Meet the Team
leadership
Where Confidence Soars Begins Here
All decisions made by this company are based on one simple question…What’s best for the kids?

Beth Morphis
Co-Owner & President

Beth Morphis
Co-Owner & President
Fate dealt an interesting blow during the fall semester of her freshman year. Beth suffered a torn ACL after a fall on the uneven bars - unfortunately, the injury required reconstructive knee surgery. She spent the next four months in a full leg cast, six months on crutches and two years in rehab. She learned many things during this time, including both patience and a giant swing on bars, in which she was the first ISU gymnast to compete.
After college, Beth came back home and along with her parents and husband, began running the family business. She has been a long-time NC-USAG Board Member and a speaker at both USAG State and Regional Congresses, SwimConsultant seminars and was an integral part of USAIGC Nationals from 1989-2001.
Additionally, she is the Founder GymStart, serves in lay leadership at St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church and loves to travel and listen to Jackson Browne. Beth is married to Kenny Morphis and has two awesome children, Jon and Alex. She loves working at Salem with her husband, father and son and feels very fortunate to have a job she looks forward to going to every day. Her hope is that the lives she touches will take the lessons learned and continue on to greatness wherever they go.

Kenny Morphis
Co-Owner & Head Coach

Kenny Morphis
Co-Owner & Head Coach
Kenny began working at Salem in 1984 and has been Head Coach of the girl’s competitive teams for over 35 years. He has coached numerous National Champions and NCAA scholarship recipients and is a member of the 2011 Region 8 Gymnastics Hall of Fame.
Kenny is married to Beth and they have two children, Jon and Alex, who both work in the family business.

Frank Minter
Co-Owner & President Emeritus

Frank Minter
Co-Owner & President Emeritus
Frank is well-traveled and enjoys scuba diving, spending time with his grandchildren and driving his Mini Cooper. He loves to see children enjoy exercising and going home sweating and smiling!

Adrienne Beauchamp
Director of Operations

Adrienne Beauchamp
Director of Operations
After some time at home, she worked with Monkee’s Franchising, LLC where she was the Vice President of Operations. Between careers, when Salem opened the Swim School, Adrienne re-connected with her love of the water and taught swim lessons at Salem!
She also has her own company, Encore Retail Consulting. Adrienne remains involved in her church and enjoys spending time at the lake with her husband William and children, Will and Maggie. She is very active in mentoring local business owners through the Forsyth Technical Community College Small Business Center. Adrienne is very passionate about business success, customer service, relationships and youth sports and fitness!

Charlene DeVito
Camps & Special Events Coordinator

Charlene DeVito
Camps & Special Events Coordinator
She currently is the Executive Administrator of Salem and is the Director of Camps, Parties & Special Events. Charlene lives in Clemmons with her husband Jeff and is the mom of Coby and Gracie.

Beth-Anne Brown
Business Office Manager

Beth-Anne Brown
Business Office Manager
Working for Salem was a natural transition considering she has had a child involved in every aspect of the Gym at one time or another. Her son, Dalton, got his Black Belt at Salem and was on Salem’s Cheer Extreme Co-ed team. Her daughter, Devin, was on the Salem Dance Team and has worked in the office as well as teaching dance and camps at Salem. Her daughter, Dani, was on Salem’s Gymnastics Team and is currently a gymnastics instructor.
Beth-Anne has been married to David Brown for over 30 years and loves working with the public.

Susan Loper
Education Specialist

Susan Loper
Education Specialist
She is the mother of 3 young adults and has been married for 30 years. She has recently moved back to Winston-Salem and is currently leading seminars at Salem and around the community to help our children and their families be the best they can be.

Jeff DeVito
Rec Gymnastics Head Coach

Jeff DeVito
Rec Gymnastics Head Coach
Jeff does a little of everything at the gym, serving as Head Coach for the Gymnastics program, Tumbleweed teacher, Team Coach, head of Buildings & Grounds, and anything else that is needed. He is also in charge of staff training – “it's fun to pass on what I have learned to new staff members.”
Over the years Jeff has been a speaker at NC State clinics and always draws a crowd. Jeff is married to Ms. Charlene who also works at Salem and has two children, Coby (a UNC-CH grad!) and Gracie.

