Gymnastics coach and safety expert witness with more than 40 years of experience in gymnastics, cheerleading, and dance instruction. Their professional background focuses on coaching practices, athlete supervision, and safety standards within gymnastics training programs and recreational sports environments. This expert has extensive experience instructing private lessons, camps, clinics, and classes in both the United States and Europe. For more than 20 years, they served as CEO and franchisor of a gymnastics school organization, developing franchise business models and operational systems used to support gymnastics training programs and instructional facilities.

Professional expertise includes gymnastics coaching, tumbling instruction, cheerleading training, and recreational sports safety, including standards of care associated with athlete supervision, training methods, and the use of gymnastics and recreational equipment. This expert has conducted instructor certification clinics for tumbling instructors working across cheerleading, dance, and gymnastics programs and previously served as head coach for a collegiate cheerleading team. Their work also includes providing executive coaching and training to an Olympic gymnast. In addition, they have authored instructional publications and training materials addressing tumbling mechanics, skill development, and gymnastics instruction for coaches and athletes.

Additional work includes development of technology-assisted coaching systems designed to support gymnastics instruction and motion analysis of tumbling drills. The expert has contributed to the creation of instructor education programs, coaching curricula, and operational frameworks used in gymnastics and cheerleading training environments. Educational background includes completion of an Associate of Arts degree with honors and additional undergraduate studies in communication and related disciplines. Professional involvement includes participation in ASTM committees addressing amusement rides and devices, sports equipment, playing surfaces, and robotics and automation systems, reflecting engagement with safety standards relevant to sports facilities and recreational equipment.