FROM YOUR CHAIRMAN
2017
ISPA BOARD
OF DIRECTORS
ELECTED OFFICERS
CHAIRMAN
Todd Shaw
The Peaks Resort & Spa
VICE CHAIRMAN
Todd Hewitt
Shangri-La International
SECRETARY/TREASURER
Garrett Mersberger
Kohler Co.
IncredIble, truly IncredIble! Doesn’t the ISPA Conference & Expo just keep
getting better and better? I always wonder how we can top the last one, and then I get there and
IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIRMAN
Michael Tompkins
Hutchinson Consulting
DIRECTORS
am always just blown away! Raising the bar year-to-year is what our organization does best, and Sharilyn Abbajay
ISPA Foundation Vice Chairman
I must take a moment to thank both the ISPA Board of Directors and our amazing ISPA staff for Noel Asmar
Noel Asmar Group, Inc.
their passion and dedication to our industry and organization. Their creativity and hard work are Damien Craft
Four Seasons Westlake Village
the reason we are able to experience such a powerful and uplifting week
of spa networking and education.
But we can’t let all the progress and momentum we built in
If you look closely at my bright pink socks
that I rocked onstage with Peyton, you’ll
see a little message: kill ‘em with kindness.
It’s a fitting motto for a group that exudes
kindness and strength.
October fade away. It’s more important than ever to take the
toolkit you brought home from the 2017 ISPA Conference &
Expo and put it to good use. Call the people whose business
cards you brought home just to catch up. Share the knowledge
you learned from our keynote speakers and professional devel-
opment sessions with your staff. Get to work on those sparks of
creativity you wrote in your Conference journal. The longer you let it all sit there,
Scott Duncan
Spa Gregorie’s
Brennan Evans
Trilogy Spa Holdings
Blake Feeney
Living Earth Crafts
Kelleye Heydan
The Edgewater Resort & Spa
Patrick Huey
Minor Hotel Group
Kristine Huffman
Huffman Hospitality Concepts
Laura Parsons
ESPA International (US) Ltd. (Spa Division)
Frank Pitsikalis
ISPA Foundation Chairman
the less likely you’ll get to any of it.
I know they say, “what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas,” but that doesn’t apply to ISPA.
Eric Stephenson
Well World Group
The three days of bonding and support you felt can last throughout the year if you let it. It’s up Robert Vance
to you to make moves to stay in touch with your ISPA family. Connect with new friends on Lynne McNees
International SPA Association
social media, make plans to meet up with local ISPA members for a monthly dinner, or volunteer
for an ISPA Task Force. You get what you put in, and after such an incredible ISPA Conference
& Expo, you’d be hurting yourself if you didn’t put in everything you’ve got.
MEDICAL ADVISOR
Brent A. Bauer, MD
Mayo Clinic
So, fellow ISPA members, I challenge you to keep the momentum going. Take our industry
to the next level by staying connected, volunteering your time, and following through on the
great ideas that I know you have. And at next year’s ISPA Conference & Expo in Phoenix, I CHAIRMEN’S COUNCIL
expect to see the incredible results of all your hard work. Past ISPA Chairmen who are current members:
Gayle Brady • Brady Spa Consulting
Ella Kent • The Spa at Sea Island
Jeff Kohl • Spa & Club Ideations
Jean Kolb • Well By Choice
—TODD SHAW, CHAIRMAN
John Korpi • Korpi & Korpi
Kate Mearns • 5 Spa Consulting LLC
Todd Shaw MBA
@tddshaw
Todd Shaw
Jim Root • The Westmoor Club
Jane Segerberg • Segerberg Spa Consulting, LLC
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