| News & Know How | News Christopher Clawson
to Preside at Life Fitness Industry veteran returns to his alma mater to head up the corporate team
veteran with more than 25 years of experience, many of them spent at Life Fitness, has returned to the company to become its new president. He succeeds Peter B. Hamilton, a Brunswick senior vice president and CFO, who had filled that post on an interim basis since the resignation, last April, of John E. Stransky. “We’re extremely pleased to welcome Chris
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back to Life Fitness, where he’ll apply his industry knowledge and expertise in leading a talented team of employees, whose mission is to provide the global fitness community with outstanding products and services,” notes Dustan E. McCoy, the chairman and CEO of Brunswick. Clawson had
served most recently as the president and CEO of Johnson Health Tech North America, another leading fitness-equip- ment manufacturer. He has been suc- ceeded, there, by Nathan Pyles, a 17-year veteran of Johnson Health Tech. Before joining John- son, Clawson had been vice president of marketing and business development for Stamina Products, Inc., another fitness-equipment supplier. Earlier, while at Life Fitness, Clawson had
Christopher Clawson
held a number of positions, eventually becoming the vice president of sales and marketing for its consumer division. Clawson holds a bachelor’s degree from San Diego
State University, and an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management; he also attended Newman University, in Wichita, Kansas, where he was an Academic All-American in baseball. Before joining the fitness industry, he played for the minor league organizations of the Houston Astros and Atlanta Braves. —|
Silken Laumann, front l., Michelle Obama, center
Silken Laumann, an Olympic medalist in rowing, author, and a keynote speaker, last March, at IHRSA’s 29th Annual International Convention and Trade Show in San Diego, had the opportunity, a few months ago, to attend a high-powered women’s brunch that featured, among its other participants, First Lady Michelle Obama. The gathering was hosted by Laureen Harper, the wife of the
Canadian prime minister, Stephen Harper, for the wives of male delegates to the G20 Summit, which was held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, as well as for a number of Canadian women of distinction. “It was quite an honor to be invited by Mrs. Harper—she’s a very
inspiring mother and leader,” Laumann tells CBI. “All of the women were leaders in their own right.” One of the highlights for Laumann was a conversation she had
with Mrs. Obama that focused on the topic of childhood obesity and the fitness industry’s role in combating it. “Mrs. Obama is very pas- sionate about being fit and active, and we connected immediately on the importance of unstructured play in children’s lives.” Laumann, herself a mother, is a dedicated child advocate and
involved in the GoodLife Kids Foundation (GLKF), a private Canadian organization that promotes physical activity for youth. “We talked about how different the world is today for kids, and recalled how we used to go out and play in the neighborhood, ride our bicycles, play road hockey, and all of the other things that we did, very naturally, growing up. Today, youngsters aren’t free to explore the neighborhood anymore, and I’ve been working hard to change that.” Laumann and Obama also discussed ways in which the fitness
industry could help deal with the problem. “The club system is so large in the U.S. that it seems a promising partner for Mrs. Obama and her Let’s Move! program,” Laumann observes. “Moving forward, I’d like to try to act as something of a liaison between the industry and initiatives against obesity. Club professionals know so much and are so passionate about fitness—we have to find a way to share that with the kids and young adults who need it most.” —|
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he Brunswick Corporation (NYSE: BC), the parent of Life Fitness, has announced that Christopher E. Clawson, a fitness industry
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SILKEN LAUMANN AND MICHELLE OBAMA FOCUS ON CHILDHOOD OBESITY
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