Team Bios
Iris Sokol
Iris Sokol,
President and founder of Fitness Works at Work, is a pioneer in providing health, fitness and wellness programs to businesses and professional organizations.
Iris started Fitness Works at Work in 1982 at Bolt Beranek and Newman where she provided onsite fitness classes and wellness workshops. Iris saw the positive impact these programs had on employees and it inspired her to seek other organizations where she could influence the wellness of employees. Building and nurturing a staff and developing hands-on, unique wellness services has been her passion and is the driving force behind the success of Fitness Works at Work. Iris presents seminars and workshops, and has developed programming to specifically focus on worksite comfort and efficiency, consulting with client companies and vendors on ergonomic issues. As a working mother of twin boys, Iris appreciates the pressures and conflicts of balancing work and family, and has developed Fitness Works at Work's own company culture to provide flexible work environments to specifically meet these needs.
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Ken Sokol
Ken Sokol,
CEO and co-owner of Fitness Works at Work is the back bone of the business operations. He over-sees the day-to-day operations of the company including: the financial, staffing and marketing duties, as well as directly over-seeing many of the corporate accounts. Ken is in charge of all fitness center design, development, and fitness equipment purchases. He is a certified personal trainer and has over 30 years of business experience.
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Linda Vacovec
Linda Vacovec,
Vice President of Fitness Works at Work, has over 25 years experience in the fitness and corporate wellness industry and joined Fitness Works at Work in 1995. Linda is the creative force behind the company's wellness program development. She works closely with our clients in designing health promotion programs. Her expertise is integrating the unique, employee-friendly wellness and fitness programming Fitness Works at Work is known for with results-oriented health promotion campaigns. She develops and writes all of Fitness Works at Work on-line wellness programs and articles.
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Kim Manning
Kim Manning,
Health Promotion Director has over 12 years of experience in the fitness and corporate wellness industry. As Health Promotion Director, Kim is responsible for insuring that all our wellness and fitness programming is run seamlessly in our client companies. She researches and provides the latest in wellness programming and makes certain that our clients receive the utmost in customer service. Kim is also responsible for over-seeing data collection and management to report to our corporate clients the tangible benefits a health and wellness program brings to a company.
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