Claire was born in January of 1985. She was taken from her mother to be examined after if was discovered she had been born with the lower part of her left leg severe-ly disfigured. She underwent countless procedures and surgeries to reconstruct the limb, but was told she would never have full function of her left leg and should ab-stain from dance, sport, and other physical activity. Claire was always strong willed, some would say stubborn, and she took up jogging when she was in college and away from her parents and doctors. She fell in love with the sport and disputed the pain she was used to her whole life, continued training. In 2009 she sought out an amputation when she was 24, thinking if she had it done early she could learn to use a prosthetic and continue to pursue her love of running. Instead the orthopedic sur-geon she met with decided on a complete ankle fusion. After months of being in a cast she was finally able to learn to run again, and ran her first race, a half mara-thon, three months after being cleared to walk. She went on to complete countless half and full marathons, and eventually 18 ultra marathons including the completion of two 100 mile races. The health of her left leg was deteriorating, and she knew her time with two legs was coming to an end. After using a cane for about a year and being put on heavy medications and even attempting a spinal surgery that al-most ended her life in the end of 2017 to end her pain, she finally found a medical team that understood her history, and had her left foot and ankle amputated in early 2018. She has been working with a world class prosthetic center in orlando Florida, and is now able to get her miles in daily pain free! She is working on a run-ning blade, but that will have to wait until later this year because she and her hus-band are expecting a new baby this summer.

Straight from the D (otherwise known as Detroit, Michigan) is this guy who is 5 foot flat with boots on and coming in at 140lbs with a winter coat on!! This guy, is non other than Raymond Gardner, who is very special. I sat down with him over a year ago when he was in transition and I definitely left lunch inspired! Last year at this time, Ray didn’t have a job with any clients. But less than a year later, I saw him host one some of the biggest classes in the Bradenton/Sarasota area with people coming together to celebrate him and his 30th birthday! Despite his lack of physi-cal stature, Ray makes up with it with one of the biggest hearts that I have ever seen. He is the founder of RaysRamblings, an incredible motivational speaker, men-tor, community activist, mental architect, personal, group and athletic trainer, as well as an amazing actor.

Straight from the D (otherwise known as Detroit, Michigan) is this guy who is 5 foot flat with boots on and coming in at 140lbs with a winter coat on!! This guy, is non other than Raymond Gardner, who is very special. I sat down with him over a year ago when he was in transition and I definitely left lunch inspired! Last year at this time, Ray didn’t have a job with any clients. But less than a year later, I saw him host one some of the biggest classes in the Bradenton/Sarasota area with people coming together to celebrate him and his 30th birthday! Despite his lack of physi-cal stature, Ray makes up with it with one of the biggest hearts that I have ever seen. He is the founder of RaysRamblings, an incredible motivational speaker, men-tor, community activist, mental architect, personal, group and athletic trainer, as well as an amazing actor.

Yvonne Carter is a board certified cardiothoracic surgeon. After graduating from high school early, she attended the University of California Berkeley where she majored in Physiology. She went on to receive her medical degree at Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons. After completing her general surgery residency training at the University of Washington, she went on to specialize in cardiothoracic surgery completing fellowships in both general thoracic surgery and thoracic transplant surgery at the University of California San Francisco and Duke University, respectively. Her clinical interests are in minimally invasive thoracic surgery approaches, mediastinal tumors, and lung cancer, while her academic interests are focused on gender, race, and socioeconomic based disparities in thoracic oncology.

Outside of work, Yvonne is an accomplished athlete. She is a former All-American duathlete, having representing Team USA in multiple world championships and several podium finishes at PowerMan events. She is an avid runner, with a personal best time of 3 hours 9 minutes in the 2018 New York City marathon. She is also the top female finisher in the Cayman Islands marathon for the past two years. In 2018 she participated in her first triathlon, participating in Ironman Hawaii 70.3. With her athletic endeavors, she is an ambassador for SOAS Racing and Skratch Labs. She now has her eyes set on a 3-hour marathon, 5 hour half-ironman, and a three-peat in the Cayman Islands marathon all while continuing caring for and being a champion for her patients!

Dr. Barton is an Obstetrician Gynecologist at Premier OB/GYN located in Bradenton Florida. She graduated from Florida A&M University (Tallahassee, Florida) and attended medical school at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (Bradenton, Florida). After medical school, she completed her residency training in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Beaumont Hospital in Trenton Michigan, where she served as chief OB/GYN resident.

Dr. Barton specializes in all aspects of women's health, and has a passion for serving the under-served populations. She specializes in general obstetrics and gynecology including prenatal care, gynecology surgery, minimally invasive surgery, colposcopy, well woman care and contraceptive counseling. She enjoys caring for women through all aspects of their lives, from puberty through menopause and understands that each stage of a woman's life entails different challenges. She focuses on patient centered and patient focused care and encourages each woman to advocate for her health and health care concerns. She has built her practice on the fundamental belief that the relationship between a doctor and patient contributes significantly to the quality of care delivered and received.

Dr. Barton resides in Lakewood Ranch Florida with her Husband of 18 years and her 3 children. She contributes her strong family support and ties to her motivation and continued success.

Norah is now 4 years old author with a huge imagination! Norah was potty trained when she was only 18 months old. Norah loves to play with her big bother Troy. Her favorite foods are fruit! Norah loves to play hide and seek, read books, make up stories, going to church and saying her prayers! Norah loves to spend time with her family and play-dates with her friends. She attends Bradenton Christian preschool and loves to learn.

Dr. Cynthia Howard is an expert in resilience and advises top healthcare professionals and organizations how to increase productivity and effectiveness by decreasing workplace conflict, turnover and the negative consequences of stress. With over 22 years of experience as an Executive Coach and performance consultant, Dr. Howard uses her unique blend of experience as an entrepreneur and a healthcare professional to transform both businesses and employees into successful high performers.

With graduate degrees in psychology, Cynthia researched the impact of stress on healthcare professionals recognizing that skills within resilience and emotional intelligence moderated the impact and influenced engagement. Cynthia blends lean sigma to define problems and explore solutions for organic engagement and outcome success.

Dr. Howard is a Fellow in the AIS (American Institute of Stress), Licensed Heartmath Trainer. Green Belt in Lean Sigma.

The results are accelerated improvements in leadership, engagement and performance to ultimately create a consistent patient experience.

Ronnie Fulton is a foam rolling fanatic and passionate self-care advocate. As an experienced licensed massage therapist, certified personal trainer and restorative exercise specialist she felt a calling to rid the world of “unnecessary” muscle pain. So, in the summer of 2013, she threw on her yoga pants and a tank top, twisted up her locs, grabbed her arsenal of massage tools and taught her first Group Ex Foam Rolling class at the local YMCA. It was called Body R&R (Body Roll and Recover).
A fusion of neuromuscular, yoga, and muscle recovery therapy, this unique “feel good class” grew quickly in popularity as participants experienced relief from pain, increased mobility and performance improvement. With self-care as it’s core principle, the Body R&R class , now known as Rollassage, inspired many to take a proactive approach to health and our tribe of ROLLing Rockstars was formed.
These days she hosts sold out workshops, provide educational consultation for foam rolling manufacturers, offers self-care and weight