Brad Adatto

Bradford E. Adatto, JD, has a background in regulatory, transactional and securities law. Having worked in health care law his entire career, he has an in-depth knowledge of the “dos and don’ts” of this heavily regulated industry. Adatto has worked with physicians, physician groups and other medical service providers in developing ambulatory surgical centers, in-office and freestanding ancillary service facilities, and other medical joint ventures. He regularly counsels clients with respect to federal and state health care regulations that impact investments, transactions and contract terms, including Medicare fraud and abuse, anti-trust, anti-kickback, anti-referral and private securities laws.

Rylie Bland

The process of bringing House of Preservation to life was a combined effort of lifelong friends Brittany Ricketts and Rylie Bland. Unsatisfied with their corporate jobs in 2016, they decided to take a leap of faith and pursue their passion for all things skincare and beauty related. They embarked on their journey by enrolling in esthetician and laser school where they launched their blog, House of Preservation, as a platform to educate like-minded skincare junkies. Following graduation, both landed jobs in a med spa to learn the business from the ground up. 

Throughout their time in school and working in the industry, House of Preservation (@houseofpreservation) garnered a cult-like following with their full-disclosure tips, tricks and opinions on buzzworthy beauty ingredients and treatments. Dubbed 'The MedSpa the Internet Built' by D Magazine, House of Preservation is truly just that, a business that leapt off social media into the real world. In 2019, Ricketts and Bland made the leap from the digital-scape to the real world with their first brick-and-mortar location on Fitzhugh Avenue in Dallas, Texas, and expanded with an Austin location at The Triangle in spring 2023. Scouting their third location with an ever-growing following on social media, House of Preservation is setting the tone for how to engage with clients and retain business, all while staying focused on the overall goal; to make people feel confident bare-faced.

Cathy Christensen

Cathy Christensen is the chief operating officer (COO) of the American Med Spa Association (AmSpa), based in Chicago, and has been with the company since its infancy, joining as Director of Operations in 2013. Prior to this, Christensen worked in the publishing industry, where she began as an editorial assistant and transitioned into her second career in operations of AmSpa after climbing the ladder to become the Editor-in-Chief of Skin Inc. magazine and the Conference Director of the Face & Bodyevents.

Christensen has contributed to AmSpa’s significant increase in gross profits year over year since 2013, as well as its staff growth, which has increased from two people to 27 people. Christensen oversees team members who specialize in marketing, membership, sales, events, legal and content.

Christensen enjoys strategizing and directing growth, budgeting, working with very talented and insightful people, and building relationships with vendors and partners to help meet their goals while at the same time meeting AmSpa’s goals. Processes and procedures are a passion of hers and, although they aren’t very glamorous, she firmly believes that they make or break not only the larger organization, but staff members’ job satisfaction within that organization, as well. In both of her careers, she has found that the keys to success lie in relationships, respect and excellent communication. Christensen prides herself in her ability to embrace challenges, persevere and even have a little fun while doing it.

Bryan Durocher

Bryan Durocher is the author of Wake Up… Live the Life You Love… in Beauty, and is the founder of Essentials Spa Consulting and Durocher Enterprises. Durocher was named one of the “Top 20 People to Know in the Beauty Industry” by Global Cosmetic Industry magazine, and provides coaching, consulting, global industry trends and marketing solutions for medical spa, spa and industry professionals internationally. Durocher Enterprises has been published in many articles and has provided business education internationally at a variety of national and international industry events.

Judy Kozlicki

As a Strategic Advisor of Aesthetics for Skytale Group, Judy Kozlicki’s extensive experience gives her a deep understanding of the aesthetic space. She gets to know each client’s practice individually, identifies the opportunities for growth, adapts best practices and works alongside owners to bring their vision to fruition. Kozlicki was a senior consultant at KZA & Associates before joining Skytale Group. Prior to that, she served as the president of Pinnacle Cosmetic and COO/CCO of Omni Cosmetic, where she played an active role in guiding the strategic vision and rapid growth. Kozlicki also served as the executive director for two private plastic and cosmetic surgery practices; during her time, she helped the owners rebuild their teams and introduced new service lines and technology, which refueled revenue production resulting in increased stability and profitability for the practices. From 2010 to 2015, Kozlicki led the national expansion of LifeTime Fitness’ medical spa business. While serving as the national manager of skin care and medical aesthetics, she opened 33 medical spa locations in 20 states.

Ryan McElwain

Ryan McElwain is a digital marketing veteran with more than 10 years of experience. While he launched his career with a focus in automotive, he has since made a name for himself helping health care providers and medical spa owners across the U.S. grow their businesses through online tactics. While always emphasizing the importance of SEO and PPC, he now runs a multi-disciplinary team of search and social experts at DoctorLogic.

Brittany Ricketts

The process of bringing House of Preservation to life was a combined effort of lifelong friends Brittany Ricketts and Rylie Bland. Unsatisfied with their corporate jobs in 2016, they decided to take a leap of faith and pursue their passion for all things skincare and beauty related. They embarked on their journey by enrolling in esthetician and laser school where they launched their blog, House of Preservation, as a platform to educate like-minded skincare junkies. Following graduation, both landed jobs in a med spa to learn the business from the ground up. 

Throughout their time in school and working in the industry, House of Preservation (@houseofpreservation) garnered a cult-like following with their full-disclosure tips, tricks and opinions on buzzworthy beauty ingredients and treatments. Dubbed 'The MedSpa the Internet Built' by D Magazine, House of Preservation is truly just that, a business that leapt off social media into the real world. In 2019, Ricketts and Bland made the leap from the digital-scape to the real world with their first brick-and-mortar location on Fitzhugh Avenue in Dallas, Texas, and expanded with an Austin location at The Triangle in spring 2023. Scouting their third location with an ever-growing following on social media, House of Preservation is setting the tone for how to engage with clients and retain business, all while staying focused on the overall goal; to make people feel confident bare-faced.

Terri Ross

Terri Ross is a world-renowned practice management consultant and international speaker in the aesthetic industry who has helped hundreds of medical aesthetic practices launch, grow and scale upward of $1 million in growth a year and beyond. In response to real-world challenges facing aesthetic practices, Ross launched APX, a business intelligence training and growth solutions platform for the medical aesthetics industry in the areas of sales, finance, operations and marketing analytics.

Sahar Saghezchi

Sahar Saghezchi is the founder of Cupertino Facial Esthetics, a Bay Area medical spa specializing in medical aesthetics, intimacy wellness and cosmetic dentistry. She started in plastic surgery as a patient care coordinator, gaining the majority of her experience learning every inch of plastic surgery from renowned plastic surgeons. She moved into consulting and assisting medical spas grow and expand. Her passion for esthetics and her background in practice growth led her in the direction of using her expertise to expand her father’s cosmetic dental practice with the addition of the medical aesthetics side, Cupertino Facial Esthetics. Combing the expertise of herself, her father and her brother (an oral maxillofacial surgeon) to create a specialty center focusing on the face, neck, chest, intimacy wellness and smile.

Alex Thiersch

Alex R. Thiersch, JD, is the founder and CEO of the American Med Spa Association, and he is also a partner at the business, health care and aesthetic law firm of ByrdAdatto. He has extensive experience representing industry professionals before state medical boards and is one of the most sought-after speakers in the country regarding matters of practice management and medical aesthetic law, including conferences for the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, the Global Aesthetics Conference, Vegas Cosmetic Surgery, the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, the Medical Spa Show and others.