Heather Stafford
Rec Gymnastics Director

Heather Stafford
Rec Gymnastics Director
She continued to use her foundational tumbling skills from gymnastics throughout her competitive and collegiate cheerleading years. Heather attended UNC Wilmington and Appalachian State University and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education in 2009.
She has been coaching gymnastics for nearly a decade and has taught kindergarten as well. She has a passion for working with children and values the opportunity to teach life lessons through coaching gymnastics.

Chris Young
Boys' Team Head Coach

Chris Young
Boys' Team Head Coach
Chris attended the University of Minnesota, then came back to North Carolina to train again with Bob to chase his dream of becoming an Olympian. In 1997 Chris moved to the Olympic Training Center where he became a National Team member. He went on to compete for the USA Men’s National Team in the Pan-American Games where the team won the Silver Medal.
Next, Chris earned a spot on the 1999 World Championship Team that took 6th in the world, helping the USA to qualify for the 2000 Olympic Games. An achilles tear in January 2000 stopped his Olympic dream from coming to fruition, however, he did compete at the 2000 Olympic Trails. Chris has coached boys' gymnastics ever since then, and now he is back where it all started.
Chris’ dream is to help the boys that he coaches become strong men in their community. He is married to Salem coach Arien, and has four children: C.J., Christiana, Skylar and Layton.

Arien Young
Girls' Team Assistant Coach

Arien Young
Girls' Team Assistant Coach
In her sophomore year, she suffered an ankle injury that prevented her from competing for two seasons. It was during this time that she fell more in love with coaching and motivating her teammates. This time helped shaped her into the coach that she is today.
Upon graduating from N.C. State with an Undergrad in Sports Management she decided to move to the Winston-Salem area where she got to work with and learn from her club gymnastics coach, Mike. Fast forward 12 years later, she has had coaching success at the State and Regional level and is eager and excited to create young and well-balanced gymnasts.
Arien and her husband, Chris Young were married in June of 2013 and they have two young boys, Skylar and Layton. They hope to continue to spread the joys of gymnastics and encourage the youth in our community!

Dani Brown
Tumbleweeds Coordinator

Dani Brown
Tumbleweeds Coordinator
She began volunteer coaching at Salem when she was 14 and worked throughout high school and into college. She moved to Charlotte where she continued to coach gymnastics and then returned home to the Salem staff with more than 10 years’ of coaching experience.

Alexis Demmitt
Swim School Director

Alexis Demmitt
Swim School Director
Her school career was put on hold when she had a baby girl of her own. She now has two beautiful girls who have attended both gymnastics and swim at Salem Gym. Alexis’ love of teaching and children has kept her in the classroom working in local preschools. She is excited about this opportunity to broaden her teaching horizons and work more with kids.

Ms. Keri
Aquatics Director

Ms. Keri
Aquatics Director
After Graduation, the need to teach swimming continued and Keri spent over 15 years teaching swimming to everyone 6 months to adults. After a few years off to raise her family, she is back to teaching swimming at Salem.
our staff
Meet Our Amazing Staff
We hire only good people, those who love children and want to help them grow.

Swim Instructor

USAG Team Coach

Swim Instructor

Swim Instructor

Gymnastics Coach

Gymnastics Instructor

Gymnastics Coach

Gymnastics Coach

Customer Service

USAG Gymnastics Coach

Gymnastics Coach

Gymnastics Coach

Swim Instructor

Swim Instructor

Customer Service

Gymnastics Coach

Gymnastics Coach

USAG Team Coach

Swim Instructor

Gymnastics Instructor

USAG Team Coach

Swim Instructor

Swim Instructor

Gymnastics Coach

Swim Instructor

Swim Instructor

Swim Instructor

Gymnastics Instructor

Swim Instructor

Swim Instructor

Swim Instructor

Gymnastics Coach

Swim Instructor

Custodian

Gymnastics Instructor

Gymnastics Coach

Swim Instructor

Gymnastics Coach

USAG Team Coach

Gymnastics Coach

Customer Service

Gymnastics Coach

Gymnastics Coach

Gymnastics Coach


USAG Gymnastics Coach
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