Dr. Robert Nicoletta, MD

Robert J Nicoletta MD is a Board Certified Fellowship Trained Orthopedic Surgeon in Boston, MA, USA. He is The Chief of Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center in Boston, MA and an Assistant Professor in Orthopedic Surgery at Tufts University. He is a Team Orthopedic Surgeon for Boston College Athletics. Dr. Nicoletta has served as the Director of Sports Medicine at The Cambridge Hospital in Cambridge, MA and an Instructor of Orthopedic Surgery at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Nicoletta has served as the Head Team Physician for various college and professional teams and as the Medical Director and Head Orthopedic Surgeon for the Boston Breakers Women's Professional Soccer Team and Boston Blazers Men's Professional Lacrosse Team. He is also the Head Team Orthopedic Surgeon for many colleges and universities in Boston, MA

Dr. Nicoletta is a leader in the field or orthopedic sports medicine having authored numerous peer reviewed journal articles and textbook chapters on knee and shoulder injuries. He is the Harvard Medical School Course Director for a nationally recognized Sports Medicine Symposium held each year in Boston, MA. He is currently involved in research involving knee ACL Reconstruction and advanced operative techniques. He is the cofounder of whatsnewMD, Inc. (www.whatsnewmd.com) the first of its kind online service for physicians and health care providers in the US and internationally.

Dr John Demartini

Dr John Demartini is a human behavior specialist, educator internationally published author and a sought after authority on maximizing human awareness & potential. He is considered one of the world's leading authorities on human behavior and personal development. He is the founder of the Demartini Institute, a private research and education organization with a curriculum of over 72 different courses covering multiple aspects of human development.

His trademarked methodologies, the Demartini Method and the Demartini Value Determination, are the culmination of 38 years of cross-disciplinary research and study. His work has been incorporated into human development industries across the world.

Dr Demartini travels 360 days a year to countries all over the globe, sharing his research and findings in all markets and sectors. He is the author of 40 books published in 28 different languages. He has produced over 50 CDs and DVDs covering subjects such as development in relationships, wealth, education and business. Each program is designed to assist people to activate leadership and empower themselves in all seven areas of their lives: Financial, physical, mental, vocational, spiritual, family and social.

For more information on Dr John Demartini and upcoming events contact The Demartini Institute.

Alexandra Brinsmade-Smith

Alexandra was the Manager and then Director of Training and Development for Town Sports International (parent company of New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Washington Sports Clubs) for over thirteen years. At the end of her tenure at TSI, she was responsible for the training and development of over 5,000 personal trainers and group exercise instructors.

She developed her passion for educating instructors and personal trainers by beginning her career in Health Clubs and "Aerobic Studios" as an instructor and trainer in New York very early on in the fitness industry. She taught everything from Step classes to Spinning. She also worked for over two years as a Director for the East Coast Alliance, a Fitness Convention Company who produce one of the premier industry training events annually in New York and Miami. This gave her a strong foundation for fitness industry continuing education event planning.

Her BA was from Fordham in Psychology and she was certified within the industry by Fitness Education bodies such as ACSM (American College of Sports Medicine), ACE (American Council of Exercise) , and AFAA (Aerobics and Fitness Association of America).

Alexandra is now living in New Zealand with her husband and three gorgeous children. She continues to be involved in health and fitness by contributing to the opening of Yoga and Pilates Studios (2 currently open, 4 more in pipeline), under the Abundance brand, which are a subsidiary of the Cityfitness Health Club Group of which there are now 16 throughout New Zealand.

She is deeply committed to individual and collective optimal health on every level... "Optimal Health" to Alexandra demands total spiritual, psychological, emotional and physical integration.

Mark Smith

Mark has a BCA degree from the Victoria University in New Zealand . He was ranked 8th in New Zealand at Squash which is where he first developed his passion for health and fitness.

