the ProceSS
The application will open on april 1, 2019, when primary and
secondary members of iSPa can visit experienceispa.com to
submit their application to serve. applications will be
accepted for thirty days, closing on april 30, 2019. Every
qualified applicant will participate in a first round interview,
conducted via telephone (taking place in June), led by the
iSPa nominations committee. Those applicants moving
forward will receive a second interview (in July) with the
entire committee present in one location, also via telephone.
upon final selection, the nominations committee will
announce the recommended slate of candidates to the iSPa
membership.
(resortSuite) and Todd Shaw (Technogym), serving
alongside Sharilyn abbajay (mattison avenue Spa and Salon
Suites), Jean Kolb (hutchinson consulting), Jane Segerberg
(Segerberg Spa consulting), Ella Kent (Sea island resort),
michael Tompkins (hutchinson consulting) and Deborah
Waldvogel (resortSuite). iSPa chairman Garrett mersberger
also joins the committee this year, serving in an advisory
role.
Who cArrIeS out thIS BIg
reSPonSIBIlIty?
Each year, the nominations committee (made up of active
iSPa leaders) guides candidates through an extensive appli-
cation and interview process. This enables the committee to
find the industry’s best strategic thinkers and most
passionate, driven leaders. The 2019 iSPa nominations
committee is comprised of co-chairs frank Pitsikalis
dId you knoW?
BEFoRE MAKING ANY DECISIoN,
THE BoARD ASKS:
doeS It Strengthen
the InduStry?
doeS It helP our
memBerS?
clockwise from top: the Board meets in 2006 at the Broadmoor
hotel; the 2018 nominations committee evaluating candidates;
the Board at a 1993 meeting in italy.
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