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	John Bendheim John Bendheim is the President of Bendheim Enterprises, Inc., a real estate company operating in California and Nevada. He served as Chairman of the Cedars-Sinai Board of Governors and the Los Angeles Sports & Entertainment Commission. He was awarded the 2008 Board of Governors Philanthropic Leadership Award. He is a Board of Directors Member of California Republic Bank, Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce, USC Marshall School Board of Leaders, and Sports Spectacular. John has personally raised millions of dollars for the children of the Genetic Birth Defects Center. He resides in Los Angeles.
	Franco Carlotto Franco Carlotto is a worldwide acknowledged Health and Fitness Expert. He was Mr. World Fitness Champion six-times in a row from 1999 to 2004. He founded Fitness for Kids 8 years ago in Switzerland where it is approved by the Swiss Government and many other Organizations. Having spent the last 27 years dedicated to the study of fitness and nutrition, Franco is also the Founder of Optifitness and the Creator of Carb Cycle, helping people of all ages stay fit and healthy with his knowledge and methods. He is a spokesperson, official partner, speaker or consultant for multiple corporations, media, individuals, and organizations on a global scale. Originally Swiss-Italian, he now resides in LA.
	George Cartledge George Cartledge, III hails from Roanoke, Va. where he is a 3rd generation president of his family' s 17 store chain of furniture stores. He gives of his time to many charitable organizations. George has four children, all involved in sports: George (15) and Joseph (13) were Star soccer players and state (Va) champion swimmers . Emma (12) and Charlotte(9) were also nationally ranked swimmers . All four are tennis players, son George is living in Florida for the last 3 years at the Chris Evert Academy. George is particularly excited about the merit of Fitness For Kids and the obvious benefit to the children of the world .
	Gregg Champion Gregg Champion is the President of Champion Media & Entertainment. Through which Mr. Champion is able to produce and direct; commercials, media kits, and webisodes for clients such as; Gap, Bank of America, Frito Lay, Mattel, Nintendo, Kodak, Nestle and Fremont College. Champion Media & Entertainment is an industry leader in social media, branding and web-site design – building digital media assets for brands like Doritos, Bar-S Foods, THQ, Los Angeles Sports & Entertainment Commission, and Barbie.
	Claus Ettensberger Claus Ettensberger is the CEO and Founder of Claus Ettensberger Corporation, a leading automotive aftermarket company in the USA since 1990. He's married and has two daughters age 20 and 15 with his wife Jessica. His daughter Tatiana was in a group of children at the first ever Fitness for Kids Photo-shot. He's a strong believer in physical fitness and healthy nutrition, working out daily as well as taking any opportunity for outdoors sports whenever his busy schedule allows. Being a father of two healthy daughters and knowing personally how important it is and great it feels to be fit and healthy, he wants to make a difference and help America win its war against the obesity epidemic.
	Steve Fazio Steve Fazio has over two decades of successful experience in senior management and has both grown his own, and served as advisor to several other organizations. Steve has been the President and CEO of organizations in the Retail Service sector. Steve also maintains an active consulting practice focusing on strategic planning, family business dynamics. Steve lives in the San Fernando Valley, with his two children, Gabriella, 20 years and a sophomore at Northeastern University and Jonathan, 17 years, a junior in high school. He and his family are dedicated supporters of Fitness for Kids, and encouraging healthy nutrition and living among the youth of our future.
	Arthur Joseph Arthur Samuel Joseph is the founder and chairman of Vocal Awareness®. He has studied the physiological, psychological and spiritual aspects of the human voice for over four decades. His trademarked and proprietary method is designed to provide useful and pragmatic life mastery skills. He and his wife Rebecca have two adult sons. Besides a fully booked schedule he makes time every day to workout at 4am. In Arthur's words, Fitness for Kids teaches empowerment through fitness. The vision is to inspire children to claim their inner champion for life.