Athletes

Currently serving as a member of Women's Sports Foundation Board of Trustees (elected 1999), Donna Richardson is recognized as one of the premier fitness "gurus" in the world. A former national aerobic champion silver medalist (1996), Richardson has starred in more than 20 award-winning exercise videos and is an active promoter and supporter of women's sports and fitness. She is a co-founder for Girlfriends' Coffee Talk Foundation, an organization dedicated to promoting literacy and wellness by helping women and young girls establish reading and wellness clubs. She serves as the spokesperson for the American Heart Association, Proctor & Gamble, Dasani and ProLine, as well as a volunteer fitness consultant and advisory board member for The Boys and Girls Club of America. Richardson also is a trainer for the Ford Modeling Agency. She has received numerous awards for her work as the founder of StayFit Kids, a program that motivates urban youth to have a positive, healthy and drug-free lifestyle. She was voted as one of the "Top 10 Movers and Shakers in the Fitness Industry" by Fitness magazine in 1996. That same year, she was selected as one of the "Top 5 Fitness Video Instructors" by the "Oprah Winfrey Show." She is the host of “Sweating in the Spirit” on the World Network as well as the fitness program host for her husband's nationally syndicated radio show, “The Tom Joyner Morning Show.” Additionally, she is a fitness expert for Channel 8 "Good Morning Texas," and a fitness contributor for CNN and NBC's "Weekend Today Show." Richardson contributes to numerous magazines, including Fitness, Fit, Healthy Living and Jump. Richardson's newly release video "Sweating in the Spirit" is in the no. 1position on Billboard's Health & Fitness Video chart in the country. (10/04)