Board of Advisors

 

Alexia Brue
Co-Founder, Well+Good, United States

Alexia Brue is the co-founder of Well+Good, the award-winning wellness media company, and is SVP of the Fitness & Wellness Group at Leaf Group. Since its launch in 2010, Well+Good has received three Webby Awards and a spot on Fast Company’s Most Innovative Company in Wellness. Alexia’s expertise in digital media, entrepreneurship and wellness has been featured in outlets including CBS This Morning, Good Morning America, The New York Times, Fast Company, Forbes, Yahoo Finance, AdWeek, Digiday, and others.

Anjan Chatterjee, MD, FAAN
Professor of Neurology, Psychology & Architecture, Founding Director of the Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics, United States

Dr. Chatterjee directs the Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics. He wrote The Aesthetic Brain and co-edited Brain, Beauty, and Art. He received the Geschwind Prize in Cognitive Neurology from the American Academy of Neurology, the Arnheim Prize for contributions to psychology and the arts from the American Psychological Association, and the lifetime achievement Fechner Award from the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics (IAEA). He was the past President of the Cognitive Neurology Society and the IAEA, and serves on the boards of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, the Global Wellness Institute, and Philadelphia Fringe Arts.

Nancy Davis
Chief Creative Officer & Executive Director, Global Wellness Institute, United States

Nancy Davis has decades of experience in strategic communications for Fortune 100 companies. Since joining the Global Wellness Summit (GWS) in 2013, Nancy has helped expand the organization’s global footprint through events and activities that promote the mission of both the GWS and the nonprofit Global Wellness Institute™ (GWI). She infuses her work with passion and creativity.

Susie Ellis
Founder, Chair & CEO, Global Wellness Summit
Chair & CEO, Global Wellness Institute, United States

Susie Ellis is the co-founder, chair and CEO of the Global Wellness Summit and chairman and CEO of the Global Wellness Institute, the nonprofit research and educational resource for the global wellness industry known for its pioneering research reports, wide-ranging initiatives, Geography of Wellness, wellnessevidence.com and The Wellness Moonshot: A World Free of Preventable Disease. Susie is frequently quoted in major news outlets around the world. She sits on numerous academic and industry boards and holds an MBA from UCLA.

Michelle Floh
Founder, Castlefield Consulting LLC, United States

Michelle Floh founded Castlefield Consulting to help donors, boards, and trustees practice discerning stewardship — ensuring their giving is deeply aligned with their values, vision, and personal legacies. Her practice spans education, health, environment, and spiritual and faith-based initiatives, guiding individuals, families, and foundations from intention to impact with both analytical rigor and personal care. Prior to founding Castlefield, Michelle served as CEO of two major family foundations, stewarding over $400 million in philanthropic assets across North America, Latin America, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. A native of Chile, she is fluent in English and Spanish and holds a certificate from Georgetown University.

Aradhana Khowala
CEO, Aptamind Partners, United Kingdom

Aradhana Khowala is one of the world’s leading voices in travel, tourism and hospitality. Over the last 24 years she has worked in five continents, and with more than 85 countries, at the intersection of luxury hospitality, wellness and regenerative growth, engaging presidents, prime ministers and global leaders on harnessing tourism as a catalyst for economic vitality, climate action and human progress. Today, she is the CEO of Aptamind Partners, the go-to strategic consultancy for governments, emerging destinations and public and private organizations seeking regenerative tourism development solutions.

Victor Koo
Chairman, Heyi Holdings, and Co-Founder, Tianren Culture, Hong Kong

Victor Koo founded Heyi Holdings in 2005, which incubated Youku in 2006. As chairman and CEO, he led Youku to become a leading multiscreen media and entertainment company in China. Today, Victor serves as chairman of Heyi, which merged with Alibaba Entertainment in 2016. Victor also co-founded Tianren Culture, a social platform focusing on healthy and sustainable lifestyles and a strategic partner of GWI’s The Wellness Moonshot: A World Free of Preventable Disease. He received his MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he serves on the Advisory Council, and was a Regent’s Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley.

Mia Kyricos
President & CWO, Kyricos & Associates LLC, United States

Mia Kyricos is a globally respected thought-leader in the business of wellness, wellbeing and hospitality with a specialty in brand strategy and communications. She has developed, operated and marketed brands and facilities across 100+ countries as Global Head of Wellbeing for Hyatt, Chief Brand Officer for Spafinder Wellness, VP of the workplace wellness division of EXOS and as Global Director of Spa Brands for Starwood Hotels & Resorts. She now leads Kyricos & Associates, LLC, a boutique advisory and referral firm, dedicated to advancing the business of wellness, and sits on a variety of boards including Cornell University’s SC Johnson School of Business and The Global Wellness Institute®, which she helped to found.

