Known worldwide as one of the best sports and fitness instructors, Suzanne Nottingham’s extensive marketing and exceptional educational leadership spans 25 years, hundreds of articles, television appearances, books and conferences.

Nottingham has been credited with spearheading popular fitness programming trends including Outdoor Cross Training, Winter Sport Training, Adult Play Fitness and Balance Awareness & Conditioning. As an award-winning program developer, in the early 1990s, she began an innovative career path to approach retail marketing from the perspective of combining active consumer participation with education, including retail staff training. As a result she is well-known as one of the early pioneering marketers who was instrumental in the launch and success of inline skating in the US.

Since 1990, Suzanne is a spokesperson and continuing education provider for the American Council on Exercise and is on the California Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. She received the fitness industry’s highest honor as IDEA’s 2000 Fitness Instructor of the Year. Presently, she is North American Director of Nordic Walking Education for LEKI USA and is leading the launch of Nordic walking in North America.