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Press Release: New York Spa Alliance Announces 2008 Board of Directors
From March 18th, 2008
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Mary Manning
315-217-4130
New York Spa Alliance Announces 2008 Board of Directors
SKANEATELES, NY – March 18, 2008 – New York Spa Alliance, formed to create awareness of and provide support to New York State’s vital and vibrant spa business community, has assembled its first full Board of Directors. The announcement was made by Gary Dower, the organization’s Chairman:
Yael Alkalay, Owner, Red Flower, New York
Mary Bemis, Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Organic Spa Magazine, New York
Mark Dauenhauer, Spa Director, Naturopathica, East Hampton
Shari Cardinale, Owner, Derma Technologies Spa, Geneva
Gary Dower, Owner, Mirbeau Inn & Spa, Skaneateles
Mary Gendron, Middleton & Gendron Brand Communications, New York
Mary-Elizabeth Gifford, Vice President & Creative Director, Jurlique
Rachel Hogancamp, Managing Partner, Rasa Spa, Ithaca
Susan Keene, Spa Director, Emerson Resort, Mount Tremper
Mary Anne Krupsak, Owner, Cobblestone Restaurant, Geneva
Joachim Ohlin, Director of Hospitality, JGB Enterprises, Liverpool
Sandra Sadowski, Spa Director, The Ritz-Carlton, New York
Mary Tabacchi, Professor, Cornell University, Ithaca
Karen Watson, Spa Manager, Skana, The Spa at Turning Stone, Verona
Charlotte Wytias, Director of Integrated Medical Center, Clifton Springs Hospital, Clifton Springs
Susan Yunker, Program Director, Gurney’s International Health & Beauty Spa, Montauk
Denise Vitiello, Spa Director, Mandarin Oriental New York, New York
NYSPA’s mission is twofold: to restablish New York State as the premier location in the country for spa and wellness-related businesses; and to serve as a resource for information, education, advocacy, action and assistance to the New York spa businesses and the communities they support.
For more information on membership and on NYSPA’s Fourth Annual Symposium, slated for Cornell University, May 12-14, 2008, contact: Gary Dower, Chairman, NYSPA, c/o Mirbeau Inn & Spa, 851 W. Genesee St., Skaneateles, NY 13152; 1-315-217-4124; gdower@mirbeau.com.
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