Newly Appointed Board Members
The PMA welcomes new members to the Board of Directors
June 1, 2021
Your votes have been tallied and the numbers are in!
We are pleased to announce the new Pilates Method Alliance Board of Directors! Learn more about the new Board Members below.
Thank you for participating in this important process. We are looking forward to working with the board to lead the PMA toward a bright future!
The new board will convene on June 10 for a transition meeting with the previous board, followed by a board retreat June 17-19.
Moimusa Ahmadu:
Moimusa is the sole proprietor of Guts Pilates and SportsMedicine. He is also the assistant athletic trainer in the sports medicine department at the Landon School for Boys. He started his career in Pilates in 1992 at the Pilates Center in Boulder, CO.
Over the past 30 years, Moimusa has shared the virtues of the Pilates method globally as an instructor, teacher trainer, guest speaker, and presenter from Hong Kong to Brisbane and Durban to his native Freetown. He is sustained by the love of his two children and his large Sierra Leonean Family.
Everlea Bryant:
Everlead, NCPT is the owner of Pilates, Heath & Dance by Everlead and a professional performing artist. She has been teaching Pilates for 15 years and is trained comprehensively in both contemporary and classical Pilates, which she teaches in both English and Spanish.
With UF and CAHRE, she co-founded "Traffic Art and Dance Exchange," a movement and wellness program for kids and teens living with sickle cell disease. Everlead is passionate about all aspects of health and wellness, and she used Pilates and art to heal.
Elizabeth Fullerton, Ph.D.:
Dr. Fullerton has a Ph.D. in special education, and is a national board-certified health and wellness coach, recovery coach, and Pilates instructor. She began Pilates as an injured runner and grew to love the principles and practice. She believes Pilates helps people find their "inner athlete," allowing all to benefit from the healing power of movement.
She is a wife, mother of four, grandmother of three, and a lover of life.
Stella Hull-Lampkin:
Stella is currently the operations manager at BASI Pilates. She has more than 30 years of experience as a fitness professional and spent more than 18 years working in a managerial capacity for various companies, including Equinox. She loves to help people find their dreams and has mentored many to open their own studios and have successful careers in the Pilates industry.
When she is not working as faculty for BASI, she can be found hiking on the trails in Orange County, working out in OrangeTheory Fitness, or gaming.
Mary Holtschneider:
Mary, RN, MEd, NCPT, teaches Pilates in Raleigh, North Carolina. As a registered nurse and health professions education, she is dedicated to educating interprofessional healthcare clinicians on ways to optimize teamwork, communication, and emergency response.
In addition to teaching Pilates, Mary has been a certified group exercise instructor for more than thirty years and has taught in a wide variety of settings. Mary has served on local, regional, and national healthcare boards and volunteers her time to advance professional healthcare practice.
Eshael Johnson:
Eshael is a classically trained Pilates Instructor, GYROTONIC Apprentice and owner of Ischyra Soma Fitness. Her love of all things athletic began while watching Super Bowl III with her father. After an accident that shattered her kneecap, her trainer recommended Pilates for subsequent knee problems, Eshael found that it allowed her to move with the grace she had before her injury.
Eshael is convinced that Pilates can lead to “better living through strength and grace.” She is currently a communications and policy professional with the U.S. Government.
Barbara Lauriat, JD, Ph.D.:
Dr. Lauriat is a member of the Bars of Massachusetts (2004) and New Hampshire (2005), and was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2018. She teaches and researches intellectual property law in the law school at King’s College London, and is a Research Fellow of the Oxford Intellectual Property Research Centre.
She has studied Pilates mat work teaching with Body Control Pilates in London, and is working towards her comprehensive certification through Balanced Body in the U.S.
Subha Lembach:
A long-time Pilates practitioner certified in mat Pilates through Power Pilates, Subha is now enrolled in the comprehensive 500-hour Club Pilates teacher training. As Director of the Juvenile Justice Community Planning Initiative, Subha advocates for and develops data-driven systems change to reduce the number of youth in detention, with a strong focus on racial equity and inclusion.
Subha has a passion for board service and has served at the Association of Junior Leagues International, Nationwide Children’s Hospital Foundation, and others.
David McMahan:
David, MFA, NCPT is a native of southern California and a graduate of the University of Arizona School of Dance and the University of California, Irvine. Through the influence of Pilates Elder Ron Fletcher and the mentorship of Kyria Sabin, he discovered his passion for empowering bodies through the Pilates method.
Currently, a faculty member at Orange Coast College, David focuses on developing equitable educational practices for Pilates teacher training programming.
Cecilia Pulido:
Cecilia’s diverse fitness training modalities include Kettlebells, TRX, sledgehammer, yoga, martial arts, Tai Chi, Pilates, Latin dance, Myofascial stretching and release, ELDOA, running, and more, which give her a distinct and open-minded approach to movement and programming.
She is currently focused on bringing the concept “Pilates DAILY for a better life!” and on spotlighting Pilates teachers as a valuable and viable resource for those living with Parkinson’s disease.
Karolina Schmid:
Karolina is from Zurich, Switzerland. She completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Toronto and a Master’s Equivalency in Health Policy at Humboldt University in Berlin. She began her Ph.D. at Humboldt and taught at the college level in Switzerland.
Karolina is an author of numerous books and programs and runs the successful PILATESwiss Studios in Zurich. Karolina developed the Visceral approach to Pilates and yoga, which is supported by an independent medical advisory board.
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