Mark left New Zealand in 1986 with a position at Coopers Lybrand, in London. After a transfer to New York, Mark left the accounting firm to take up a club managers role with Town Sports International, a company that operated five fitness/squash centers at that time in New York City.

Mark was appointed Vice President of Development 1988 through to 1995 and was instrumental in the growth of the business taking it to 38 clubs mainly operating between New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and Washington.

In 1995, Mark was appointed CEO of TSI and a year later executed a management buyout of the business which then enabled the organization to grow from 38 clubs to 140 in the next 10 year period. He was later appointed Chairman of the company.

Mark left TSI in 2006 to pursue private interests and upon his departure had grown the company to a turnover of over US $400 million and EBITDA of over US $100 million, 400,000 members and over 8,000 employees. Shortly after Mark left TSI the company was listed on the NASDAQ, and was ranked as the third biggest health club company in the US.

Mark resides currently in New Zealand with his family and is the majority shareholder of Cityfitness which currently has 16 fitness clubs located throughout New Zealand and is a founding partner in FitnFast, a rapidly expanding chain of fitness clubs in Australia.

Along with his strong business interests in Australasia he is also Chairman of Goodlife, a Canadian based fitness club chain with 260 clubs. It is the largest company in the industry that is under one individual's ownership. He also serves on the board of Les Mills International whose Group Exercise Classes are featured in over 13,000 fitness clubs worldwide. His industry contributions include serving for four years as a board member of IHRSA (the Fitness Industry Governing Body).

Ultimately one of Mark's fundamental philosophies is to "Never Ever Give Up" and that belief is one that drives his passion and commitment to maximum health and well being.

Dr. Craig Bachar, D.C., PA

Dr. Bachar holds a Doctorate degree in Chiropractic from Life University and has been practicing chiropractic medicine since 1992. He is a member of the Florida Chiropractic Society, the Florida Chiropractic Association, and the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association. He has a passion for travel and contributes his time and energy to his Christian charity.

He regards chiropractics for it's ability to balance the body's structure to naturally promote self-healing. Dr. Bachar believes that lifestyle medicine can unite doctors, nutritionists and scientists to work together to treat the human body, mind and spirit as a whole unit.

Mike Kuhn, BS, MS (candidate), CMS (candidate)

Staff Writer for Optimal Life - The Official Blog of Calton Nutrition

Mike Kuhn is currently a Master's Degree candidate in Human Nutrition at the University of Bridgeport and is studying for his Certified Micronutrient Specialist (CMS) Professional Certificate, from the Calton Institute of Lifestyle Medicine.  He did his undergraduate study in Biology and Exercise Science at SUNY College at Cortland where he conducted research in regeneration and ACL rehabilitation.  Mike is a nutritional consultant, personal trainer, children's science educator, and is a valued Calton Nutrition staff writer.  He owns and operates the Paleo/Primal Long Island page, which focuses on an ancestral approach to nutrition and health.  In addition to all of these roles, Mike is actively an amateur mixed martial artist, national champion in no-gi submission grappling, and has won international competitions in judo.

Patricia Piedra, MBA, CMS (candidate)

Marketing/Media Manager for Calton Nutrition & the CMS Program Director for the Calton Institute of Lifestyle Medicine

Patricia holds a Master's Degree in Marketing, Finance and International Business from Hofstra University Zarb School of Business.She is currently studying for her personal trainer certification and the Certified Micronutrient Specialist (CMS) Professional Certificate, from the Calton Institute of Lifestyle Medicine. She owns and operates the Pattycakesworld facebook page and the Pattycakesworld.com. Her mission is to inspire others to do things they thought were impossible and to incorporate the ancestral approach to nutrition and health to achieve these goals. This year Patricia plans to run the 2013 NYC Marathon and participate in the 2013 NPC Bikini Competition. Patty placed 10th in 2012, "Battle of the Islands" CrossFit competition and has competed in multiple 42-65 mile bicycle races and in 2014 plans to do a 100-mile race from NYC to the Hamptons.