Chris Waller, Owner/Head Coach
Levels 7-Elite. Chris had been coaching the team at SCV School of Gymnastics for a little over a year prior to the ownership and name change; however, his gymnastics and coaching background is extensive. Currently Chris is the 1st Assistant Coach for UCLA Women’s Gymnastics. He is also a 1992 Olympian, 2004 Olympic Coach to Silver Medalist, Mohini Bhardwaj, 2004 NCAA Assistant Coach of the Year, 2001 Lev 7 Southern California Coach of the Year, seven-time National Champion, and a Triple Medallist at the Goodwill Games.  In 1991, he graduated with a degree in history from UCLA.  During his competitive years at UCLA, he helped lead his team to NCAA gold.  He has been chairman of USA Gymnastics Athletes Council, a member of the Executive Committee of USA Gymnastics, a member of the 2000 Men’s Olympic Team Selection Committee, and has sat on numerous other committees of USA Gymnastics.  Chris has been a State, Regional, and National Congress Clinician for USA Gymnastics.  Chris is an accomplished motivational speaker and lecturer.  Chris was a special guest and coach at the two largest gymnastics camps in the U.S.A. for a combined 11 years.  
 
In 1997 Chris and wife Cindy built GymJam Camp into the largest boys and girls gymnastics camp west of the Mississippi.  After building up the camp to over 500 campers during three weeks of summer sessions, Chris and Cindy brought their camp operation to Woodward Gymnastics Camp.  As the Gymnastics Directors for Woodward West, Chris and Cindy helped launch Woodward’s Tehachapi, California location.  Together they were responsible for marketing, enrollment, and all gymnastics programs.  Woodward also hired Chris to “draw” kids to camp.  Some of Chris’s responsibilities and duties included the design and construction of the interior of the gymnastics facility, and the design and construction of custom gymnastics equipment.  His vision, accomplishments, field knowledge, and management skills created the west coast’s premier gymnastics camp.  Chris has been married to Cindy since June of 1993 and they have two children, Alex (Level 7) and Lilia (Level 4).
 
Cindy Waller, Owner/Business Operations Manager
Cindy Waller has been involved in the sport of gymnastics since 1978, either as a competitive athlete, coach, motivator or camp director.  Although she has an intimate involvement in the sport, her biggest attribute is her business background.  She is a 1992 graduate of UCLA with an Economics degree with an emphasis in Business.  Cindy played a major role in the development of Mad Dogg Athletics, the corporate office for the Spinning® program (the original indoor cycling exercise program). As one of the original five employees of Mad Dogg Athletics, Cindy helped create many of the company's systems.  She managed and coordinated both the Spinning instructor trainings in North America and the World Spinning and Sports Conference.  She brings crucial business management skills that she acquired at Mad Dogg Athletics and GymJam Camp to Wallers’ GymJam Academy.  Cindy has been an essential part of all aspects of the creation and operation of Flying Chris, Inc. and GymJam.
 
From 2002-2004 along with marketing and programming, Cindy’s main responsibilities at Woodward West were to coordinate U.S. club teams and National Teams from various countries to train at Woodward West.  Furthermore, she was responsible for opening and managing the year-round gymnastics school.  In a very small town, Cindy managed to enroll 100 children in gymnastics instruction in the first month.
 
Together, Chris, Cindy and family are excited to make Wallers’ GymJam Academy the premier gymnastics program in Southern California.
 
Mohini Bhardwaj
Team Coach Levels 7 - Elite. Mohini is a 2004 Olympic silver-medalist and Team Captain for the Silver Medal USA Olympic Team. Before competing in the Olympics, Mohini was an 11-time All-American at UCLA and a 4-Time NCAA Champion with UCLA. She won national titles in floor exercise and uneven bars. She set the UCLA record with eight perfect 10s, and led the Bruins to two national titles.
 
Aladine Naamou
Team Coach Levels 5 - Elite. Aladine Naamou competed in numerous international competitions including the World Championships and Goodwill Games. He was 7-Time All-Around Champion for Syria. He was trained by coaches of the Soviet Union and spent a lot of time at training camps in Moscow.  Aladine also owned his own gymnastics school for ten years and coached at Penn State.  He is an excellent technician, spotter, and a super positive and energetic coach.

Tracy Hite
Team Coach Levels 5 - 7 and Lil’ Jammers Instructor. Tracy Hite (formerly Tracy Cheshier) was a Level 10 Arizona State Champion on Vault and then went on to compete for San Jose State University on a scholarship.  She is also a NAWGJ Judge 01-03 (levels 4-8) and is a personal trainer.

Bob Matthews
Team Coach Levels 7 to Elite. Bob has been coaching for 18 years and brings his expertise from several high level gyms throughout the country. Bob was the Washington TOP Program Manager (The TOPs program is a talent identification program separate from the regular competitive season designed to identify the strongest young female athletes in the country) and Program Director for NASA Gymnastics. He now holds the position in Sourthern California. Over the past 13 years he has coached 23 National TOP competitors including 11 TOP National Team Members, 5 USAG National Competitors, 1 National Champion, 3 Regional Champions and numerous State Champions.

Karl Ziehn
Boys Head Coach and Trampoline and Tumbling Head Coach. Karl competed for UC Berkeley where he was Team Captain in 2003.  He then became the Head Girls Coach at Gold Coast Gymnastics where he brought the program to new heights.  He is now eager to get back involved on the men’s side and build a strong program at Wallers’ GymJam Academy.
 
Steve Wagner
Team Coach Level 4, Pre Team and Academy Coach. Steve owned SCV School of Gymnastics from 1985 until 2005 when the Wallers purchased the gym from him.
 
Jennifer Yarbrough
Team Coach Levels 4 - 5 and Academy Coach. Jennifer competed for Great Lakes Gymnastics Club as a Level 10.  She then went on to compete for Michigan State University from 2002 – 2005.

Andrew Estrada
Pre-Team and Academy Coach. Andrew competed for TLC gymnastics in Simi Valley and then moved on to coaching there when he was 16. He has been coaching at SCV School of Gymnastics/Wallers' GymJam Academy for five years.

Additional Academy Coaches

Naomi Cruz
Jaymee Byars
Jeremy Fish
Greg Kadlec
Richard Thompson
Tarah Westland
Cathy Williams