Meet the Welborn Foundation Wellness and
Fitness Center Staff
CODY RILEY, FITNESS TECHNICIAN
Cody enjoys working with all ages and experience levels and tries to
make each training session both challenging and fun. He is enthusiastic and passionate about health and fitness and strives to continue
learning about his profession. His goal is to provide a safe and effective program with support and concern for each participant’s development. Cody graduated from USI with a degree in Psychology and
is an American Council on Exercise Certified Personal Trainer, Certified Group Exercise Instructor, and Certified Cycling Instructor. Cody is also a personal trainer at the Dunigan YMCA and Nitro Fitness.
He specializes in strength training, weight loss, endurance training,
sport-specific training, and functional training. His philosophy is
teaching, learning and always improving. Cody loves mountain biking and got to compete in the ITU Triathlon World Championship.
MEGAN KRAEMER, FITNESS TECHNICIAN
Megan is a graduate of the University of Southern Indiana with a B.S.
degree in Exercise Science with a minor as a Personal Trainer. She has
obtained her Certified Group Exercise Instructor certification through
the Aerobics & Fitness Association of America (AFAA) and is working towards her Certified Personal Trainer certification through American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). Megan wants to emphasize
her career studies on training bariatric patients and mentally/physically
disabled clients. While in school, Megan did a field experience at
Sports Acceleration and completed an internship here at the WFWFC.
Megan is a member of the American Legion ladies Auxiliary Post 290,
the Delta Epsilon Iota Academic Honor Society, and the Honors Program at USI. When Megan is not working she is volunteering at the
Walk Now for Autism, the Special Olympics, USI Running Series, and
Race for the Cure. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her
autistic brother and her two dogs.
KATELYNN SCHMITT, WORK STUDY
Katelynn is a Work Study at the Fitness Center. She is a sophomore
this year and is going to Ivy Tech to take her core classes, and then
she plans on transferring to USI to get a B.S. degree in Psychology.
Katelynn really enjoys working at the Fitness Center and says she
has learned so much about health and wellness. Some of her hobbies
include working out at the gym and staying active outside.
Meet the Welborn Foundation Wellness and
Fitness Center Staff
JESSICA SUTTLES, WORK STUDY
Jessica Suttles is a Work Study at the Ivy Tech Fitness Center. She has
been at Ivy Tech for a year now, and she loves it! Jessica is an EMT and
she is working on becoming a paramedic. Jessica has a one year old son
named Keelan, whom she adores. She loves to read fantasy books,
watch anime, and swim. After her son gets a little older, she hopes to
become a volunteer firefighter, and keep helping people as a paramedic.
She enjoys helping people and is eager to help get you started in the
Fitness Center!
AMY LUTZEL, WELLNESS & FITNESS COORDINATOR
Amy is our Wellness & Fitness Coordinator. She previously worked
as a Health Advocate and Personal Trainer at St. Mary’s Healthy
Lives and prior to that was a Fitness Tech for Ivy Tech and personal trainer and group exercise instructor at the Dunigan YMCA. Amy
also taught classes in senior living centers and conducted private
personal training sessions for people of all ages.
Amy has two Bachelor’s degrees from USI in Communications and
German and is pursuing a Master’s degree in Public Health. She is a
certified Health & Wellness Coach through Wellcoaches and received her personal training certification through the American
College of Sports Medicine. Amy is also certified as a Fitness Nutrition Specialist through ACE. She is currently a member of the
American College of Sports Medicine® and the International Association for Worksite Health Promotion and serves on several committees and boards including Smokefree Evansville, is a Corporate
Champion for the Healthy Communities Partnership of Southwest
Indiana, member of Community Health Needs Assessment, Suicide
Prevention Coalition, and the YMCA Health Initiatives Advisory
Board.
When Amy isn’t exercising or competing in races, she is busy volunteering for several organizations including St. Mary’s No One Dies Alone program and Susan G.
Komen for the Cure. She even ran in the Marathon for the Cure in Washington, D.C. and raised
over $6,200 towards breast cancer research. Amy also loves to travel and spend time with her husband and six-year old daughter whom they adopted from China. If you have any questions about
the wellness and fitness programs at Ivy Tech, you can contact Amy at (812) 429 -0582 or at
[email protected].