Elisha Quillen Smith

• Managed the Aquatics and Fitness Coordinator position, overseeing a team of Personal Trainers, Group Fitness Instructors, Massage Therapists, Swim Instructors, and various programs
• Managed the Healthy Lifestyle Engagement Specialist in coordinating Healthy Hive programs in the Housing facilities along with the staff needed to provide programs for the CRC (Campus Recreation Center), Housing, and other areas of campus
• Oversaw the recruitment, training, and performance review of a diverse team consisting of sixty fitness staff members ranging from students to part-time employees and vendors such as Fitness Specialists, Student Managers, and Fitness Attendants
• Managed daily facility operations for fitness spaces, encompassing massage therapy and swim lessons.
• Planned, executed, and evaluated campus recreation events with the CRC Events Planning Committee for various occasions such as RecFest, Halloween Holla 5K, Pi-Day 5K, and Navy Seal Challenge/Georgia Tech Fitness Challenge.
• Partnered with campus stakeholders to coordinate programming endeavors and coordinate volunteer engagement for prominent events such as Welcome Week, Move In, Sting Break, and Wellness Days
• Created CRC Team Training and student staff workshops integrating Clifton Strengths as part of the CRC Talent and Development Committee
• Participated in multiple hiring committees, chairing four times, for full-time professional staff positions.
• Analyzed and reviewed the effectiveness of current technology plans in collaboration as part of the CRC Technology Committee.
• Utilized Fusion Software for program registration, scheduling and reports.
• Used EMS system for campus wide scheduling.
• Oversaw and managed the G.I.T FIT Budget
• Successfully tracked progress and set targets for G.I.T FIT assessment and program objectives on an annual basis.
• Managed equipment demonstrations and procurement with industry-leading fitness brands such as Life Fitness, Precor, Matrix, and Stairmaster.
• Provided expertise as a consultant for the design and implementation of housing fitness and wellness spaces.
• Designed and presented fitness equipment proposals to prospective donors.

• Managed and evaluated a diverse team of Fitness Staff, including Fitness Specialists, Student Managers, Fitness Attendants, Group Fitness Instructors, Personal Trainers, and Massage Therapists.
• Oversaw the day-to-day activities at the fitness center and group fitness studios
• Managed semester G.I.T FIT programs and special events.
• Input semester program information into Class Software
• Organized and implemented monthly staff in-service training sessions.
• Ensured compliance with area risk management protocols and executed regular risk management drills for G.I.T. FIT employees
• Developed and implemented leadership training program for Team Training Team and Supervisor (Leadership).
• CRC Hiring Expo Team
• Georgia Tech Team organizer for yearly Kaiser Permanente Corporate Walk/Run 5K
• Collected and presented data to CRC staff for Student Affairs Program Review in 2014
• Led employee health initiatives: National Employee Health and Fitness Day, Annual Employee Health Fair, Kaiser Permanente Corporate Challenge, President’s Challenge Campus Walk, Express Fit (lunchtime employee fitness program), Body Image Awareness Month
• Collaborated with the Counseling Center to deliver Healthy Lifestyles for the Mind and Body, a program designed to match anxious/depressed students with activity in campus recreation to increase the student’s physical activity and social interaction
• Collaborated with Counseling Center and Stamps Health Services to deliver ‘Don’t Just Survive at Tech…Thrive’ presentation for Freshman Orientation sessions.

• In addition to my G.I.T FIT Coordinator duties
• Co-led planning, implementation, and evaluation of Go T.E.C.H (Teams Encouraging Campus Health) Coalition with Health Initiatives Director
• Worked with Administrative Assistant to ensure all Tech Temps were hired in part-time positions following ACA protocol
• Reviewed, compiled, and submitted fiscal year assessment and annual reports for G.I.T FIT
• Attended Manager Meetings

• Assisted the G.I.T FIT Coordinator in all the above responsibilities as assigned

*Previous experience in fitness studio management, personal training business, and group fitness.