Iris Sokol Founder and President of Fitness Works at Work, is a pioneer in providing health, fitness and wellness programs to businesses and professional organizations.

Iris began in the industry personally providing a corporate fitness and wellness program on-site with one high-tech company and saw the positive impact these programs had on employees and the culture of that company. It inspired her to seek other organizations where she could influence the wellness of employees. Building and nurturing a staff and developing hands-on, customized, unique wellness services has been her passion and is the driving force behind the success of Fitness Works at Work.

Iris and her husband, Ken, work as a team overseeing the business operations of Fitness Works at Work. Iris’s focus is client relations, contracts and proposals; she leads and markets the wellness division of the company. Iris also presents all types of health and fitness seminars and workshops. She has developed programs to specifically focus on worksite comfort and efficiency, and consults with client companies on ergonomic issues. As a working mother of twin boys who are now 18 and going off to college in the fall of 2010, Iris appreciates the pressures of balancing work and family, and has shaped Fitness Works at Work's own company culture to provide flexible work environments to help the staff meet these needs.

Ken Sokol CEO of Fitness Works at Work, is the backbone of the business operations. He oversees all aspects of the company including the financial, staffing, business development and marketing. Ken is in charge of all fitness center design, development, and fitness equipment purchases. He personally assists clients who want to build a corporate fitness center. He is a certified personal trainer and has more than 30 years of business experience.

Linda Vacovec Vice President and Director of Health Promotion, has more than 25 years of experience in the fitness and corporate health promotion industry and joined Fitness Works at Work in 1995. The creative force behind the company's wellness program development, Linda leads the Fitness Works at Work’s team to design exciting health promotion campaigns. Her expertise is integrating the unique, employee-friendly wellness and fitness programming Fitness Works at Work is known for with results-oriented health promotion initiatives. Linda researches developments in the health promotion field to make sure Fitness Works at Work services stay on the cutting edge. She works closely with our corporate clients to analyze needs, develop wellness strategies and foster relationships. She writes all the Fitness Works at Work articles and authors the Fitness Works at Work monthly Wellness Watch.

Kim Manning Vice President of Operations, joined Fitness Works at Work in 1998 with more than 15 years of experience in the fitness and corporate wellness industry. Kim oversees the wellness and fitness operations to ensure that programming runs seamlessly in Fitness Works at Work client companies. She provides the operational and human resource support to our on-site health promotion specialists and fitness leaders so they can effectively and efficiently succeed. Kim also is responsible for researching and hiring new talent in group exercise, master classes presentations and other fitness areas. Kim supervises the data collection and data management that allow us to show our corporate clients the tangible benefits that health, fitness and wellness programs bring to their company.

Debbie Harlow Executive Accounts Director has more than 15 years of experience in the fitness and corporate wellness industry. Debbie is responsible for the training of new on-site health promotion specialists, who then work with her to design and implement a unique spectrum of health promotion events specific to an individual client’s needs. Along with her management role, Debbie also directly handles several wellness clients and works on a national level to serve some client organizations. She works closely with the wellness team to develop and write creative and innovative programs to expand the Fitness Works at Work materials library.