HEALTH FITNESS DYNAMICS - Key Persons
Judy Singer is the co-owner of HFD Spa (Health Fitness Dynamics, Inc.). She received her Bachelor of Education degree from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Massachusetts and her Masters and Doctorate degrees in Education from Boston University in Boston, Massachusetts.
In 1977, Dr. Singer founded HFD in Boston to plan and oversee fitness and wellness programs for corporate, commercial, club, public service and health care facilities. From 1981-1983, she was the Ladies' Spa Director of the Palm-Aire Spa Resort in Pompano Beach, Florida.
In addition to her consulting and management advisory services, Judy is an author and speaker. She has written for Lodging, Hotel & Resort Management, Urban Land Institute, The Cornell Quarterly, Hotel & Resort Industry and Lodging Hospitality. She has also been interviewed for CNN News, featured in the Miami Herald and quoted for articles in USA TODAY, American Health, Conde Nast Traveler, Men's Health, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. Judy also co-authored a chapter on spa management and development for a hospitality textbook. In 1996, she was featured in the book, Joining the Entrepreneurial Elite and the corresponding PBS television special. That year she was also among 11 women entrepreneurs in the hospitality industry who were featured in a cover story for the American Hotel & Motel Association's trade magazine, Lodging. In 2004, Judy was on the ISPA/EI committee that published the 2004 Uniform System of Financial Reporting for Spas. In 2004, Judy was invited to be on the Spa Advisory Council for Leading Hotels of the World and to assist in writing the spa standards for what is now Leading Spas of the World.
Judy is a member and past Chairperson of the International Society of Hospitality Consultants (ISHC.com).
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- Co - Owner
- Founder
- Employees
- Founders, Owners
Patty Monteson is the co-owner of HFD Spa (Health Fitness Dynamics, Inc.), an internationally recognized spa consulting/management advisory firm based in Pompano Beach, Florida. She is directly involved in planning, implementing and overseeing the development and management advisory services for spas for fine hotels and resorts, day spas and mixed-use developments
Ms. Monteson is the author of various articles on health spas. She has published in trade magazines such as The Cornell Quarterly, Lodging, Urban Land Institute, Lodging Hospitality, Hotel & Resort Industry, Hotel & Motel Management, AAA Hostmark and Florida Hotel and Motel News. She co-authored a chapter on spa management and development for a hospitality textbook. Patty has also been featured on CNN NEWS and quoted in articles for USA Today, John Naisbitt's Trend Letter, Vogue, Crain's New York Business, The Los Angeles Times and The Chicago Tribune. In 1996, she was among 11 women entrepreneurs in the hospitality industry who were featured in a cover story for the American Hotel & Motel Association's trade magazine, Lodging. That year she was also featured in the book, Joining the Entrepreneurial Elite and the corresponding PBS television special.
She is also in demand on the lecture circuit and has presented seminars on spa development and management to The International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show, The Resort Forum, The Florida Hotel & Motel Association Conference, the Ministry of Tourism-Mexico, Club Industry Shows, The Hotel Industry Investment Conference, The Lodging Management Academy, The North American Resort & Recreational Real Estate Show, The U.S./Latin American Resort Development Show, The International Spa & Fitness Association, and the annual Spa Show, which she helped to develop and was chaired by HFD Spa. Ms. Monteson also planned and conducted a course in Spa Planning and Management for students at the College of Hotel Administration at the University of Las Vegas Nevada.
Prior to forming HFD Spa, Ms. Monteson was the Fitness Supervisor of the Palm-Aire Spa Resort in Pompano Beach, Florida, where she developed fitness programs for guests of all ages and physical conditions.
She received both her Bachelor and Master of Science degrees from Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania and, in 1991, was given the honor of being named Alumna of the Year. Ms. Monteson is a member and past Chairperson of the International Society of Hospitality Consultants (ISHC.com) and she also serves on the President's Advisory Council for Slippery Rock University.