BUSINESS BUILDING
Our Panel of Fitness Professionals
NATIONAL DIRECTOR 2 ERNEST ROSS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 4 BUDDY RIVERA
A former state track champion, Division I college quarterback, and professional football player, Ernest took the discipline he learned in sports and applied it to business. He’s found success as a personal trainer for 21 years and a gym owner for nearly as long. In 2017 he started training online, and in 2020 he started an online platform to help connect personal trainers and clients. It now hosts over 130 trainers and 15,000 clients. Ernest has been building his Melaleuca business for 5 years this October.
Buddy grew up in sports, playing football in college as well as the NFL. Since then, Buddy has worked in a variety of roles in the fitness industry. Not only has he worked with nutrition and supplement companies and helped open a gym in 2016, but he has also coached clients on diet and nutrition and assisted with many transformations. Buddy still accepts work as a fitness model. He started building his Melaleuca business in 2017.
NATIONAL DIRECTORS 9 JASON & BROOKE PAULIN
SENIOR DIRECTORS 2 TARAH & TODD DOWNING
Todd has worked as a fitness trainer for 28 years and has owned his own gym for 18 years. His wife, Tarah, has worked in physical therapy for 13 years. They started building their Melaleuca business in 2018 and have found that it fits perfectly with their careers.
Brooke and Jason have backgrounds in nutrition and competing in fitness and bodybuilding. They owned a personal training and nutrition studio for 11 years. The 2008 recession forced them to reevaluate their business, ultimately leading them to Melaleuca, where they’ve been twice named Marketing Executives of the Year.
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