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Co Founder, Chair & CEO - Global Wellness Summit
Susie Ellis is the chair and CEO of the nonprofit Global Wellness Institute, considered the industry’s leading global research and educational resource. She is also co-founder, chair and CEO of the Global Wellness Summit, an organization at the heart of the multitrillion-dollar global wellness economy focused on facilitating collaboration amongst industry thought leaders. Recognized as a leading authority on wellness trends, Ellis is a popular speaker at industry events. She sits on numerous academic and industry boards, including, the EHL – Swiss Hospitality Management School in Lausanne, the Aspen Brain Institute, the Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics and was also a member of the World Economic Forum’s “Accelerating Health and Well-being Initiative.” She holds an MBA from the University of California, Los Angeles.
President - Eminence Organic Skin Care
As the winner of NewBeauty’s 2019 Innovator Awards and youngest recipient of the International Spa Association’s Visionary Award, Boldijarre’s passion for organic wellness and industry education continues to push professional skin care to new heights. Under Boldijarre’s bold, enthusiastic leadership, Eminence Organics continues to garner industry accolades, including American Spa Magazine’s Favorite Skin Care Line and Favorite Company for Product Education for an unprecedented 12 years in a row!
In the past 15 years Paul has run 6 of his own startups. Both the successes and failures in these businesses have taught him a lot about how to attract attention in multiple competitive industries. Over and over again, Paul has had to come up with creative ways to market his own products & services, stay in front of customers, generate new leads and attract & retain employees. Through all of this, nothing has helped him get more attention than building a remarkable company culture and documenting it for the world to see.
Co-Founder - S'well Public Relations
Having worked as an executive at iconic properties like the Golden Door, Rancho La Puerta and the Grand Wailea Resort, Kim founded The Marshall Plan in 1995 as the first communications firm in the U.S. to specialize in wellness, sustainability and wellness tourism, working with brands from Starwood to Hilton and destinations from Turkey to Tahiti.
Kim served on the Board of the International Spa Association and the Green Spa Network, and she is one of the original of 92 Global Wellness Day Ambassadors from around the world. In 2018 she co-founded S’Well Public Relations to laser focus on the many facets of the $4.5 trillion global wellness economy and in 2019 she created, co-executive produced and became the Host of the Global Wellness Summit Podcast and later the GWS Leader Livecasts on Instagram. In February of 2021, the GWS podcast posted it’s 40th episode!