LaVerne Young

With over 20 years in health and fitness experience, LaVerne is an industry expert. She is a national certified trainer and master running coach. Her energy and passion for fitness has earned her a reputation as one of the top trainers in her career. Her motto is, “you have a million dollar house…your body, and if you don’t take care of your body you will have no place to live.” LaVerne owns her own Marathon Training Company which promotes health and fitness by way of training members to walk or run a marathon. She has proven that ultimate fitness can be achieved one step at a time, by putting one foot in front of the other. LaVerne has run over 800 hundred miles which includes marathons and training. Some of her favorite 26.2 mile marathons completed includes the Reggae Marathon in Jamaica and the LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon. She recently completed the 2005 LaSalle Bank Marathon and the Honolulu, Hawaii Marathon. She is a motivational speaker and passionate about health and well being, particularly in the African American community. After being noticed for her passion, LaVerne was personally invited as a guest speaker by Rev. Jesse Jackson to the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition Annual Conference 2005. LaVerne has earned a B.A., M.Ed and is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Illinois. Contact LaVerne: 773-610-1052 or [email protected] “When You Change the way you look at things …the things you look at change.”