Renee Moorefield, PhD
Founder & CEO, Wisdom Works Group, United States

Renee Moorefield, PhD, is Founder and CEO of Wisdom Works Group, a social enterprise advancing human thriving as a new benchmark for leadership and organizational success. Through the Be Well Lead Well® platform, she and her team enable leaders and organizations to strengthen purpose, innovation, resilience, and effectiveness amid growing complexity and disruption, supported by a global network of certified practitioners. Renee is an international speaker, writer, and advisor who applies the science of thriving and transformation to evolve leaders and the systems they shape in service of a better world.

Freddie Moross
Founder & CEO, Myndstream, United Kingdom

A disruptive voice at the intersection of art and science, Freddie Moross is the Founder and CEO of Myndstream, a global wellness music company on a mission to release the power of music to enhance the health and wellbeing of billions of people globally. Freddie chairs the GWI’s Music for Health and Wellbeing Initiative and sits on the Forbes Travel Guide Standards Advisory Committee. Leading a growing team in London and Los Angeles, he champions the belief that music programmed with intention can profoundly and positively transform every facet of society, from healthcare to education, hospitality and beyond.

Laurie Racine
President, Racine Strategy, United States

A seasoned entrepreneur, strategist and change agent, Laurie Racine is addicted to start-up cultures. She has launched or secured funding for a variety of cutting-edge nonprofit and for-profit enterprises. Laurie founded dotSUB, the video translation platform that is well known for powering TED’s open translation project and was a principal at Eyespot, an early leader in video remix technology. She also serves on various for-profit and nonprofit boards.

Michael Roizen, MD
Emeritus Chief Wellness Officer, Cleveland Clinic, United States
Professor Learner College of Medicine of Cleveland Clinic at CaseWestern Reserve University

Michael Roizen, MD, serves as chief wellness officer at Cleveland Clinic, the first such position at a major US healthcare institution. He’s also chairman of the Wellness Institute there; has published 175+ peer-reviewed scientific papers, 100 textbook chapters, and four medical books; received 13 US (and many foreign) patents; and hosted six PBS specials. His RealAge and YOU series of books has resulted in four #1 New York Times’ bestsellers.

Jean Sung
Advisory Board Member, Audacy 

Jean Sung launched J.P. Morgan Private Bank’s Philanthropy Centre in Asia (2013). She was also Head of the Philanthropy Centre, Asia (2013-2025) where she worked closely with ultra-high-net-worth individuals and multi-generational families to develop and crystalize clear aims and objectives in their giving strategies; aligned with values, legacy and governance priorities. Focusing on blending their philanthropy resources that can deepen impact, multiply reach and scale. Previously, she was Head of Global Philanthropy for J.P. Morgan Chase in Asia Pacific (2006 to 2013), managing the firm’s corporate giving in 13 Asian countries gaining extensive on-the-ground insight into local and regional social challenges and effective, outcome-driven philanthropy. Jean advocates the mobility of philanthropic capital as the catalyst, bridging funding gaps between innovations and investment that can uplift social economies for communities, and power on solutions to our humanitary and planetary health with financial and impact returns. Jean is widely recognized for her ability to identify social gaps and her wealth of cross-sector and multilateral networks that can build and customize collaborative and like-minded partnerships across the private, public and social sectors to deploy capital with financial discipline in ways that deliver meaningful, long-term social impact. She serves as Strategic Board Advisor to Audacy Partners, Non-Executive Director at Global Philanthropic; Board Governor and Executive Committee Member of Bai Xian Asia Institute; Advisory Board Member at Global Wellness Institute; and Global Leaders Advisory Council Member at McCain Institute. She is fluent in English, Cantonese, Shanghainese and Mandarin.

EMERITUS

 

Richard H. Carmona, MD
Chief of Health Innovation, Canyon Ranch; 17th Surgeon General of the United States, United States

Dr. Richard H. Carmona was the 17th Surgeon General of the United States. He is also a decorated US Army Special Forces Veteran and a distinguished professor with a wide range of training and experience in healthcare management, clinical care and research. Currently, he is chief of health innovation of Canyon Ranch and serves as director on several publicly traded corporate boards and private companies.

Sue Harmsworth, MBE
Founder SATCC, Touch For Cancer & ESPA, United Kingdom

Sue Harmsworth is a visionary leader with over 50 years in the spa & wellness industry. Founder of ESPA, which she sold in 2017, Sue has designed 500+ award-winning spas in 65 countries, developing pioneering products & wellbeing programmes worldwide. Awarded an MBE & numerous global awards, Sue now champions preventative health and the integration of medicine & wellness. She advises various boards, owners & investors on integrative wellness, medical destinations, aesthetics & skincare. In 2020, Sue founded the Standards Authority for Touch in Cancer Care, a charity setting the gold standard in holistic cancer care and supporting those affected by cancer.

Richard Woltman
Chair Emeritus, Girard Securities Inc, United States

Richard Woltman is a successful entrepreneur who pioneered a new business model for financial services. He works in philanthropy within the fields of health and palliative care, end of life planning, diabetes research and electronic records management. He envisions the spa wellness industry becoming a major part of healthcare delivery in collaboration with established institutions.