Susan F. Ramsden
Susan F. Ramsden is fitness administrative director at the South Shore YMCA in Quincy, Massachusetts, where she is responsible for the logistical aspects of all research programs. Ms. Ramsden designed and developed the Partnership Program, which provides supervised strength exercise for people with various disabilities, as modeled in chapter ten of this book, entitled Workouts on Wheels. She has served on the Senior Fitness Subcommittee of the Governor’s Committee on Physical Fitness and Sports, and in 1998 received the Outstanding Service Award from this committee. She is publisher/editor of a monthly health and fitness newsletter called The Motivator, which features articles by many of the foremost professionals in the fields of health, fitness and nutrition, and also writes and edits other articles and publications. Ms. Ramsden has assisted Dr. Westcott with several books, including a chapter on practical approaches to sensible nutrition for young people. Ms. Ramsden, a fitness enthusiast and regular strength trainer, lives in Brockton, Massachusetts.
