Laura is a registered nurse who has an extensive background in fitness center management, program development, exercise instruction, wellness and nutrition counseling and public speaking.
As a public health advocate her focus is to promote wellness and prevention as a priority, as well as an option, for all individuals. She serves on the Board of Health and leads The Mayor’s Wellness Committee in her town in New Jersey. She is a state board member of the New Jersey Local Boards of Health Association.
Her published works include a book, “Get Fit To Go”(Unlimited Publishing 2010), and hundreds of health and fitness articles as a weekly newspaper columnist - "Keeping Fit With Laura O'Reilly" - for The Daily Record (Gannett News Services). She has contributed to publications and websites throughout the U.S. and is the executive producer and host of a healthy lifestyle video series, "Get Fit To Go".
In her full time position as the Director of Health and Wellness for Easter Seals NewJersey, she gets great satisfaction from contributing to Easter Seals' mission to enable individuals with disabilities and special needs and their families, to live, learn, work and play in their communities with equality, dignity, and independence.
