Joyce Jamison is currently the Publisher of American Spa Magazine. Under her direction the magazine has become the top resource for spa owners across the country, recognized for its authoritative, award-winning editorial and eye-catching design. As publisher she has also had the opportunity to establish relationships with spa owners and spa directors as well as the manufacturers and distributors serving the Spa Industry. A savvy businesswoman and motivating leader, Ms. Jamison is a member of ISPA and Day Spa Association and has moderated panels at the American Spa Expo Conference and International Esthetics, Cosmetics and Spa Conferences.
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Rosemary Weiner is the owner and CEO of The Brass Rose Spa, which was established in 1998. She has “hands on” experience in the start up of a Day Spa operation. In the two years preceding the opening of the spa, she was her own General Contractor for the construction of The Brass Rose Spa facilities, conducted product and treatment research, developed written policies and procedures, and assembled a core of spa professionals to develop and test products and treatments, for the spa. Her medical background was key to the use of alternative therapies for their menu of services.
Prior to entering the spa industry Rosemary had a distinguished career as a nurse and as the Vice President of operations and a partner/owner of a Fortune 500 national health care cost containment company. She used her medical background and business acumen in developing the policies, procedures, treatments, culture, and philosophy that are the cornerstone of The Brass Rose and a model for the industry.
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Mary Lynne is Co-chair of first Women Build in Newark NJ, and along with Mary Scott, developed strategy and steering committee to lead the fund raising efforts to over $120000 in one year including a fund raiser gala which raised over $20000. The house was completed and occupied in December 2004.
Co-chair of Women Build II, Habitat for Humanity Newark
Along with Co-chair, Carol Paster steered the committees that raised an additional $90000 and built a second home that was occupied in April 2006.
Currently involved in formation of Women Build III, forming committees that will raise the $90000 needed to fund the house and secure volunteers for the building of a third home. Along with husband Don, honored as “Volunteers of the Year 2005” for Habitat for Humanity Newark, recipient of the “Advancing the Status of Women’ award from the Soroptimist International of Suburban Essex and invited speaker and awardee for the Department of Homeland Security’s Security’s “Women Changing America” program in March 2005.
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Michael A. Cater Sr. is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Athena of Nashville Inc., d/b/a Athena Health Club and Day Spa. He is also the President of Athena Health Sphere LLC, injury prevention and wellness company providing contracted health improvement and wellness services to corporate clients.
Prior to moving to Nashville and launching Athena Health Club and Day Spa in 2002, Michael and his family lived in Waterloo, Belgium.
Mr. Carter’s previous experience includes serving as Director of Marketing and Government Affairs for Anthem Alliance Health Insurance a Department of Defense Health Care Contractor and Internal Compliance Manager for Anthem Senior Advantage.
Michael currently serves as Chairman of The Day Spa Association, Nashville Chamber of Board of Governors where he serves on the Executive Committee and chairs the Chamber’s Small Business Council, Middle Tennessee United Way Board of Trustees, Nashville State Community College Foundation Board of Trustees, Brentwood Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and Middle Tennessee Council Boy Scouts of America Board of Directors.
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Michael Beresford is the President and Founder of Moor Spa Inc. based in Vancouver, Canada. He has been an active participant and keen observer of trends in the spa industry for 12 years. Moor Spa is one of only a handful of 100% natural-source lines of skin-care, body-care and wellness products available in the spa industry. Based on the healing properties of the Austrian Deep Moor, the line is now distributed in over 15 countries. Michael has traveled extensively throughout Europe researching the most potent sources of healing Moor mud and visiting Moor clinics to study their therapeutic techniques. Michael has lectured extensively on Moor therapy at spa industry events around the world and has recently formulated a new spa concept called “the Life Energy Center” - based on the healing origins of spa culture. Michael has a BSc degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Reading in England.
Moor Spa is a member of the Day Spa Association and ISPA and the preferred spa product vendor for CMS International - the world's largest consulting company in the Health Club industry. You can contact Michael at michael@moorspa.com
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Skip Williams, the author of ‘The Reluctant Spa Director and the Mission Dream,' is a recognized speaker and author in the spa arena, with over twelve (12) years of experience in the Management, Financial Development & Operational fields, mostly in the Spa and Hospitality Industry as Spa Director, Controller and Business project Consultant. He brings his previous years of analytical business experience in a broad variety of manufacturing, retail and service businesses to studying Resort Spas, Day Spas, Medical Spas, Wellness Centers, and Salons: their profitability, how they operate, and what makes them successful.
Mr. Williams has been involved in the development of well over 200 Spas throughout the US, Canada, and the Caribbean working with owners, planners and potential owners of a wide variety of Spas, Wellness Centers and Salons. His approach is to study, analyze, educate, implement and cultivate both small and large-scale projects.
Well known for his a unique Computerized Business Model called "Build-A-Spa" that allows financial analyses and feasibility studies, he has taken Spa business modeling to new heights with “Financial Blueprint Feasibility Consulting.”
He has been a Spa Director for Rosewood Hotels & Resorts and been intimately involved in various capacities in the opening of several Day and Resort Spas, and presently sits on the advisory board, for the Day Spa Association where he and time to our industry through published studies and education.
Mr. Williams has been a contributor to trade journals and a speaker-educator for Spacifically, International Congress of Esthetics, Face & Body, and Day Spa Expo educational programs.
Professional and consulting experience includes, but is not limited to, such companies as Mount View Spa, The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co. , Rosewood Hotels & Resorts, Columbus Bath Treasures and H.E.A.T. Spa-Kur Therapy Development Inc. and Mirbeau Inn & Spa.
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