Our Coaches

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Coach Donald has worked with hundreds of athletes of various sports across Pennsylvania, Texas, Kenya, and Belize. He's a former collegiate sprinter/hurdler with a Masters of Education in Exercise Science.  Guiding people to improve themselves is something Donald takes pride in as his unique quality in life & it's reflected throughout GHP. Donald is a USA Track & Field Certified Level 1 Coach, earned his NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist Certification, and is an EXOS Certified Performance Specialist.

Donald fosters his experience across many backgrounds into an artful fitness experience that allows people with various goals to harmoniously train together.  Having experience successfully coaching:

• building resilient fast runners from HS sprints to adult marathons
• grooving athletic performance with ultimate frisbee & other sports
• post PT injury rehabilitation
• creating healthy habits to create a healthy nutritional & activity based lifestyle

He has cultivated GHP to be a place where people from many worlds come together and train alongside each other to get more out of their bodies and life.

Away from GHP, Donald is enjoys traveling, coaching track, playing ultimate frisbee, nerding out on sci fi (or anything), and exploring desserts!

Donald enjoys anything that has blueberries in/on it and has a weakness for cheesecake.

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Coach Khyla has experience working with a multitude of youth and adult athletes to help them reach their strength and competition goals.  She brings a mental component to her coaching by working to implement sports mindfulness practices to enhance performance. Khyla is originally from San Diego, California and moved to the east coast to attend the University of Pittsburgh where she competed as a Division I track and field athlete in the 100m, 200m, and 4x100m relay. She is a NASM certified trainer and Performance Enhancement Specialist with expertise in athletic development and running mechanics.

Khyla utilizes her sports experience and knowledge to work with athletes and adults from a variety of backgrounds. She focuses on developing well rounded athletes both physically and mentally. She has experience successfully coaching:

• Former collegiate athletes 

• Youth athletes who deal with performance anxiety and other mental barriers 

• Young adults seeking to improve their fitness and self esteem

• Adult athletes seeking to continue a highly active and competitive lifestyle 

• Adults and youth recovering from injuries 

Khyla has worked to develop an atmosphere in which every person can be free to bring their authentic self to the game and the world.

Outside of coaching at GHP, Khyla runs camps and provides sports mindfulness training for young female athletes through her business AuthentiKFit. She enjoys water activities, traveling, movies, and dancing.

Khyla is the Performance Director at GHP and enjoys using her experiences to motivate those she works with.

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Anthony Rames, aka Coach Tony, is the Head Performance Coach at GHP. He hails from New Caledonia (between Australia and New-Zealand). Coach Tony chose to play tennis and pursue higher education in America. He played tennis at Division II, West Virginia Wesleyan College (WVWC) where he obtained his bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science and Physical Education. Coach Tony obtained his Master’s in Coaching and Sport Education (emphasis in strength and conditioning) at West Virginia University (WVU). 

Tony was a competitive gymnast until he was 14 years old before focusing on tennis where he reached Rolland Garros Junior. During his time at WVWC, his team also won the conference multiple times and saw success at the regional level. His first coaching experiences were at WVWC, where he was an assistant coach of the tennis team, while also assisting the strength and conditioning coach with various sports.

Coach Tony loves to see people succeed in the gym and in life. He loves to see people reaching their goals. Coaching has allowed him to work with so many different athletes of all ages. 

Outside of coaching, Tony enjoys any sport or extreme activity. He loves to try new experiences but also enjoys some quality time in front of the TV or computer.

Tony has experience successfully coaching:

• Kids at summer camp in tennis, gymnastics, ninja warrior & skateboard
• Students in PE classes (K-12)
• Division 1-2 hockey teams (WVU)
• Division 2 tennis teams (WVWC)
• Tennis player of all ages
• College athletes from various sports (tennis, basketball, soccer, baseball…)
• Private sector clients (Pro Performance Rx, Morgantown, WV)

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In December 2022, we welcomed Eden Bloom to our staff as our Marketing Director.

She brings experience from multiple communications & management positions sharpening her skill set for GHP's newly formed role. She has spent time working for non-profits in Pittsburgh designing & implementing volunteer campaigns and assisting with event planning & promotion. Most recently, she has held roles as a Communications Specialist, and subsequently as a Creative Project Manager for a major healthcare provider in San Francisco. Here she was responsible for all social media platforms, email campaigns, philanthropic efforts, client education, presentation & conference planning amongst some of her primary duties.

Outside of our work, Eden is entering her second year as Head Coach of the XC / T&F programs. During her tenure as Head Coach, she has helped see the program through record setting seasons. Throughout the 2021-22 season, the Cougars broke 21 school records and two Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) records. The team boasted 4 individual titles last year, and a number of other podium finishes. She spent two years as an assistant prior to this role, where she coached a PAC Champion in Men’s Triple Jump - the first individual title for the men’s track and field program. 

In addition to coaching at Chatham, she has worked in the private sector as well, most often working with young runners & endurance athletes. Eden was a 3-sport athlete throughout her college years running cross country, track & field, and playing basketball until solely focusing on XC/TF during her senior year and grad school. She is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) and a Functional Range Conditioning Mobility Specialist (FRCms) and holds a Bachelor’s in Human Biology. In her free time, she enjoys running, reading, playing with her plants and making good coffee.

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KeShya Jones, or Coach Shy, originally joined our staff as an intern while completing her studies at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. One thing that our team noticed about Coach Shy right away was her energy - her smile lights the entire room. She is a very fun, energetic person who loves to make people happy. Coach Shy enjoys coaching because she loves seeing people’s growth and coaching has provided her a way to share her knowledge to help others. 

Coach Shy has been a lifelong athlete, but track was the #1 driving force growing up. After graduating high school, she attended Division II Seton Hill University on a track & field scholarship. Following that experience, she transferred to fellow PSAC school, IUP, to finish her academic career.  

Shy has experience in the following areas:

• Summer Youth Track & Field Coach
• Mentoring youth

Coach Shy is working towards obtaining her CPT. She is a recent IUP graduate who holds a bachelor's degree in Sports Administration. In 2023 she is hoping to increase her reach at GHP. Outside of coaching, she has her sights set on starting a clothing line.  

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Coach Sam Franke also joined the Global Human Performance staff as an intern coach. Sam met Coach Donald through an internship fair at Chatham University and completed a summer of shadowing and a semester interning at GHP before making the transition to Performance Coach. As an athlete, Sam played numerous sports, but soccer was his top choice. During his high school years in Allentown, PA, he ran track and cross country before beginning to play soccer at a more competitive level. Sam continued to play soccer in college where he was recruited by Chatham University.

Since leaving the team sport, Coach Sam has spent his time rock climbing. Sam has experience coaching:

• Skiing 
• Snowboarding 
• Track & Field
• Bodybuilding
• Rock-climbing instructor

Sam will graduate from Chatham University in April of 2023, and is currently pursuing a CSCS before heading to graduate school for sports medicine this fall. After which he hopes to “work with individuals to achieve their goals and avoid injury.” Coach Sam has big plans to take his skills and knowledge into the increasingly more popular world of rock-climbing.

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Jacquelin Walker is a yoga instructor, artist, lawyer, and advocate for equity in arts, entertainment, and law practice. She is the owner and creative mind of Fete-Fete Ltd. a creative consulting practice focused on supporting artists in claiming their power and ascending to their next level through collaborative art, wellness, and professional development experiences. Walker's yoga practice and instruction focuses on sharing tools that help us create a greater self-awareness with an eye toward individual and collective healing expansion, centering principles of justice, joy, rest and leisure.