Cyd Vernon 
As a young athlete, Cyd learned how important it was to take care of her body. Now years later she enjoys teaching, coaching and training others to think and live healthily. She graduated with her Exercise and Sport Science degree at the University of Utah in 2001and has been involved in creating wellness and fitness programs to companies and individuals for over 14 years. Her love of playing sports led her to coaching High School women’s basketball for two years while she also was a personal trainer for a local gym. Following graduation Cyd began her corporate wellness career at Verizon Wireless for three years. As the Health and Wellness Coordinator, she worked with over 1,000 employees in helping to develop healthier lifestyle habits. Along with managing the onsite gym facility, she coordinated annual health fairs, monthly lunch and learns, community service and charity events, activity clubs and also facilitated the smoking cessation program.
For the past six years, Cyd has been busy with her own personal training business and has played in integral part in planning and volunteering in the community for fitness and performance events.
Cyd joined Golds Gym Corporate Wellness in January and she has seen first hand what the employees need in order for them to achieve their fitness and wellness goals as a Health Coach. Since taking on the new responsibilities as Director of Wellness, she continues to work closely with the Wellness Team in creating an effective and successful wellness program for companies throughout the State of Utah and surrounding areas. She enjoys sharing her passion for health and wellness with everyone she comes in contact with. Cyd strives to exercise daily and to implement healthy habits in her own family. She has three young children and lives with her husband of 11 years in her hometown of Lehi.
Heidi Strickland
Heidi has been physically active and involved with sports throughout her life, which helped influence her love for exercise and nutrition now. Soccer, snowboarding, dance, and cheerleading have been her passion and took up most of her time. She played soccer for over 15 years for many club teams throughout Utah and also participated as a varsity cheerleader for two years for Mountain Crest High School. After graduating high school, Heidi continued her education at the University of Utah, where she received her Bachelors of Science in Exercise and Sports Science with a minor in nutrition in May 2009. During her time at the University, Heidi was involved in an internship working with adults with disabilities and providing exercise to them.
As a Health Coach for the Gold’s Gym Corporate Wellness Team, she enjoys working with the public to better their health and wellness, and enjoys educating people on exercise and nutrition. Heidi is also a Fitness and Sports Nutrition Specialist through the NAFSN and has a certification of Vitamins, minerals, and nutraceuticals through Huntington College of Health Sciences. Heidi loves to run, dance, play with her dog and be with her husband Josh. They currently reside in Eagle Mountain, Utah.
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Megan grew up in a small town near Logan Utah. After graduating from high school she went to Utah State University and earned a bachelors degree in Physical Education with an emphasis in Exercise Science. She then went to Brigham Young University for a Master’s Degree in Exercise Science with an emphasis in Health Promotion. For her thesis project she used pedometers to measure steps in families. She wanted to determine whether using family night to discuss the importance of physical activity would increase pedometer steps, and it did! In her spare time she enjoys spending time with her husband and playing sports, especially racquetball and ultimate Frisbee. Megan also enjoys hiking, shooting and fishing. If she is not doing one of those things you will most likely find her reading a book.
She loves Corporate Wellness because it is a good way for her to reach out to a lot of people. She has experienced the benefits of an active healthy lifestyle. A few years ago Megan lost about 20 lbs and has been able to keep it off. She loves to see others experience success as well.
Sara Smith 
Sara Smith comes to Gold’s Corporate Wellness Program with a BA in Kinesiology (Exercise and Sport Science) with a Clinical emphasis promoting Health and Wellness, from Western State College in Gunnison, Colorado in 2007.
She has been working here in Utah with an organization called Healthy Utah for the last two years. Healthy Utah is a wellness program for state employees, providing health screenings as a benefit in accordance with PEHP health insurance. She has experience in providing advice of how to reach various health goals, for an adverse range of individuals by utilizing applied fitness analysis, diet counseling and personal training. Sara is currently working on obtaining a Health Specialist certification from the American College of Sports Medicine and is a certified Freedom from Smoking group facilitator.
Sara is passionate about her own health. She came from a competitive background in gymnastics, track, and diving. She stays healthy by recreating outdoors. Sara is proficient at back country snowboarding, rock climbing, mountaineering, river raft guiding, canyoneering and yoga. If Sara is training in the gym, she pictures the top of mountain!