MIND, BODY & SPIRIT

Deborah Szekely is known as the founding "godmother" of the mind, body and fitness movement. In 1940, Ms. Szekely and her late husband, Edmond Szekely, founded Rancho La Puerta in Tecate, Baja California, Mexico, one of the first destination spas. In 1958, she alone established the Golden Door, in Escondido, CA. With both spas firmly established, she helped to forge the fitness spa as a major service industry.

In addition to her talents as a successful entrepreneur, Deborah Szekely has devoted her life to public service. Ms. Szekely founded Eureka Communities in 1991, a national leadership training program for CEOs of nonprofit organizations.

Ms. Szekely was awarded the inaugural Alex Szekely Humanitarian Award by ISPA in 2004. The award, previously known as the ISPA Humanitarian Award, was renamed in honor of Szekely's late son Alex, a tireless spa advocate and ISPA leader. Ms. Szekely was also awarded the 2010 ISPA Visionary Award. In addition, she serves as an honorary member of the ISPA Foundation Board of Directors. 

Jordan D Metzl, MD is a nationally recognized sports medicine physician at Hospital for Special Surgery, America's premier orthopedic hospital located in New York City. With a practice of more than 20,000 patients, Dr. Metzl is widely known for his passion for sports medicine and fitness. His focus is to safely return athletes to the playing field of their choice and to keep them there. In addition to his busy practices in New York and in Greenwich, CT, Dr. Metzl is an award winning author and medical columnist for Triathlete Magazine. His books include The Young Athlete (Little Brown) and The Athlete's Book of Home Remedies (Rodale).

Dr. Metzl's training includes residency at Tufts medical center in Boston and two sports medicine fellowships, one at Vanderbilt University in Nashville and the second at Harvard University in Boston.

Regularly voted among New York's top sports medicine doctors by New York Magazine, Dr. Metzl takes care of athletic patients of all ages and lectures and teaches extensively both nationally and internationally to both medical and lay audiences. He has lectured extensively in Europe, Asia, South America, and throughout the United States on issues of sports medicine and fitness. Dr. Metzl is the sports medicine consultant to the Radio City Rockettes and for several high schools in the New York area.

Dr. Metzl appears regularly on media programs including the Today Show and Good Morning America, and in print media including The New York Times, discussing the issues of fitness and health. In addition to his busy medical practice and academic interests, he practices what he preaches. He is a former collegiate soccer player, a 29-time marathon runner and 10-time Ironman finisher. He created and teaches his Ironstrength workout which teaches athletes of all ages to strengthen the kinetic chain through functional strength training.

Louie Schwartzberg is an award-winning cinematographer, director and producer who captures breathtaking images and stories that celebrate life -- revealing connections, universal rhythms, patterns and beauty. His notable career spans feature films, television shows, commercials and documentaries. He won two Clio Awards for TV advertising, including best environmental broadcast spot, an Emmy nomination for best cinematography and the Heartland Film Festival's Truly Moving Picture Award for the feature film America's Heart & Soul.

His new film Wings of Life for Disneynature, won Best Theatrical Program at the Jackson Hole Science Media Awards 2012, and also won a Best Cinematography Roscar Award. He is currently directing Mysteries of the Unseen World, a 3D Large format film for National Geographic. Louie is active in the TED community, having spoken at the TED 2011 conference in Long Beach, CA, TEDx San Francisco and TEDx Jackson Hole. His YouTube videos have collected over 25 million views. He is also launching Moving Art on Panasonic Smart TVs this fall, an IPTV channel that will inspire, entertain and transform the home viewing screen into an emotional immersive user preference experience.