OUR TEAM
Founders & Directors
“Marin County has been my home for 45 years. After building Fitness Wize, Inc., Fitwize 4 Kids, Inc., and Well-Fit, LLC here in Marin County, I have decided to bring Club EVEXIA to Southern Marin. As owner and operator, I’m excited to start changing lives by bringing fitness and wellness to the community.”
About Warren Gendel
An ambitious and versatile leader who started his first company immediately out of college, Warren used his strong entrepreneurial and interpersonal skills to develop a multi-million dollar business. He went on to launch and oversee the expansion of another company that has emerged as a highly-acclaimed, global enterprise.
With over 30 years of successful executive management and business development experience in the health and fitness industry, Warren is a collaborative leader who champions employee satisfaction by staying focused on training and development. He is a visionary entrepreneur with a track record of growing businesses by identifying unique and underserved markets.
Warren prides himself on being a team builder who is able to rally teams around executable and exciting visions for success. Among his accomplishments are pioneering one of the fastest-growing and nationally-acclaimed healthy lifestyle centers just for kids, as well as founding a company that provided customized and personalized fitness systems to individuals and large organizations across the Western United States.
“I look forward to meeting you, welcoming you to our fitness and wellness center, and working together to enhance your mind, body and spirit.”
About Scott K. Raymond
Co-Founder Scott K Raymond is the company’s CFO also overseeing the club’s marketing and special events. Scott’s focus is providing meaningful and life-changing services to clients with an emphasis in the areas of health and wellness. Scott is currently leading a Men’s Group at the Club and is working on additional groups within the club.
Scott’s philosophy is to live a balanced, healthy lifestyle, which for him includes daily meditation and exercise, a healthy diet, and continual spiritual and intellectual growth. Scott is also passionate about teaching, writing, and giving back to the community and has volunteered with Marin CASA and ExtraFood.org and is currently mentoring young adults in life skills and entrepreneurship.
Dr. Alex practices a non-invasive treatment by using a host of techniques to remove stress from the body’s musculoskeletal and nervous systems, allowing for the body to reach optimum functionality. Patients will immediately feel the benefits of treatment and continue to see results long term. He truly loves helping people rediscover their body’s true state of being, absent of the chronic aches and pains they thought to be normal occurrences. Having been in the health and wellness industry for over two decades, he utilizes his knowledge and experience in fitness, sports performance and rehab to optimize his patients’ recovery, progress, and continued wellness. When he is not treating patients, Dr. Alex enjoys cooking and spending time with his teenage daughter, Allayna.
Elite Personal Trainers
Jeff has been a coach for over 20 years. While in high school he knew that he wanted to be a coach and live in California. After earning a bachelor’s degree in exercise science from Iowa State University, Jeff made the decision to move to west to pursue a career as a strength coach. Throughout his career he has attended and completed continuing education in nutrition and strength training. He has used his knowledge and background to work with clients ranging from the general population to amateur athletes.
Jeff’s passion is program design. His clients’ programs are carefully designed with every possible component taken into consideration. Some of his certifications include the Kilo Strength Society (Program Design & Periodization Courses), and Poliquin Personal Trainer.
Education
B.S. Exercise and Sport Science
Iowa State University
Certifications
NASM Certified Personal Trainer
Poliquin Certified Personal Trainer
Jody started his professional career as a Personal Trainer in 2018, but has been training his mind and body since he was four. At that young age, he began studying Karate with his father. Practicing this art form allowed him to gain a perspective on the wisdom of mind and body training, and taught him to harness his energy and focus it on something positive.
Through his time in school, Jody played multiple sports – from football and basketball to badminton and tetherball – always looking for new physical activities to refine his athleticism and challenge his mind. As a child, never taking any sport or game too seriously helped him keep the youthful spirit alive in his training. As a teenager, Jody began weight training with a desire to understand how to get the body into peak physical shape.
Combining his eternal fascination with the movement of the body and a desire to find his true service to the community, Jody returned to school for Personal Training. With a Fitness, Health, and Nutrition Management Certificate from Santa Rosa Junior College, he has now been a Personal Trainer for over four years. Having earned many other certifications in group fitness, Jody continues to study Yoga and other mind/body and movement disciplines. He also takes on Behavior Coaching for conditioning the mind for movement.
All of this experience led Jody to write his first self-published book called “The 21 Disciplines to Spirit Run”, where he introduces a new perspective on a Native American spiritual movement into which eastern and far eastern medicines, disciplines, and ideals are adapted.
Jody puts a lifetime of experience into his work and clients. That versatility and skill gives him the ability to work well with people who want to make a lifestyle change, and make a difference in themselves and those around them. Whatever your goals are, Jody can get you there.
A Bay Area native, Kat is a NASM certified personal trainer specializing in postural alignment and therapeutic fitness. She began studying exercise physiology at Cal in 2011, and has been exploring the field of movement ever since. Most recently, Kat completed a 2-year mentorship under a local expert physical therapist while completing her Corrective Exercise Specialization to expand her awareness of injury rehabilitation and prevention through improved body positioning.
