our team

Exhale's dream team consists of seasoned industry veterans who have collectively developed over 30 upscale spas and fitness clubs across the country. Each team member shares a passion for delivering high quality, highly effective transformational programs and services to improve inner and outer wellbeing.

executive team

program leaders

 

executive team

Annbeth Eschbach
Founder + Chief Executive Officer
Ms. Eschbach is the visionary behind the creation of the exhale lifestyle spa brand, and is masterminding the growth and success of the enterprise, directing and implementing the Company's strategic direction, mission and vision. Leveraging over 20 years of spa and fitness multi-site experience, Annbeth provides leadership to exhale's organizational, financial, and programming goals, is the key innovator of programming and services, and drives all aspects of the Company's real estate strategy. Annbeth served as President of the International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association Board of Directors in 1999, holds a master's degree in Business Administration from NYU, and a bachelor's degree from Northwestern University.

Julia Sutton
Chief Operating Officer
Ms. Sutton directs the Company's day to day operations and in her capacity as Chief Operating Officer, she oversees the company's training academy, builds and manages the unit level leadership teams, and directs the associate development and retention programs. As a member of exhale's founding team, Julia directs exhale's spa and retail businesses.

Dane Johnston
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Johnston is responsible for managing and executing all financial, legal, and management information systems to support exhale's operations and growth strategy.

Elisabeth Halfpapp
Vice President of Mind Body Programming
As a member of exhale's founding team and co-founder of the company's highly publicized Core Fusion® program, Ms. Halfpapp leads the development and implementation of the proprietary mind body class programs such as Core Fusion®, Core Energy Flow®, and Music Yoga Flow. In addition to her administrative contributions, Elisabeth is a featured fitness celebrity, a nationally renowned teacher and workshop presenter, has been published in numerous national health and beauty publications and has made television appearances on several dozen national venues such as ABC News, Extra, Fox 5, etc.

Fred DeVito
Vice President of Mind Body Training
As a member of the founding exhale team and co-founder of the company's highly publicized Core Fusion® program, Mr. Devito is responsible for recruiting and training the teachers for the proprietary Core Fusion® related programs. In addition to directing exhale's Core Fusion® teacher training curriculum, the program quality and safety, Fred is a highly visible nationally acclaimed star teacher and presenter, a featured fitness celebrity, has been featured in numerous national health and fitness publications and has made television appearances on several dozen national venues such as ABC News, Extra, Fox 5, etc. Fred oversees the Company's nutrition program and serves on the board of exhalesoul, exhale's not for profit charity organization.

Stefani Gellman
Vice President of Marketing
Stefani Gellman directs all branded activities for exhale, including public relations, communications, product packaging, advertising, promotion and customer research. As a member of the founding team, Stefani developed and now manages the Company's website, as well as all of exhale's online marketing and communications programs system wide.


program leaders

Robert MacDonald, MS, L.Ac., LMT
Director of Healing
As exhale's Director of Healing, Mr. MacDonald is responsible for staffing, programming, and operations of exhale's healing department, including program development, product development, marketing and operational protocols, and coordination of all integrated healing department services. Robert also develops proprietary healing products for exhale that are sold in the spas such as the elemental healing teas and the essential oils.

Red Zoë
Director of Skin Care Development
As exhale's Director of Skin Care Development, Ms. Zoë brings her passion for esthetics and cosmetic science and expertise in product ingredient research to the company's skin care advisory board. Red serves on the Company's Skin Care Avisory Board and plays a key role in innovating the exhale skin care programs and therapies, protocols and training methods. She is responsible for the training of all skin care personnel, therapy and product development and protocols, and managing skin care product sales.

Caitlin Conn
Director of Skin Care Operations
Ms. Conn's dedication and deep experience in advanced skin care technologies coupled with her commitment to delivering safe quality skin care therapies, provides the exhale skin care technicians with a strong foundation and rich training to deliver the transformational exhale proprietary therapies. Caitlin serves on the Company's Skin Care Advisory Board and has been critical to the innovation and evolution of exhale's skin care regimes and protocols.

Debbie Frank
National Core Fusion Training Manager
Ms. Frank has over 17 years experience in fitness. In 1997, after training and teaching at Lotte Berk for ten years, she opened the Debbie Frank Exercise Studio in Larchmont, NY. After training her instructors, Debbie then went on to assist others like herself in setting up studios on both the East and West coasts.

Renee Loux
Eco Advisor
Deeply committed to living the green life, Renee has been called the "Martha Stewart of Green Living" and is appearing as the anchor of the new network series "Its Easy Being Green." Ms. Loux walks her talk, and not only lives the eco lifestyle with style (from Maui no less), but she consults with a host of high profile brands to integrate "green" products into companies, restaurants and spas - including recycled and tree-free paper products for home and office, low-impact disposables like bio-plastics, bio-degradable cleaning products for industry and home, sustainable materials and renewable energy options. Renee has an invested interest in organic and sustainable agriculture and has researched and worked on issues about GMOs. She sits on the Board of Maui Tomorrow, an advocacy group for land use planning, community design and responsible growth for Maui County.