Our staff members have spent many years devoted to pursuing excellence in their field and have attained a certain level of expertise to qualify them as instructors and trainers.

Through extensive training, certification and dedication, our staff has attained mastery in their fields and now enjoy sharing their skill and passing it on to our members. Here are a few of Parisi Fitness Centers - Morris Plains' staff members:

Doreen Sheridan – Assistant Manager
A former Parisi health club member, Doreen’s passion for fitness and desire to spend more time with her family in the Morris Plains area brought her to our staff. A challenge driven professional, she leads the member service team in consistently maintaining and raising the standards of customer service at Parisi’s Morris Plains Health Club.  Doreen has a B.S. in Biology from Douglass College, Rutgers University and an M.S. in Biotechnology from William Paterson University. Before joining the Parisi team in 2006 she had a fifteen year career in the pharmaceutical industry as a scientist. Doreen enjoys spending time with her family, including her husband and 2 children.

Julia Gibson – Personal Trainer
Julia joined the Parisi team in 2006.  She is an energetic, client-focused personal trainer with successful experience designing dynamic, memorable fitness programs to improve the health and well being of diverse clients. With a BS in Marketing & AA in Advertising / Public Relations from JOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY, Providence, RI., she has parlayed her education background into fitness instruction by using her unique ability to entertain clients with fun, innovative programs and an optimistic attitude. Her exceptional people skills and talent for inspiring clients help our members surpass their own fitness goals. Julia also has experience teaching group fitness as well as Jazz, Lyrical, and Ballet dance.

Training Credentials:
NASM CPT

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Pete Maraldo – Personal Trainer
Pete Maraldo joined the Parisi team in January 2008 and has been a competitive athlete and powerlifter for most of his life. Pete began his career as an instructor in the United States Marine Corps and was certified by both the Department of the Navy and the DOD as a PT and Drill Instructor. He continued his career as an instructor after joining the Passaic County Sheriff's Dept in 1990 and was a PTC certified academy instructor. After retiring as a detective in 2006 he entered the fitness industry full time and was on the coaching staff at Paramus Catholic High School as the strength and conditioning coach for several years. Pete specializes in injury recovery, sports specific / strength training and sports nutrition.

Training Credentials:
AFPA CPT
NASM CPT

Andy Nazario – Personal Trainer
Andy Nazario joined the Parisi team back in March 2008 as a Member Service Representative and quickly became inspired to move within the club as a NASM certified personal trainer. He is currently pursuing his Bachelor's degree in Exercise Science.

AJ Santos – Personal Trainer & Group Fitness Instructor
AJ joined the Parisi team in 2006 as a personal trainer. He trains members off all ages from starting at 14 years of age to 80. AJ’s passion for training starts at his heart but his mind helps him to create custom workouts to tailor each clients needs specifically. AJ also teaches several Group Fitness Teaching classes including Bootcamp and Core Classes.

Training Credentials:
NASM Certified Personal Trainer
AFFA Certified Personal Trainer

Laura O’Reilly – Pilates Reformer Director
Laura’s fitness background includes fitness center management, personal training management, personal trainer, group exercise instructor, yoga workshops and physical therapy assistant. She joined Parisi’s Morris Plains Health club in January of 2005, where she designed the group exercise program for the brand new club’s launch. She has written hundreds of fitness articles as a weekly columnist for the Morris County Daily Record, a Gannett Newspaper, and has contributed to newspapers and other publications throughout the U.S. Laura is currently doing her clinical hospital training in an R.N. program.

Rachel Polk – Group Fitness Manager
Rachel's love of fitness is what brought her into the industry a little over eight years ago.  Before joining Parisi, she worked in several local health clubs at both commercial and corporate facilities.  Her career began as a massage therapist but she soon realized her true passion was in the fitness industry.  She became a certified personal trainer and then a fitness instructor. She loves the idea of helping others to improve their quality of life. 

Rachel is extremely outgoing and active and loves the outdoors. Her hobbies include hiking and biking. She is also an avid horse back rider who competes during the summer months.