Melisse Gelula

Co-Founder (Exited July 2020) at WellandGood.com
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New York City Metropolitan Area

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Experience

    • United States
    • Technology, Information and Internet
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Co-Founder (Exited July 2020)
      • Jul 2009 - Jul 2020

      New York City WellandGood.com — Your Healthiest Relationship Well+Good is the country's most influential wellness media company, with a Fast Company Innovation Award (2018), three Webby Awards for Best Lifestyle Site (2019), Best Health Site (2017), and Best Lifestyle Site (2016), People's Voice. We define wellness, and declare what's coming next. Founded and run by journalists, Well+Good regularly breaks news on health trends, features must-know intel on healthy food, fitness, and clean… Show more WellandGood.com — Your Healthiest Relationship Well+Good is the country's most influential wellness media company, with a Fast Company Innovation Award (2018), three Webby Awards for Best Lifestyle Site (2019), Best Health Site (2017), and Best Lifestyle Site (2016), People's Voice. We define wellness, and declare what's coming next. Founded and run by journalists, Well+Good regularly breaks news on health trends, features must-know intel on healthy food, fitness, and clean beauty, and leads the national conversation about wellness culture. We lead live experiences such as the monthly Well+Good TALKS series and quarterly Well+Good Retreats. And we work closely with experts and thought-leaders via the Well+Good Council. In June 2018, Well+Good was acquired by the Leaf Group.

    • SVP of Brand (Fitness + Wellness, Leaf Group)
      • Jun 2018 - Jun 2019

    • Chief Creative Officer (CCO)
      • Jul 2009 - Jun 2018

      New York, New York

    • Writer and editor (health, travel, spa, fitness, beauty)
      • Jan 2009 - Apr 2010

      Departures, Robb Report, Martha Stewart Living, Lexus, Ritz-Carlton Magazine, Organic Spa, Sherman's Travel (website), Whole Living, American Spa, Lucky

    • United States
    • Advertising Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Editor in Chief
      • Mar 2008 - Jan 2009

      Created and edited a new consumer online lifestyle magazine on the topics of spas, treatments, beauty, and well-being for an international audience (copy translated into five languages); set editorial mission and tone; supervised writers, photo shoots, wrote spa-destination and investigative beauty stories on skin care, anti-aging, and more. Served as media spokesperson for the company, and quoted as an expert in Travel + Leisure, Health.com, New York Times, and on E! News, the Travel Channel… Show more Created and edited a new consumer online lifestyle magazine on the topics of spas, treatments, beauty, and well-being for an international audience (copy translated into five languages); set editorial mission and tone; supervised writers, photo shoots, wrote spa-destination and investigative beauty stories on skin care, anti-aging, and more. Served as media spokesperson for the company, and quoted as an expert in Travel + Leisure, Health.com, New York Times, and on E! News, the Travel Channel and more. Show less

    • Spa Beauty Editor
      • Mar 2003 - Mar 2008

      Developed, wrote, edited features on spas, beauty, and skin-care science Media spokesperson

    • United States
    • Book Publishing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Travel Editor
      • 1998 - 2003

      Developed, edited, and wrote travel guides Media spokesperson

Education

  • Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute
    Conscious Leadership
    2020 - 2020
  • The Center for Mind-Body Medicine
    Professional Training Program in Mind-Body Medicine, Social Work
    2020 - 2020
  • National Psychological Assoc for Psychoanalysis (NPAP)
    Mental Health Counseling/Counselor
    2004 - 2010
  • University of Toronto
    MA, English
    1995 - 1996
  • University of Iowa
    BA, English
    1990 - 1993

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