Charles Ware
D.H.Ed. Health Education, A.T. Still University
MS Exercise and Sport Science, University of Central Missouri
Charles Ware is president and executive director of the Professional Fitness Institute (PFI) in Las Vegas, Nevada, and has served in this role since 2008. PFI is an organization committed to help develop the next generation of highly qualified certified personal trainers. In addition, Ware serves as the executive director for P.A.T.H. (Persevere to Achieve Total Health) Foundation, a non-profit organization that provides a 16-week healthy lifestyle program.
Ware has also served the last four years as a health science faculty member at the University of Phoenix and as a physical education instructor with the United States Sports Academy in Daphne, Alabama since 2012. He has several years of experience teaching physical fitness-related courses and developing curriculum. He has also served as a program evaluation for the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES) and the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS).
In 2012, Ware earned his doctorate in Health Education from A.T. Still University in Kirksville, Missouri. He received his master's in Exercise and Sports Science in 2009 and a bachelor's in Fitness, Wellness and Health in 1998 from the University of Central Missouri.
Ware currently serves as Nevada's State Director for the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) and has been a certified personal trainer by the NSCA since 2006 and the American Council on Exercise (ACE) since 2005. He is a member of several other professional organizations which include: American Association of Health Education (AAHE); American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM); National Physical Activity Society (NPAS); and National Society for Physical Activity Practitioners in Public Health (NSPAPPH).