George Foreman
George Edward Foreman, born January 10, 1949, is an American two-time former World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, Olympic gold medalist, and famously successful entrepreneur. Nicknamed “Big George”, he is now a successful businessman and an ordained Christian minister who has his own church. George Foreman’s portfolio today boasts of the George Foreman Grill, George Foreman’s Knockout Cleaner, and a line of Casual Male clothing, fitness videos, Elgin watches, and many more. He lives in Houston, Texas, where he founded the George Foreman Youth and Community Center. Foreman has 10 children, and his five sons are named George.
James M. Garavaglia
James M. Garavaglia is senior vice president and director of corporate compliance and public affairs for Comerica Incorporated, a 64 billion financial service provider principally located in Michigan, California, Texas, Florida, Arizona and headquartered in Dallas. He is responsible corporate-wide for government relations, community reinvestment act (CRA) compliance, enterprise wide compliance (EWC), Regulation O and consumer regulatory compliance. In addition, Mr. Garavaglia holds the position of Comerica’s corporate privacy officer. Mr. Garavaglia has been with Comerica for 25 years and holds a Ph. D in Literature from Wayne State University. He is also gubernatorial appointee to the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs. Mr. Garavaglia and his wife Barbara reside in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Samir Becic
Samir Becic was born in Bosnia-Herzegovina but grew up in Germany. In the past five years he has been living in Houston, Texas. Currently he is employed as a fitness director in one of the largest and most successful clubs in the country with over seventy employees. His accomplishments read like a whos who: four times number one fitness trainer in America for Bally Total Fitness, twenty-two Number One Fitness Trainer in Texas for Bally Total Fitness, two times Fitness Director of the Year for Bally Total Fitness, and two times Fitness Trainer of the Year for Bally Total Fitness. In 2004 he was named among the top one hundred personal trainers in America by Mens Journal. He was one of the judges on Houstons Biggest Loser radio show, 96.5 (similar to the television show, The Biggest Loser). He has been a fitness expert on Fox 26 for two years, one of the fitness experts for Channel WB 39, and he has given interviews for many magazines and newspapers such as Health & Fitness, Houston Chronicle, Mens Journal, and Houston Health. Since the age of ten he has been involved boxing and kickboxing. He ranks in the top ten fitness experts in America.
