table of contents
Columns
2
PFIFA Board of Directors
Trey Owen
President
2015 Issue 1
A Message from the President
Ben Heiderscheidt
Vice President
Pete Hopkins
Secretary
Kevin Fagan
Treasurer
Departments
CJ Bouchard
Director
4
PFIFA Member News
Mike Cleary
Director
14
Calendar of Events
16
Franchisee Spotlight
Stanley DeMartinis Jr.
Director
26
Best Practices
Kevin Jost
Director
Brian Kablik
Director
Directories
Dave Leon
Director
17
Associate Member Listing
Sharree Ryder
Director
40
Advertisers Guide and Editorial Calendar
Features
18
Your PFIFA Staff At-a-Glance
28
3 Big Reasons to Have an Attorney Read
Your Franchise Agreement Before Signing
by J. Mark Dady, Dady & Gardner P.C.
30
10 Apps for Busy Small-Business Owners
by Kristen Perez, PFIFA communications
The lit up exterior of a Macon,
Georgia, club owned by original Planet
Fitness franchisees Shane McGuiness
and Eric Dore.
Meet Your PFIFA Board of Directors
25
On the Cover
coordinator
32
Estate Planning: The Fundamentals
by Denis Dillon, McLane Law Firm
36
Is Your Club in Top Shape?
contributed by ManagerComplete
37
Addition by Subtraction
by Jim Sullivan, sullivision.com
38
10 Tips to Get Your Insurance Claims Paid
1701 Barrett Lakes Blvd. NW, Suite 180
Kennesaw, GA 30144
Phone: 678-797-5160
Fax: 678-797-5170
www.pffranchisee.org
Kristi Keith-Hoffman
Executive Director
CJ Bouchard
Chairman
Stanley DeMartinis Jr.
Jessie Dricker
Ben Heiderscheidt
Chris Klebba
PFIFA Editorial Board
& Sapp, LLP
34
Headquarters
by Douglas H. Duerr, Elarbee Thompson Wilson
Steve Thomas
Director
PFIFA Communications
Committee
Criminal Background Checks
Toni Rufo
Director
Elizabeth Lowman
Editor-in-Chief
elizabethl@pffranchisee.org
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