Donna Vona is the Group Fitness Director for our Jax Beach, Atlantic Beach, Merrill Road, Parental Home Road, Baymeadows and Brunswick locations. Donna has been teaching group fitness classes for 18 years and has been an employee of Bailey's for 13 years. She is certified by AFAA; Aerobics and Fitness Association of America, ACE and Fitour in Primary Group Exercise, Step, Kickboxing, Personal Training, RAMPing, Pilates and Matflex. Donna also holds certifications in Spinning, BOSU, TRX Suspension Training, Athlekinetix and ZUMBA. She has worked as an AFAA Examiner and trained many new instructors to take the AFAA Primary in order to teach for Bailey’s. Donna loves teaching Group Fitness and feels lucky to have been able to make a career out of it.
Donna feels most people lose interest in working out because they get bored, get stale or stop seeing results…and her philosophy is to shake it up! If you don't change, you won't change! Donna's approach to Group Fitness is simple- Keep it interesting and fresh, and they will come back for more! Educate and motivate!
Tara Kessinger is the Group Fitness Director for our San Jose, Mandarin, Westside, Orange Park, Gainesville and Northside locations.Tara has been working in the fitness industry since 1992. She is a graduate of Penn State with a B.S. in Exercise and Sports Science, and is also a graduate from UNF with a Master's of Public Health. She is still working on obtaining her second Master's Degree from UNF in Nutrition.
Tara is also a certified trainer through ACE and American Training Professionals. She has been personal training since 1996.
Tara has also participated in many races and has completed five marathons.
When not at work, Tara loves to spend time with her two daughters, Emily and Becka.
