Our Team
When it comes to credentials, TriActiveKids' staff of experts outshines the competition! From our product design and development group to our customer care and sales department, TriActive Kids consists of warm-hearted, highly professional specialists who seek to provide the best in every way.
Mare Petras
Advisory Board Member
Mare Petras, a veteran of the fitness industry for almost 30 years, is a key member of the TriActive Advisory Board. Mare is the president of Fitness Simply, a fitness and wellness company in Sarasota, Florida.
Petras launched Fitness Simply in 2003 after moving to Sarasota from Washington, D.C., where she worked as one of the country's premier personal trainers, training DC's social and political elite and as co-owner of Body Business Inc., a corporate fitness/personal training company employing 20 area personal trainers. In 1991 and 1992, she worked with the President's Council on Fitness & Sports and helped organize the "Great American Workout" on the White House Lawn. For 10 years she served on the Nation's Capitol Affiliate of the American Heart Association and was a member of its speakers bureau. She represented the Heart Association in numerous radio and TV opportunities, including a jog with President Clinton.
Petras is a professional speaker and an active member of the National Speakers Association. She presents at fitness conferences, universities, associations and organizations where she speaks on the topics of personal training, life coaching, stress management and work-life balance.
Petras is an author of two Fitness Simply books: Tone Up With Wine & Other Fun Fit Tips and The 7 Habits of Highly Successful Swimsuit Shoppers. She is contributing editor for Balance magazine and is frequently quoted in articles for national publications. She is one of the DVD stars and spokespersons for Spoga, the 30-minute mind-body-spirit workout.