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| Medical Advisory Board
Board Members | FRANCIS X. ACUNZO, President
Francis X Acunzo has over 25 years of experience and a wealth of knowledge in the spa, retail healthcare, hospitality, beauty, and fitness industries. As an entrepreneur, business owner, operator and investor, Mr. Acunzo possesses a critical perspective and an ability to provide visionary leadership to a variety of industry opportunities. As CEO of various spa, health and wellness companies he and his team have executed upon 24 acquisitions involving over 60 spa and club locations, completed over 100 feasibility studies, operated a national chain of 22 Day Spas and managed a West Coast chain of 37 medical spas.
Mr. Acunzo is known for his firsts in the industry: In 1999, Mr. Acunzo had the vision to create the industry's first consolidation of day spas aggregating almost $40M in annual revenue through the acquisition of 22 of the best spas in top U.S. markets. In 1996, he opened the country's first medical spas through a merger between his Spa Company and Candela Laser, one of the leading cosmetic laser manufacturers in the U.S. In 1991 he was the first spa operator to place lasers into spas. In 1985 he led the development of the first resort spa in the Northeast at the Norwich Inn in Norwich, CT.
Mr. Acunzo has been actively involved in industry leadership within the spa, medical spa and fitness industries: Board Member for the Medical Spa Society, President of the ISPA Foundation, ISPA Foundation Board Member, Board Member of the ISPA Board, member of the Advisory Board for the Day Spa Association, Chairman of IHRSA's Spa Advisory Council, and member of the IHRSA Spa Advisory Council. |  | DEE DELUCA MATTOS, Board Member
Dee Deluca Mattos brings a wealth of marketing and spa industry experience to the MSS. Mattos was instrumental in the implementation of DePasquale Spa's medical spa concept. Her current position is Vice President of Avancé, a seaweed-based line of skin, body, and nutritional products. An acclaimed industry spokesperson and educator, Mattos frequently delivers popular informational seminars on spa operations and marketing to spa professionals.
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|  | WENDY BOSALAVAGE, Vice President
Wendy Bosalavage's management background spans over two decades of spa and wellness consulting, training, sales, and account management. As president of American Leisure Corporation, she is responsible for the management of over 400 employees at 70 fitness and health spa facilities world-side. Bosalavage is an active spa industry advocate and featured speaker at major trade events.
Back to Top |  | ANGELA CAPONI, Secretary
Angela Caponi is the Director of Operations at Juva Skin & Laser Center and the Juva MediSpa in New York. She was instrumental in incorporating medically based spa treatments into a medical environment. She played a key role from its conception, to its design, and in the development of spa treatments and hiring staff. Before joining Dr. Katz, Ms. Caponi was a supervisor at PBS services for Lee Memorial Health System in Ft. Myers, Florida.
Back to Top |  | NANCY TRENT
Founder and president of Trent & Company, Nancy has more than 20 years of creating and conducting enormously effective consumer marketing public relations campaigns to clients in the medical spa, healthcare, beauty and fitness fields.
Based in New York City, Trent & Company is the public relations firm for the Medical Spa and Spa and Resort Expos & Conferences in New York, Los Angeles and Miami.
Trent & Company also has extensive background in the pharmaceutical and medical fields. Experienced in developing award-winning public relations programs for proprietary and OTC products for such leading companies as Ciba, Bristol-Meyers Squibb, Glaxo Smithkiline, Roche, and others. They have planned and implemeted many high visibility new product introductions, often working in conjuction with medical associations and medical journals.
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