Geoff Hampton is a descendant of the Eastern Cherokee Nation. He is also an internationally known author, speaker, motivator, and business consultant. He attended the University of Tennessee as a Physical Education major and was a member of the varsity wrestling team. He has been in the Wellness/Fitness Industry since 1979.

Hampton is a popular author. Many of his Native American children's stories are available online at www.turtletrack.org. He has a regularly featured children's series entitled, Thunderhawk and several other stories in the Archives section including such popular tales as The Easter Bovine, The Eagle and the Snake and The Screaming Panther of Rosarito Beach. He is also the creator of the Native American Children's fitness program called Cowrate.

His published business articles (more than 100) date back to 1983 and have served to educate business operators how to dynamically improve their bottom-line performance. Hampton's international speaking presentations have served to motivate and educate literally thousands of business owners and operators.

Additionally, Hampton was commissioned in 2001 to author a motivational article targeting business executives that was featured in a 125 page color souvenir program for a powerful motivational program featuring Anthony Robbins, Brian Tracy, Suze Orman, and others. The article is available upon request.

Hampton provides Wellness programs to communities that wish to reach out to non-traditional markets such as the deconditioned, aging, youth and corporate markets. These programs are designed to educate and create positive lifestyle change for individuals who are at risk for catastrophic illness and or/death.

In San Diego, CA he is developing a wellness campaign that targets communities that are hard hit by diabetes and offers a $2,700.00 - 90 day intervention campaign to individuals that qualify for no charge. He is working with Jeanette Diaz of the San Diego American Indian Health Center to target the local Native American population. He is also the creator and Executive Director for the National wellness campaign, The Wellness Wakeup Challenge: (www.fitcommerce.com - click onto The Wellness Wakeup Challenge icon).

He can be contacted at GEOFFLHAMPTON@aol.com

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