MEET THE # ISPA2025 KEYNOTES
Member favorites on the schedule for ISPA ’ s 35th anniversary celebration
WHEN ISPA MEMBERS GATHER at the 2025 ISPA Conference , we ’ ll be celebrating 35 years of community and leadership . Three and a half decades provide ample opportunities to look back at our shared accomplishments while also
looking ahead with hope . The event ’ s daily keynote speakers are a fitting reflection of that blend of history and future .
Day One
Day Two
PARALYMPIC MEDALIST AMY PURDY will headline the opening day ’ s Power Session with her powerful story of resilience and determination . An audience favorite at ISPA ’ s 25th anniversary gathering in 2015 , Purdy returns to inspire the spa community once again .
SHE IS KNOWN FOR : Purdy has won medals at the USASA National Snowboarding Championship and is the most decorated Paralympic snowboarder in U . S . history .
She co-founded Adaptive Action Sports ( AAS ), an organization that has made significant strides in including action sports like snowboarding in the Paralympic Games .
Purdy wrote a memoir : On My Own Two Feet : From Losing My Legs to Learning the Dance of Life .
HOSPITALITY AND CULINARY POWER COUPLE Will Guidara and Christina Tosi will address the Power Session audience as joint keynote speakers on the middle day of Conference . The duo will introduce a new level of service expertise to ISPA members , who remember Guidara from his riveting Town Hall presentation at the 2023 ISPA Conference in Las Vegas .
THEY ARE KNOWN FOR : Tosi is a two-time James Beard Award-winning chef and owner of Milk Bar who has served as a judge on Fox ’ s Masterchef and Masterchef Junior .
Guidara guided Eleven Madison Park to three Michelin stars , four stars from The New York Times and the top spot on the list of the World ’ s 50 Best Restaurants .
Tosi wrote the book Dessert Can Save the World : Stories , Secrets , and Recipes for a Stubbornly Joyful Existence .
Guidara ’ s best-known book is Unreasonable Hospitality : The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect . n
MORE INFORMATION — INCLUDING SPEAKER PROFILES and the announcement of the third keynote speaker — can be found at attendISPA . com and in upcoming Pulse issues . Additional details , including the event ’ s agenda , speaker lineup and more , will be unveiled in the months ahead .
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