Kat’s unique therapeutic exercise perspective and own hypermobility disorder give her the tools to work with clients of all ages and athletic ability. She specializes in providing creative solutions towards a healthier lifestyle through functional, mindful movement. Kat is a good candidate for clients looking to address clinical injuries and incorporate postural awareness into their fitness, and also for clients with special physical considerations.
Everyone has a personal physical journey, and Kat’s mission is to meet you where you are and help you reclaim, enhance, and optimize your body for better functional living!
Jordan has been in the fitness industry for 10 years. He is a Certified Personal Trainer through National Academy of Sports Medicine and the American Council on Exercise. Jordan is a Certified TRX Trainer with over 5 years of experience and has completed a 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training. Jordan is not only a former Master Personal Trainer, but has also held a personal training director position.
Jordan’s passion is to guide people to a healthier lifestyle. He believes everyone is unique and has their strengths and limitations. His method is to build a custom program based on your health, schedule, and fitness goals. Jordan aims to transform your body and guide you to make more healthy, mindful decisions for your lifestyle.
Jordan specializes in personal training, functional training, strength and conditioning, and working with injuries.
With 20+ years of experience coaching functional fitness and sports improvement, John is a certified Cancer Exercise Specialist (CETI), a Gracie Jiu Jitsu black belt (Professor Grade), and a retired fighter (MMA/Kickboxing). He loves collaborating to establish attainable objectives to help you stay on track. John prides himself on using an amalgam of different training modalities to help you reach your goals while keeping the fun.
Instructors
Jordan has been in the fitness industry for 10 years. He is a Certified Personal Trainer through National Academy of Sports Medicine and the American Council on Exercise. Jordan is a Certified TRX Trainer with over 5 years of experience and has completed a 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training. Jordan is not only a former Master Personal Trainer, but has also held a personal training director position.
Jordan’s passion is to guide people to a healthier lifestyle. He believes everyone is unique and has their strengths and limitations. His method is to build a custom program based on your health, schedule, and fitness goals. Jordan aims to transform your body and guide you to make more healthy, mindful decisions for your lifestyle.
Jordan specializes in personal training, functional training, strength and conditioning, and working with injuries.
Meg is a fitness professional originally from New Jersey. She developed a love for sports at an early age and continued through college. She moved from the east coast to California in 2000. She teaches a variety of group fitness classes such as TRX and Indoor Cycle, Small Group and Personal Training. In addition, Meg is a certified health coach who loves to help people develop and pursue their personal fitness journey, and to push them live life to the fullest. When she is not teaching or training she can be found spending time with her husband and two children, traveling, reading, and fishing.
Moana started as a modern dancer at age 5 in a barn in Connecticut “dancing like a tree, like fire, like the wind”. She graduated at age 7 to Olatunji’s African dance center in Harlem and later as a teen to Martha Graham and Alvin Ailey schools in NYC. As a Pilates instructor she received certification from Physical Mind Body and then again from ITT Pilates.
Later as a theater performer, dancing, singing and acting, her injuries started her on an exploration of healing through study of therapeutic movement including Pilates. Moana has taught Pilates and dance for over 20 years and has lead workshops in Marin County, CA, Maui, Kauai and Oahu. She also taught her Core Elation workshop at the Ecstatic Dance program at Mystic Garden Party, the Science and Non-Duality Conference, and also lead a Core Elation Workshop at Lightning in a Bottle.
With 20+ years of experience coaching functional fitness and sports improvement, John is a certified Cancer Exercise Specialist (CETI), a Gracie Jiu Jitsu black belt (Professor Grade), and a retired fighter (MMA/Kickboxing). He loves collaborating to establish attainable objectives to help you stay on track. John prides himself on using an amalgam of different training modalities to help you reach your goals while keeping the fun.
Jody started his professional career as a Personal Trainer in 2018, but has been training his mind and body since he was four. At that young age, he began studying Karate with his father. Practicing this art form allowed him to gain a perspective on the wisdom of mind and body training, and taught him to harness his energy and focus it on something positive.
Through his time in school, Jody played multiple sports – from football and basketball to badminton and tetherball – always looking for new physical activities to refine his athleticism and challenge his mind. As a child, never taking any sport or game too seriously helped him keep the youthful spirit alive in his training. As a teenager, Jody began weight training with a desire to understand how to get the body into peak physical shape.
Combining his eternal fascination with the movement of the body and a desire to find his true service to the community, Jody returned to school for Personal Training. With a Fitness, Health, and Nutrition Management Certificate from Santa Rosa Junior College, he has now been a Personal Trainer for over four years. Having earned many other certifications in group fitness, Jody continues to study Yoga and other mind/body and movement disciplines. He also takes on Behavior Coaching for conditioning the mind for movement.
All of this experience led Jody to write his first self-published book called “The 21 Disciplines to Spirit Run”, where he introduces a new perspective on a Native American spiritual movement into which eastern and far eastern medicines, disciplines, and ideals are adapted.
Jody puts a lifetime of experience into his work and clients. That versatility and skill gives him the ability to work well with people who want to make a lifestyle change, and make a difference in themselves and those around them. Whatever your goals are, Jody can get you there.
