MIND: Icons and Mentors

Sara Kooperman - dancer, aerobics instructor, lawyer, business owner and CEO of SCW Fitness Education and Water in Motion. Sara is a leader, icon and mentor to the fitness industry internationally. I look up to women like Sara for all the incredible change they have made in an industry that I love. She continues to inspire women business leaders and continues to trail blaze for so many of us. For similar inspirational episodes with female fitness industry icons, check out: (On Apple Podcasts) Kylie Gates: Harness your Power Stacey Seward-Sandiver: Being a Female Leader in your 50's Emma Barry (part 1): That Gut Instinct Emma Barry (part 2): Embrace the 3rd Age Sacha Coburn: The "C" word, "M" word and "F" bombs Fyonna Vanderwerf: Smashing Taboos Mel Tempest: Brave, Uncut and Unfiltered SexyAgeing Website Sexy Ageing Lifestyle Course - use "sexyageing10" at checkout My Menopause Memoir (book) About Sara Kooperman Sara Kooperman, CEO of SCW Fitness Education, WATERinMOTION® and S.E.A.T. Fitness, is a visionary leader that has transformed the fitness education community. A successful business owner and advisor, she is a keynote speaker, published author, webinar host, podcast presenter, and sought-after industry trailblazer. Kooperman has launched seven successful live MANIA® fitness professional conventions, another six streaming conferences, and more than 40 live and online certifications. Her company has touched more than 100,000 fitness professionals face-to-face, engaged another 300,000+ in virtual connections, and produced over 600 fitness instructor training videos. Kooperman currently serves on IHRSA’s Headlight Committees for Facility Standards and is a co-host of IHRSA’s Talks & Takes Monthly Talk Show. She also is part of the Gold’s Gym Think Tank and the canfitpro Advisory Panel and was a founding board member for the Women In Fitness Association (WIFA). Recently nominated for the 2022 IDEA Fitness Leader of the Year Award, Kooperman won the 2022 Most Innovating Fitness Pro by Fitness Industry Technology Council. She is also an inductee into the National Fitness Hall of Fame, an Illinois State Businesswoman of the Year, and a winner of AEA’s Global Award for contribution to the aquatic industry. www.sarakooperman.com