Our Team

Thor is currently President of GSN Planet Board of Directors and has been a Board Member  since 2017, he was Secretary Treasurer of the International Spa Association during his six years on the ISPA Board and served for two years on the Flagler County Tourism Development Council.

Saied began his professional career in the high tech and management consulting industries. He and his wife, Vida, took an early retirement from their corporate positions in 2008 and spent a couple of  years traveling around the world. In 2011, they launched a skincare brand, Blue Beautifly, with the  mission to formulate a wholesome, natural, and  efficacious skincare that is healthful for the skin, body, and mind in a socially responsible and  environmentally friendly manner. Caring for the  planet and its inhabitants has been the bedrock of Blue Beautifly’s business model since inception and serves as the guiding principle behind every decision and action at Blue Beautifly.

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Suzy Bordeaux Johlfs,  has 30 years of  experience in her hospitality career.   Her current role is with the  Silverado Resort and Spa in Napa California,  as she proudly holds  the Spa Director  title at this iconic resort.   Earlier she successfully opened a Platinum LEED Certified Resort  in Colorado, where she was part of a team that  won two prestigious  Conde Nast  Reader ‘s Choice Awards back to back. 2010  # 1  Resort  in the United States and  in 2011  #2 Spa  in the United States as well as opened the spa as the first luxury green spa in the state of Colorado.  She loves to spend time with her family, as well as enjoy a great bottle of wine, as she is former wine bar owner and collector.

Lynn founded CSC in 2011, a certified Women’s Owned Enterprise, which provides financial feasibility, design, concept, and preopening consulting services to upscale and luxury hotel, resort, and casino spas and wellness facilities. She is a Certified Management Consultant, a member of the International Society of Hospitality Consultants, and Educator with Gerson Lehrman Councils. Lynn started her hospitality career in destination and hotel sales with the Anaheim CVB and Hyatt Resorts Hawaii, ultimately leading to spa operations when she opened Spa Grande at Grand Wailea Resort. She is an avid lover of the outdoors and spends her free time outrigger paddling competitively and hiking at home and on her travels.

My personal mission statement in life is to add value to the people, the planet and the businesses I serve.  My career has spanned from high school lacrosse coach to massage therapist to corporate spa director – and many things in between.  Everyday I strive to lead gracefully, teach wisely, learn & listen patiently,  grow beautifully – and create spaces for others to do the same.

Brett is an entrepreneur and the COO of the clean and sustainable sun care brand, Soleil Toujours. Among other things, he is responsible for the day to day operations of the company and their sustainability initiatives including packaging, carbon offsets, and partnerships with organizations that help preserve our oceans and coral reefs. Prior to working with Soleil, Brett lived in the San Francisco Bay area where he worked in technology with multiple startups. He currently lives in the Chicago area with his two teenage kids that he loves to travel with.

Sallie Fraenkel is President of Mind Body Spirit Network, a company focused on wellness travel consulting and experiential events. Sallie is passionate about sustainable wellness tourism believing that wellness of the individual is inextricably linked with wellness of the planet. Making meaningful connections for people is a key part of Sallie’s purpose.

Nicole is an entrepreneur, startup advisor, avid yogi and amateur creative. In her current position as COO of Honua Hawaiian Skincare, she leads operations and marketing, which means she may be fine-tuning a new formula one day, ensuring the latest products make it to stores and e-commerce sites the next day, or planning one of the Honua’s annual sustainability events another day. Before making the career jump to consumer and beauty, Nicole was an investment banker and passionate renewable energy and sustainability devotee, holding senior positions at Citigroup, Inc. and SolarCity.  She lives in the thriving city of San Francisco, keeping very busy as a mom to two tiny humans and is usually found planning their next adventure.

Kate joined Ojai Valley Inn’s spa management team in 2010. Her passion for excellence in luxury spa experiences paired with her innovative spirit have helped strengthen the renowned reputation Spa Ojai holds in the industry. In recent years, Kate has expanded wellness programming at Spa Ojai to include creative, spiritual, and nutritional elements and has introduced signature experiences that are exclusive to Ojai. Additionally, her role includes identifying, developing, driving passion for green initiatives; focusing on opportunities to make the Ojai Valley Inn a more sustainably-minded organization. Under Kate‘s leadership, Spa Ojai has been awarded the Preferred Hotels Pineapple Award recognizing Leadership in Sustainability for the 2017 Single-Use Plastic Free initiative and won an ISPA Innovation Award in 2018 for a Holistic Approach to Workplace Wellness Initiative. She has a B.A. in Philosophy from the University of California, Santa Barbara and eight years of previous spa and wellness leadership experience with The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company.

