GGFA Think Tank Panel of Experts
The GGFA Think Tank Panel is an elite group of Industry experts that are recognized and respected for their service and expertise. Each member of the Panel represents products and services that ill a specific niche.
The purpose of the GGFA Think Tank Panel is to offer a platform that provides GGFA members with educational resources and access to expertise.
was the Founder, Past President and Director of IHRSA (International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association), the trade association of over 9,750 clubs in over 78 countries. He is a frequent writer for various trade publications and the author of the book, Financial Management, targeted for the club industry. He is also a well
known lecturer for the industry.
Rick Caro ~ Industry Guru ~ Financial & Market Expert
Rick Caro is the President of Management Vision, Inc., a leading consulting firm specializing in the club industry. Management Vision is widely regarded for its feasibility studies, business plans, loan proposals, valuation of the worth of clubs, assistance in the buying and selling of clubs, operational analyses of existing clubs and financial acumen. Management Vision has experience with small and large-sized clubs, single activity and multi-sport facilities, suburban and urban sites, owned and leasehold properties and start-up and take-over business situations all over the U.S. and other countries.
Rick Caro was the previous Chairman of the Spectrum Clubs, Inc., a leading club ownership company with plans to consolidate that industry. After only 6 months, it became the 10th largest company in the U.S. with over $60 million of revenue and two major club clusters in Texas and California.
Rick Caro is a 39-year veteran of the club industry. He previously was the owner of an eight-club organization of multi-sport clubs in the Northeast U.S. which he successfully sold in 1983. Over the last six years, he has consulted to over 1,500 clubs. Mr. Caro
Robert Dennis ~ Site Selection & Lease Negotiation
Casey Conrad ~ Sales & Marketing
Casey Conrad, BA, JD, has been in the health and fitness industry for 26 years. In addition to authoring “Selling Fitness: The Complete Guide to Selling Health Club Memberships,” she has created and published over 25 other sales, marketing and management training products for the industry. Most recently Casey has created an entire line of comprehensive training programs that are delivered on-line. These include membership sales, personal training sales and Internet marketing. She has spoken in 19 countries, is a feature presenter at conventions and trade shows worldwide and writes monthly for numerous international magazines. Her website is
www.CaseyConrad.com and she can be reached at
Casey@CaseyConrad.com.
Robert D. Dennis is CEO of Foundation Partners, a real estate brokerage and development firm. In his career, Mr. Dennis has negotiated over $5 billion dollars in leasehold obligations and developed over $500 million in new openings. He has managed 8.5 million square feet in real estate portfolios exceeding $100 million annual lease obligations and directly involved with the opening of over 500 fitness centers in the United States, Canada and Asia.
As a business and real estate broker, he has worked with numerous companies securing leases, assembling parcels of land for development, securing financing, entitling property and obtaining zoning modifications when necessary, leasing and lease reviews and the purchase and
sale of various businesses. continued...
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