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Grace DeSimone

Grace DeSimone

Project Manager/Program Director

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Wellness Director

  • Education

    • City University of New York-Hunter College

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      Bachelor of Arts (BA) Dance

  • Experience

    • ClubCorp

      Jan 1993 - Jan 1999
      Project Manager/Program Director

      Co-managed all aspects of a residential fitness consulting division. Onsite consults yielded 30% increased member engagement.

    • Plus One Health Management, an Optum company

      Aug 1999 - Mar 2023
      National Director of Group Fitness

      Directs the quality and operations of 2000-plus weekly group fitness classes taught by 900-plus instructors throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico for 150-plus onsite fitness locations.

    • Optum

      Aug 1999 - Mar 2023
      Group Fitness Product Director

    • American College of Sports Medicine

      Jun 2017 - now
      Associate Editor

    • Wyckoff Family YMCA

      May 2022 - now
      Wellness Director

      Wellness Director for the Wyckoff Family YMCA and Franklin Lakes Community Center in NJ. We operate over 150 group fitness classes each week plus specialty programs, educational workshops and special events serving people of all ages and abilities.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Personal Trainer

      American College of Sports Medicine

    • Group Exercise Instructor

      American College of Sports Medicine

    • Mental Health First Aid instructor

      National Council for Mental Wellbeing
      Jun 2021
      View certificate certificate

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Grace DeSimone
      Program Director of the Year IDEA Health & Fitness Association Jul 2016 The IDEA Program Director Award recognizes an individual who is a healthy role model, who demonstrates keen professional commitment through community and industry involvement and whose outstanding leadership or creativity inspires staff and influences both active and underactive people to commit to a healthy lifestyle through successful, creative and diverse programming.