Natasha Prybyla founded Sloco as a Certified Massage Therapist, a decade before “wellness” and “sustainability” were most recently listed as a trend in industry reports. She aims to help make a shift within the spa and wellness world to make personal and planetary aspects of business that are here to stay. Sloco is the world’s first Certified B Corp of its kind and is located in San Luis Obispo, California.

Danny has over 18 years experience in the hospitality industry. At his properties, he ensures that wellness and sustainability initiatives are expressed and articulated across all areas. He previously implemented sustainability initiatives at properties ranging from ocean front resorts to woodland hot springs. In his spare time he enjoys traveling, working out, and exploring the outdoors.

Adar Venyige, VP of Sales and Marketing for Dazzle Dry Nail Lacquer, was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA and currently resides in Phoenix AZ with his 2 children, Hannah 9 and Isaac 6.

Kenzie Vath has a passion for a full plate and enjoys innovating new ideas to disrupt the status quo. Kenzie is a serial entrepreneur starting a company at the age of 19. Her personal battle with Lyme Disease led her to get self-educated in Holistic Medicine. Graduating Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor’s from Purdue University and going on to receive her coaching certification from the Institute of Integrated Nutrition, based in New York City. 

Kenzie is currently the Director of Wellness and Sustainability for Pacific Hospitality Group; a family owned management company located in Irvine CA. In addition, she is the founder of Holistic Umbrella; a wellness-based lifestyle company providing one-on-one coaching and curated wellness events while being ‘real on her social reels’.   

The implementation of a water program at the corporate office has eliminated the waste of 100,000’s of plastic bottles into our oceans. Creating a wellness series has improved work productivity, employee retention and healthier work life balance for the team. Alternative and more sustainable menu options have serviced hundreds of specific dietary eaters from around the world. Offering options from gluten free to vegan, keto and beyond. Kenzie’s wellness retreats have created value and generated non-traditional revenue for their local California properties. Five-star reviews across the board!

Charné began her career as an intellectual property lawyer during which time she developed a keen interest and commitment towards organic cosmetics, sustainable agriculture and green buildings. In 2003 she combined her corporate background with these skills to conceive and develop the first dedicated organic spa in South Africa. To wide acclaim, she received the prestigious Les Nouvelles Award for Unique Spa and also an award for excellence from the regional Institute for Architects in recognition of the sustainable design features of the spa building. In 2010, Charné qualified as an accredited professional of the Green Building Council of South Africa and received the Les Nouvelles Visionary Award.

Speaking on sustainability at major conferences and training institutions, Charné has published a number of articles and essays, including authoring the Green Spa Guide, sharing her knowledge of green building principles, fair trade, organic cosmetics and sustainability with the wellbeing industry. Through Charné’s leadership and guidance, Greenspa.Africa connects sustainable spa’s in Africa, assisting them in implementing sustainable business practices. Charné’s work continues expanding in the development of integrated sustainability tools such as the Sustainable Spa Practitioner Course and Greenspa Calculator, an audit tool available as a mobile app.

Allan Share, a 34-year veteran of the Health and Wellness industry, took over as President of the Spa Industry Association (SIA) in 2010 after 21 years as a manufacturer and distributor in the spa channel.  His vision for the Association is to continue building upon a legacy started in 1990 to bring benefits to spa operators and help them grow into professional businesses. The SIA have become the leading trade Associations in the spa, esthetic and wellness world with over 86,000 members across the globe.  You can find Allan traveling the world on behalf of the industry speaking on a variety of topics including:  

• Changing Trends in the Medical Spa World 
• Visual Merchandising for Retail Success 
• The Integration of Medicine and Spa – Challenges and Opportunities 

Allan’s previous companies include New Life Systems and Lotus Touch. Both companies were sold to Scrip Companies (owners of Scrip/HESSCO, Massage Warehouse, Promed and others). Allan took over the SIA in 2010 and sold it to Questex, Inc (in 2021) owners of IECSC, SPATEC, SIBEC, Club Industry Association and 140+ more trade shows across the globe.