Dr. Jo Is Coming!
Leading Lady Presenter 2008
JoAnne Owens-Nauslar, Ed.D.;FASHA; FNAS
President & CAO-Fitness Is Living, LLC

JoAnne Owens-Nauslar (A.K.A.-Dr. Jo) has spent thirty-eight years promoting the benefits of healthy active living and is considered one of the nation’s most vocal personalities on issues of physical activity. She promotes concepts such as:

(1) living in a peak performance body has numerous benefits,
(2) you don’t stop exercising because you grow old, you grow old because you stop exercising,
(3) Big Deposit…Big Return-You must invest in your own well being,
(4) “Secure Your Own Mask First!”™ so you can be a great role model for children and youth, and
(5) Join the GeoFit Generation, and
(6) If Your Horse Is Dead….Dismount!

Dr. Jo has degrees from Chadron State College-1970 (NE) and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln 1976 & 1992. She has been president of On Deck Circle-Husker Softball, The Husker Athletic Fund, the National Association for Sport and Physical Education, a local school board, and the Nebraska, Central District, and American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance.

Owens-Nauslar is a member of the President’s Society at Chadron State College and the Cather Circle at the University of NE-Lincoln.

Making Do Out of Doo Doo: Lessons in Life for Hardiness, Health, & Fitness and “Buts” and Bellies Be Gone: Lessons of Being Fit and Faithful books co-authored by Dr. Jo.

As an active volunteer for the American Heart Association, Lincoln Public Schools, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, women’s heart health, and the Girls & Women in Sport Recognition Day, her days are filled with activity. JoAnne and husband Red, raise Texas Longhorn cattle, quarter and paint horses, llamas and goats at Big-E-Nuff Ranch west of Lincoln, NE. Dr. Jo is a healthy and active cowgirl.

Awards and recognitions include Healthy American Fitness Leader, Presidential Citation from National Association for Girls and Women in Sport, the Mabel Lee Award, the Honor Award, and the R. Tait McKenzie Award from the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, & Dance. She has received the Distinguished Alumni Award from both alma maters-Chadron State College and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The trophy case and garage are filled with other awards, but Dr. Jo is sure we can move on without listing those recognitions.

JoAnne serves as Director of Corporate/Community Development at GeoFitness, Inc. in Orlando, Florida.

You will have opportunities to laugh, learn, network, and share while being reminded of the necessary ingredients for life management and survival. Be ready to “SECURE YOUR OWN MASK FIRST!”™

(And from Elaine….)

“Too Sexy To Be Sixty!”
Dr. Jo turns 60 in August; she chooses the Leading Lady Marathon for her party and the motto above to define it. In addition to regaling us with wit and wisdom Saturday evening, she will be running/walking/laughing/talking the full 26.2 miles with you! Tuxedoed gents in a golf cart will supply her with a friend or family member every mile; enjoy their energy and salute this dynamo as you go by… or as she goes by you.

Let’s party!