Meet the Yates Personal Trainers: Yates Field House: Campus Recreation Center

Haley Coghill

Haley is a pre-med undergraduate at Georgetown who is deeply committed to health and fitness.  Having taken the Personal Training Course at Georgetown, she is currently pursuing certification through the American Council on Exercise.  She also teaches strength training and Spinning classes at Yates.

Andre Julien

Andre's philosophy as a personal trainer is to motivate clients to achieve their fitness goals in the safest and most effective manner possible. By
incorporating hard work and proven training techniques with a lot of fun,
clients of all levels can achieve their desired results.  Andre obtained a B.S. in Physical Education & Athletic Training from Frostburg State University and a M.S. in Exercise Science from George Mason University.  He is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) through the National Strength and Conditioning Association and specializes in general health and fitness, post-rehabilitation training, sports-specific training, strength training, weight loss, and core/stabilization training.

Chuma Mweemba

Chuma has dedicated most of her life to health and fitness. She is a current nursing student and a certified personal trainer from the National Academy of Sports Medicine. As a professional soccer player and having 4 years experience as a personal trainer, Chuma understands the physiological and psychological demands of training and helping individuals achieve their goals.

Lena Nirk

Lena is a National Strength Professionals
Association (NSPA) certified Personal Trainer. In
addition to her work at Yates, she leads outdoor
exercise classes in the Georgetown and Palisades
neighborhoods. A former Division I athlete and avid
recreational tennis player, Lena spent 15 years in the
environmental field in the US and Holland. BA from
Cornell University and masters from Indiana
University.

Glenn Thomas

Glenn has been working in physical therapy in the area of sports medicine for 20 years.  He has worked with athletes from every sport as well as physically challenged individuals.  He has been personal training for 10 years focusing on sport specific and post-rehab clients.  Glenn is certified through the National Strength and Conditioning Association and licensed with the American Physical Therapy Association.  He has a strong background in golf, soccer, basketball, running, swimming, and cycling.  He is very enthusiastic when working with all his clients because it is absolutely what he loves to do.

Kat Torre

Kat has been active her entire life.  She was either dancing or on a sports team since the age of 5.  In high school, she played tennis and basketball and even did some coaching on the side.  She graduated from Georgetown University with a bachelor’s in Health Science and took a research position in a lab at Lombardi Cancer Center. After working in the field of medical research, she realized how important fitness is not only to build strength and lose weight, but also as a major factor in preventing disease. As a result, she started to develop a passion for fitness.  She took an introductory class on personal training just for her own knowledge and discovered that she truly enjoyed it and continued on to get certified.  She is certified through the National Strength and Conditioning Association as a personal trainer and has been an employee of Yates since 2006.  She aspires to begin work on her Doctorate in Physical Therapy in the fall of 2009.