The Team
Be the strength you wish to see in the world
Kirei Yasunori
Founder & CEO
Kirei founded Evolved in November 2013 with a mission to build strong, healthy bodies. With a lifetime career in fitness, martial arts, and yoga, she has coached thousands of students and clients. Kirei values real health and believes strength training is the most powerful tool for maintaining a high quality of life and aging-positively. Leading the team at Evolved, she aims to leave clients feeling strong and confident in their overall health.
Alanna Driscoll
Managing Director & Co-Owner
Alanna is Evolved's Managing Director and owner of the Kelowna location. She is a strong advocate for strength training as a key component of a healthy lifestyle. Alanna handles day-to-day operations, oversees hiring and training, and constantly seeks to improve the business. With a background in commercial gyms, she values Evolved Strength's focus on exercise as a health service and not an aesthetic. Alanna provides knowledgeable and compassionate leadership for the team.
Dakota
Office Manager
Growing up on a ranch outside of Claresholm, Dakota knows the value of hard work. Now graduated and a registered kinesiologist, Dakota is an excellent addition to the Evolved family in the studio and behind the scenes as our Administrative Manager. She is incredibly knowledgeable and values detail and accuracy in everything she does.
Kaley
Head Trainer & Sales Lead
Kaley is loved by many for her kind personality and encouragement in the training room. As a human physiology grad, Kaley is skilled at targeting specific muscles. She is a valued team member and can be found at both Kensington and Willow Park Village studios, where she also serves as sales lead. With Kaley you will improve your mind-to-muscle connection and boost confidence with every workout focused on perfecting form, building strength, and pushing beyond limits.
Jill
Trainer - Kensington
Jill is a fun, yet detail-oriented trainer who brings compassion, intensity, and precision to every workout. She is always looking for new challenges and embraces the learning experience, you can find Jill trying a new style of yoga, out walking her pup Homer, and spending quality time with the people she loves. With her precise training approach, Jill pushes her clients safely and effectively to improve their form and reach their goals.
Heather
Trainer - Willow Park Village
Heather’s rigorous yoga teacher training allows her to give very specific cues to help you activate muscles that have gone to sleep. Training with Heather greatly enhances your mind-to-muscle connection. She does not miss a thing about form and specializes in breath work. Your safety is her primary concern, working with her encouraging and focused energy is a sure way to finish your workout worry-free!
Dudley
Trainer - Kensington
Dudley, a retired high school teacher and behavioural specialist, brings 35 years of experience and a passion for teaching to his role at Evolved Strength. With a background in outdoor survival skills and Karate, he offers precise and detail-oriented workouts. Despite a tough exterior, Dudley has a kind heart and is deeply committed to health and fitness, inspired by his mother's battle with cancer. In his free time, Dudley enjoys the outdoors, riding his motorcycle, and spending time with his cat, Lola.
Lucas
Trainer - Kensington
Lucas is a caring trainer who will push you to your limits and make you feel accomplished after every workout. With a passion for sports and a background in physiology, he helps clients focus on the right muscles. Expect to build a relationship with Lucas as he helps you reach your full strength. As a Physical Literacy student at Mount Royal University, Lucas is constantly learning and seeking ways to give back to the community, including through his volunteer work with children with disabilities.
Quenten
Trainer - Kensington
Quenten is a Kinesiology graduate from the University of Lethbridge who knows all about the "work hard, play hard" mentality. He's a positive and polite trainer who will challenge you to get the most out of your workout. When he's not at the studio, Quenten enjoys playing guitar and spending time with family and friends. Quenten loves the full-body workout he can get at the studio and the increased confidence he feels outside of it.
Brenden
Trainer - Kelowna
Brenden is a BC boy at heart, born in Nanaimo and raised in Kelowna. He's a friendly and energetic trainer who is both your cheerleader and taskmaster in the gym. He wants to motivate you with a smile and education, pushing you hard to achieve results. Brenden prioritizes client care, always making sure they are comfortable and satisfied. As a Kinesiologist, he believes in strength training for physical and mental health. With a passion for human movement, health, and fitness, he focuses on form and technique while emphasizing a mind-muscle connection, resulting in better control and engagement during workouts.
Murray
Trainer - Willow Park Village
Murray's strong passion for resistance training developed during his high school years, with a particular interest in lower volume and higher intensity protocols. At Evolved, Murray works with clients using the most efficient, safe, and evidence-based training protocol available in the fitness industry. Despite experiencing a serious 5-week hospitalization in 2020, which his doctors thought he would never fully recover from, Murray credits his regular resistance training for his remarkable recovery. In addition to exercise, Murray has a passion for politics and enjoys outdoor activities like hiking, kayaking, and paddle boarding. Murray has been married for over 3 decades to his wife, Kym and has three daughters, which he considers his proudest achievement. Starting at Evolved in November 2022, Murray loves the intense, brief workouts using excellent resistance equipment.
Emily
Trainer - Kensington
Her active family and love for volleyball pushed Emily towards studying kinesiology. She is passionate about the positive impact physical activity can have, both physically and mentally, and is currently conducting her own research on physical activity. To live authentically as her true self, Emily strives to have genuine interactions with everyone she meets and give each person the benefit of the doubt. Her daily inspiration comes from her faith. As a personal trainer, Emily's focus is on ensuring that each client gets the most out of their time with her. She treats each session as if it were the only one she had with the client and cheers them on while pushing them to their max. Emily joined Evolved in January 2023, and she loves the workout's foundation in science, efficiency, and feasibility. Through her time at Evolved, she has gained knowledge about the importance of momentary muscular failure, which has allowed her to make her own workouts even more effective.She loves seeing clients challenge themselves to become stronger and more capable of moving pain-free through life.