I met Caroline Kennedy at the premiere of a documentary about her father, President John F. Kennedy, produced in coordination with Al Roker Entertainment — Al being a longtime friend and someone I've worked with for years.
I was there as part of the nutrition panel, which felt fitting: President Kennedy created the President's Council on Physical Fitness and made national fitness a genuine American priority. That lineage runs straight through my own work — I later served on the California Governor's Council on Physical Fitness alongside Jack LaLanne.
Caroline was gracious, thoughtful, and quietly formidable. Being included in an evening honoring her father's legacy — and the physical-fitness movement he started — was an honor I will not forget.
Photo: Jorge Cruise with Caroline Kennedy at the documentary premiere.