2024 Global Wellness Summit Speaker Tonia Callender Research Fellow, Global Wellness Institute, United States Tonia Callender specializes in conducting economic and legal research and analysis. She is passionate about promoting mental health and well-being. Tonia has advised private and public organizations worldwide on equitable development policies. She has worked with government and community organizations to enhance public-private partnerships and she has designed and evaluated a…
2024 Global Wellness Summit Speaker J. Carl Ganter Founder, Circle of Blue, United States Carl Ganter is co-founder and director of Circle of Blue, the center for frontline reporting, research, and analysis on water resource issues and their relationship to food and energy in a changing climate. Carl is an award-winning journalist, broadcaster, and photojournalist whose work has appeared in most major magazines, newspapers, and television…
2024 Global Wellness Summit Speaker Vlada Tusco Senior Partner Manager, BBC Studios, United Kingdom Vlada Tusco is a senior partnerships manager at Programme Partnerships, BBC Studios, overseeing the development and production of award-winning programs and campaigns focused on issues and topics that are shaping our world. She connects organizations leading meaningful change with BBC’s global audience through immersive and impactful storytelling. Prior to the BBC…
2024 Global Wellness Summit Speaker Cathy Feliciano-Chon Founder & Managing Director, CatchOn, a Finn Partners Company, Hong Kong Cathy Feliciano-Chon is founder and managing director of CatchOn, a Finn Partners Company, one of Asia’s leading brand communication consultancies in hospitality, travel, wellness, food and design, with offices in Hong Kong and Shanghai. She is also a GWS Advisory Board member. A marketing communications expert, she…
2024 Global Wellness Summit Speaker Luuk Melisse Founder, Sanctum, Netherlands Luuk Melisse conceptualized the Sanctum brand in 2020. The unmatched Sanctum Signature Sequence to empower the body and expand the mind is inspired by his background as a professional dancer and his spiritual journey, vision quests, Kundalini yoga practice and his encounters with monks. Sanctum is a fast-growing movement, welcoming one thousand participants a month,…
2024 Global Wellness Summit Speaker Gabriel Olszewski CEO & Co-founder, Sanctum, Netherlands An experienced marketeer and brand builder, Gabriel Olszewski is the co-founder and CEO of Sanctum, a global mindful movement. Sanctum, defined as an unmatched moving sequence to empower the body and expand the mind, is designed to unlock human potential by reaching physical edge and mindful euphoria through a unique group class experience.…
2024 Global Wellness Summit Speaker Anna Bjurstam Wellness Pioneer & Senior Strategic Advisor, Six Senses & Raison d’Etre, Sweden Anna Bjurstam has been a leader in the wellness industry for the last 25 years. Being a shaman with a biogeometry diploma, having a master´s degree in finance, and with a passion for quantum physics and science, Anna’s experience spans over a variety of wellness fields.…
2024 Global Wellness Summit Speaker Melisse Gelula Co-Founder, Well+Good; Founder, Memoiring, United States Melisse Gelula is the co-founder of Well+Good, an award-winning media company, as well as a sought-after wellness expert. She published The Well+Good Cookbook, which features the recipes of wellness luminaries. In 2018, Melisse was named one of the nine Most Creative Entrepreneurs by Inc. magazine. Prior to Well+Good, she was the editor…
2024 Global Wellness Summit Speaker Sarah Livia Brightwood Szekely President, Rancho La Puerta, Mexico Sarah Livia Brightwood Szekely oversees operations at Rancho La Puerta, the pioneering 3,000-acre resort and spa founded in 1940 and located in Tecate, Baja California. For 30 years, Sarah designed the gardens and buildings at the resort and created its organic farm and culinary center. She is president of the Fundacion…
2024 Global Wellness Summit Speaker Louie Schwartzberg Filmmaker & Director, United States Louie Schwartzberg is a renowned filmmaker and director known for creating breathtaking imagery using time-lapse, high-speed, and macro-cinematography techniques. He is the director of the award-winning documentary Fantastic Fungi featured on Netflix and the film Gratitude Revealed, a cinematic experience of how to live a more meaningful life full of gratitude. His streaming…
