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FOUNDERS SERIES HONORED VISIONARIES Who Shaped Today’ s Spa Experience

PULSE READERS RECENTLY CELEBRATED leaders who have shaped the spa industry’ s evolution through the Spa Industry Founders series. Now complete, the series offered an inside look at groundbreakers whose vision and leadership built the foundation of today’ s spa experience.
Their stories reflected a shared commitment to innovation, growth and elevating the profession—
honoring the past while inspiring the future of our community.
What the series explored A recurring theme throughout was the drive to continually build, develop and enhance the spa experience. The series spotlighted industry visionaries, including:
ALISSA BAYER milk + honey
SUSANA BELEN AND SUZY LOMBARDI
We Care Spa
LEJLA CAS KNESKO Skin
CLODAGH Clodagh Design
ANGELA CORTRIGHT Spa Gregorie’ s
KATHRYN DUNDAS Sublime Life
NOELLA GABRIEL Elemis
TARA GRODJESK Tara Spa Therapy
PAUL AND CHASITY HESTER Be Medispa
CELESTE HILLING Skin Authority
JANE IREDALE jane iredale The Skincare Makeup
SHEILA JOHNSON Salamander Middleburg
KEVIN KELLY Civano Advisory Services
PAM McNAIR Gadabout SalonSpas
PATRICK O’ CONNELL The Inn at Little Washington

Revisit the series

Interested in exploring these remarkable journeys? The full Spa Industry Founders series is available to members in the Pulse archives. Visit pulse. experienceispa. com and select the Publications Panel to access past issues.
JENEFER PALMER OSEA Malibu
GARY ROBIE ReadyCare
KRISTINA VALIANI The Beauty of Hope
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