Owner Bios: Greg Burch and Liz Wise
Greg Burch is a Health-preneur whose goal is to partner with Columbus schools, businesses, organizations and the community at large to incorporate healthy snacks into their wellness programs by providing state of the art H.U.M.A.N Healthy Vending machines in their establishments. Prior to establishing Columbus Healthy Vending, Greg spent 8 years in the Health and Human Performance industry with his company Burch Fitness and is a seasoned marathon runner. Born and raised in San Antonio, Texas amidst breakfast tacos and enchilada dinners he quickly recognized the importance of accessibility to healthy food options in developing life-long healthy eating habits. He began his foray into fitness and endurance with the ultimate test in fortitude, strength, and courage: service to his country in both the Navy and Army where he served for 10 years ending with a tour in Iraq as an Infantry officer. Greg is a father of two delightfully chatty children and when not having his business partner, Liz Wise and children drop and give him 50, he can be found researching and networking for additional opportunities to share knowledge on health and fitness with his beloved transplanted city of Columbus. Liz Wise is an athlete, mother, and business woman with a passion for fitness and healthy living. She joins Greg in his pursuit to bring healthy snack options to the Columbus community because as a single mother with active and busy children, she frequently struggled to find healthy options for both herself and her children while on the go. One day, as she vacuumed the cheese puffs and stale fast food fries out from under the back seat of her car, she raised her pudgy fist in the air and declared “As God is my witness, those fast food joints and junk food filled vending machines are not going to lick me. I'm going to live through this and when it's all over, me and my kids will never be hungry and out of shape again!” From that day on she changed her attitude and ideas about food and exercise for her whole family and knew she had to share her search for healthy foods with the world. Liz is also a native of San Antonio but fell in love with Columbus while visiting Greg. She brings with her over 16 years of business experience from her employment with USAA, a fortune 300 financial services company, where she honed her skills in project and change management. Liz lifts like a guy, participates in the occasional 5k and began playing Roller Derby in 2011 in San Antonio where she was a jammer and blocker for the Alamo City Rollergirls.
