ISPA FOUNDATION
FOUNDATION
SPAS CONTINUE TO REOPEN, TIME
MARCHES ON and we’re beginning to draw
closer to next spring’s 30th ISPA Conference & Expo,
which is now only eight months away.
During this time of tremendous uncertainty,
the generosity of ISPA members has continued to
amaze me. In addition to the scores of initiatives
our members have launched to support first
responders, donate masks and more, the ISPA
Foundation just recently received a few new
donations for the next ISPA Foundation Live &
Silent Auction. If you’ve contributed to the ISPA
Foundation, I’d like to thank you for your continued support of the work we do for
the industry. Each donation makes the research we provide—such as this spring’s
COVID-focused Consumer Snapshot—possible. As our industry recovers from the
setbacks of 2020, accurate and detailed research will be critical to blazing a path
towards new growth for every ISPA member.
If you’d like to donate an item for an upcoming ISPA Foundation auction, please
reach out to the ISPA staff at ispa@ispastaff.com, or visit
experienceispa.com/about/ispa-foundation. Donating an item to the ISPA
Foundation isn’t just a great way to give back, though—it’s also a tax-deductible way
to put your brand in front of ISPA members from around the world. In addition to our
Live & Silent Auctions next spring, we’re currently working with our auction partner,
Handbid, to potentially develop exciting digital auctions this fall.
It may seem far away now, but next spring we will be gathered together safely
ISPA FOUNDATION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OFFICERS
CHAIRMAN
Frank Pitsikalis
ResortSuite
DIRECTORS
Patrick Huey
ISPA Chairman
Michelle Adams Somerville
ISPA Vice Chairman
Lynne McNees
ISPA President
ADVISOR TO THE BOARD
Garrett Mersberger
ISPA MEDICAL ADVISOR
Brent Bauer, M.D.
Mayo Clinic
HONORARY FOUNDATION
BOARD MEMBER
Deborah Szekely
Rancho La Puerta
FUNDRAISING ADVISORS
Lynelle Lynch
Yvonne Smith
in celebration, and our ISPA family will chart a course for the future. The ISPA
Foundation is excited to play a part in that future, whatever it may hold, and
contribute to it with industry-leading research and a reimagined ISPA Foundation
Auction. Until then: stay healthy, stay strong and stay tuned for more news about
digital auctions this fall.
Donations of all sizes
make a difference.
Visit
experienceispa.com/about/
ispa-foundation
to show your support.
—FRANK PITSIKALIS, ISPA FOUNDATION CHAIRMAN
56 PULSE ■ SEPTEMBER 2020