ChiLiving® Hires New Chief Operating Officer
ChiLiving, the parent company of ChiRunning® and ChiWalking®, is pleased to announce Jill Gleeson as the new Chief Operating Officer.
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Asheville, NC – ChiLiving, the parent company of ChiRunning® and ChiWalking®, is pleased to announce Jill Gleeson as the new Chief Operating Officer.
“I am so proud to represent a company that has made a personal difference in my life,” claims Gleeson. “ChiRunning made running enjoyable for me again,” she says, referring to a ChiRunning clinic she attended by company founder, Danny Dreyer in March 2010. “I’ve always enjoyed the benefits of running, but I didn’t have the skills to avoid injuries, until my introduction to ChiRunning.”
Gleeson, a Harvard MBA, has spent her career working as a marketing and business development executive domestically and internationally in both established organizations and start-up companies. She comes to North Carolina from Florida, where she was the Vice President of the National Market Segment of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida. During her tenure at BCBSFL, Gleeson exceeded annual growth and retention targets by identifying market capability gaps in reporting, care management and infrastructure.
“I’m thrilled to be in a position to take the business to the next level by creating connections with a larger base and expanding the Chi programs to benefit the greater fitness and wellness communities,” says Gleeson. Gleeson can be reached at jill@chiliving.com.
About ChiLiving
ChiLiving Inc., based in Asheville, N.C., promotes fitness, healthy lifestyles and lifelong well-being through its programs and products. For over a decade, the ChiRunning and ChiWalking techniques have led the revolution in natural movement. These programs focus on movement principles and meditative aspects of T’ai Chi. They prevent injuries by building core strength, balance and endurance and have changed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people who enjoy pain-free running and walking. ChiLiving offers a variety of training support materials including consumer DVDs and technique-based training programs – for any distance from a 5K to a marathon. ChiLiving enthusiasts are also supported worldwide by Certified Instructors who teach workshops and one-on-one classes. Founders, Katherine and Danny Dreyer, developed ChiLiving as a reflection of their holistic lifestyle. Their combined expertise in endurance running, natural products publishing, fitness and personal coaching enables everyone enhanced life experience through mindful fitness. Visit www.chiliving.com for more information. ###
