Paula L. Martin

Paula grew up in Philadelphia, moved to the Jersey Shore in 1980 where she has been a successful entrepreneur for 28 years. She owned and operated Jersey State Marine, Inc., Brigantine Bait & Tackle and J.S.M. Prop Shop in Brigantine, New Jersey for 21 years. During this time Paula was involved in organizing the Ladies Invitational Bluefish Tournament. She operated the L.I.B.T. for over 10 years and designated all contributions to be donated to the RNS Mobile Mammography Unit in Atlantic County, New Jersey. Presently, the tournament continues to support RNS and its fight against breast cancer raising $72,000 in 2007, the highest in the history of the tournament. Paula also organized and supported many other fishing tournaments and events in the community for fishermen of all ages. The combination of many years of experience in business and highly qualified organizational skills will allow Paula to develop, organize and facilitate programs and events at Elite Fitness.

In 2006, Paula lost more than 60 pounds and has maintained her weight loss through personal training and cardiovascular workouts. Elite Fitness is the natural outgrowth of Paula’s desire to help others by offering high quality fitness services in a comfortable, stress-free studio environment with state of the art professional fitness training equipment and accessories. With her prestigious background for operating and managing successful businesses, Paula’s goal, along with co-owner Dion L. Coley, is to expand and eventually franchise Elite Fitness nationally as well as internationally. “Physical activity and good nutrition are essential elements in preventing chronic diseases and obesity. Our main focus at Elite Fitness will be on the primary health and fitness goals of each client and their success as they pursue their goals through Substantive Training, our signature fitness program.”