Julia Sutton – Co Founder and COO for Exhale Enterprises, a leading lifestyle brand in the spa and wellbeing industry that operates 22 properties in 10 markets. As a member of the founding team, she developed and scaled the company's supply chain through data and analytics that helped to fuel decision making in all three categories of the business: Retail, Spa and Boutique Fitness.

Ms Sutton helped to develop the exhale program and products, most of which are private label and proprietary to the brand. She developed both an instore and digital operating program. Most recently we launched a loyalty program tying into the World of Hyatt.

She also developed the sales and operations model for Exhale named Exhale Experience. Exhales sales continue to grow at a rate of over 5% YOY. She helped to create a special culture at Exhale through this program and training.

Ms. Sutton has a bachelor’s degree in Marketing and International Business from Manhattan College. She also completed the OPM program at Harvard Business School. Julia belongs to several groups (COO network, American College of Sports Medicine, Harvard Business School NY). She currently sits on the board of Manhattan Colleges business school board