Mark Harrington, Jr.

Mark Harrington, Jr.

Mark Harrington Jr. is President of Healthworks Fitness Centers for Women, President and Co-Founder of Republic Fitness, and Co-Founder of GymIt and First Fitness Management.  Along with Healthworks Community Fitness, the five brands are collectivity known as Healthworks Group. With a total of 14 locations, Healthworks Group is the largest local family-owned fitness company in Boston, MA.  Together its brands serve over 30,000 members and employ over 600 talented fitness professionals.  The five brands provide a full spectrum of offerings consisting of low price/high volume, premium women’s only, premium co-ed, managed sites, and non-profit community wellness.  Since joining Healthworks Group in 2010, Mark has been instrumental in the company’s growth, emphasizing its mission and core values and utilizing technology to improve efficiency and operations. Prior to Healthworks Group, Mark was a Project Manager at Exeter Group for nearly ten years; there he oversaw the development and completion of large scale IT projects.  Mark graduated from Middlebury College with a B.A. in Computer Science. He currently resides in Winchester, MA with his wife and two young daughters.