

Corinna Coffin is a professional obstacle course racer, registered dietician and fitness coach.  As an accomplished multi-sport athlete she has stood on the podium at the 2020 Spartan Games, Tough Mudder X, Spartan World Championships and Spartan Stadion.  She has been a CrossFit Games team competitor, triathlete and college lacrosse player.   She is also the last female reigning champ on the tele...

Kat Leone is an entrepreneur as both the owner and designer of Vull Sport athletic apparel. She is a 5X CrossFit Regional athlete and is seen as one of the hardest workers in both her sport and the sports apparel business. Kat attended the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in both LA and San Francisco.  What began as an effort to make clothing that stood up to her hard driving lifestyl...