2006 News

GeoFitness Inc. director to speak at Florida After School Alliance Conference in Orlando Sept. 26

ORLANDO, Fla. -- (Sept. 24, 2008) Dr. JoAnne Owens-Nauslar, director of corporate and community development at Orlando’s GeoFitness Inc., will be a featured speaker at Friday’s (Sept. 26) Florida After School Alliance Conference at the Coronado Springs Resort.

Owens-Nauslar, a popular public speaker and one of the nation’s most vocal advocates for healthy and active children, will talk about the benefits of the Orlando-based fitness company’s specialized fitness activity mats and supplemental learning aids

In addition to Owens-Nauslar’s talk, Paola Fontana, a physical education graduate of University of Central Florida, master trainer and regional sales coordinator for GeoFitness, will present a demonstration of the GeoFitness mats and other equipment.

For more information, contact Sarah Hamilton, GeoFitness marketing manager, at 407-275-0510 or s.hamilton@geofitness.com.

For more information about this release, please contact:
Sarah Hamilton, GeoFitness marketing manager, 407-275-0510 or s.hamilton@geofitness.com;
Dr. Debby Mitchell, GeoFitness founder, 407-275-0510 or d.mitchell@geofitness.com;
Carol Ann Dykes, UCF Incubation Program site manager, 407-882-1120 or cdykes@mail.ucf.edu;

About GeoFitness:
Founded in 2002 by Dr. Debby Mitchell, GeoFitness Inc. is an emerging fitness leader that produces specialized fitness and activity mats, as well as supplemental learning aids. The company’s goal is to meet the training needs of individuals and groups of all ages and fitness levels. The company manufactures a variety of mats that are used not only for physical fitness, but also to help participants of any age learn everything from letters, colors, shapes, directions and telling time to number sequencing, math problem solving and food groups and nutritional values.

About the UCF Incubation Program:
Since its founding in 1999, the UCF Incubation Program has helped more than 100 emerging companies create over $300 million in annual revenue and more than 900 new jobs with an average salary of $59,000. With five facilities across the metro Orlando community, the Incubation Program is a collaboration in economic development between UCF, Orange County, the City of Orlando, Seminole County, the City of Winter Springs, and the Florida High Tech Corridor Council. For more information, please visit http://www.incubator.ucf.edu.