XpresSpa Appoints Michael Lebowitz to Board of Directors
April 07 2020 - 10:30AM
XpresSpa Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: XSPA) (“XpresSpa” or the “Company”),
a health and wellness company, announced today that Mr. Michael
Lebowitz has been appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors
(the “Board”). He replaces Mr. Andy Heyer who had been a Board
member since December 2016 but chose to resign due to other
commitments and pursuits.
Michael Lebowitz is the Founder and CEO of
globally-recognized agency Big Spaceship. Since launching Big
Spaceship in 2000, he has defined its strategy and vision, while
working closely with the agency’s clients, including Brightstar
Care, JPMorgan Chase, Google Fi, Google Maps, Hasbro, International
Rescue Committee, JetBlue, Kirkus, the NFL, Roku, SiriusXM, Stadia,
Starbucks, and YouTube.
Bruce T. Bernstein, Chairman of the Board, said,
“Michael is an expert in advising companies on how they can nurture
creativity, innovation and evolve their businesses and will
therefore be a valuable addition to our Board during these
unprecedented times. We would also like to thank Andy for his
dedication and contributions to XpresSpa these past few years and
wish him all the best.”
At Big Spaceship, Mr. Lebowitz has assembled “a
crack team of digital inventors,” according to Fast Company’s “Most
Innovative Companies” list, and has led the company to be named
among the Advertising Age and Crain’s New York Business Best Places
to Work four times. Big Spaceship’s organizational design and
progressive culture have twice been studied by Harvard Business
School, with the case studies now taught at top business schools
all over the world.
He speaks across the globe and has engaged
audiences at Cannes Festival of Creativity, AdAge and Adweek
events, SXSW, Click:NY and Click:London, ad:tech, IAB, and OMMA, as
well as institutions including Harvard Business School, NYU Stern,
Miami Ad School, SI Newhouse School at Syracuse University, Long
Island University, BYU, and SLU's Institute for Private
Business.
Mr. Lebowitz has chaired and sat on juries for
most of the top awards shows for creativity, innovation, and
effectiveness and he has led the agency to win countless awards,
including an Emmy Award nomination, Cannes Lions, Clios, Webbys,
D&AD, SXSW Awards, Andys, and One Show Interactive Pencils.
Michael was also named among the 2010 Creativity 50 and the 2008
& 2017 OMMA Online All-Stars. In 2017 Mr. Lebowitz was named to
Campaign Magazine's Digital 40 Over 40 and the 4As 100 year
anniversary list of the 100 People Who Make Advertising Great.
He is a Council Member of the Mayor's Creative
Council for New York City and serves on the Board of SoDA: The
Digital Society, on the Global Advisory Board of Own The Room, and
as an advisor to discovery startup Milq.
Mr. Lebowitz completed his Bachelor of Arts (BA)
in Film/Cinema/Video Studies at Vassar College.
About XpresSpa Group, Inc.
XpresSpa Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: XSPA) is a health
and wellness holding company. XpresSpa Group’s core asset,
XpresSpa, is a leading airport retailer of spa services and related
health and wellness products, with 51 locations in 25 airports
globally. XpresSpa offers services that are tailored specifically
to the busy travel customer. XpresSpa is committed to providing
exceptional customer experiences with its innovative premium spa
services, as well as luxury travel products and accessories.
XpresSpa provides almost one million services to customers per year
at its locations in the United States, Netherlands, and the United
Arab Emirates. To learn more about XpresSpa Group, visit:
www.XpresSpaGroup.com. To learn more about XpresSpa, visit
www.XpresSpa.com.
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the date hereof.
Investor Relations:ICRRaphael
Gross(203) 682-8253
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