The Global Wellness Summit (GWS), one of the foremost gathering of international leaders in the multitrillion-dollar global wellness economy, recently formally announced “The Susie Ellis Scholarship for Equity in Wellness.” The new fund aims to create more inclusivity at the annual wellness event by providing financial assistance to a member of an underserved population to join the conference each year, ultimately empowering recipients to return to their local communities and become leaders in the wellness industry.
The new endowment was unveiled to delegates at the 2021 Summit, which took place at the Encore Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, from Nov 30th - Dec 3rd and the scholarship will cover the recipient’s travel, hotel and registration. The application process to nominate candidates will launch Q1 2022 for next year’s Summit taking place in Tel Aviv, Israel, from October 30–November 2.
The award is funded by several donors including Katrine and Bill Formby, Jill and Rick Stollmeyer, Lynne and Victor Brick, and the Szekely Family Foundation and is named for Susie Ellis, GWS Chair & CEO, who has been at the helm of the Summit and its sister non-profit organization, the Global Wellness Institute (GWI), since inception and is very vocal about her commitment to bringing more equity and inclusion to the wellness industry.
Nancy Davis, Chief Creative Officer & Executive Director said: “Susie has been vocal about the disparities in access in the wellness industry and has wanted to do something meaningful about it - I am grateful to our inaugural donors for helping us expand the reach of the GWS and am thrilled to be able to honour Susie Ellis’ leadership, passion and vision in our industry”.
Upon being presented with the new fund, Susie Ellis said, “I believe that the wellness industry can do much more when it comes to fostering inclusion and equity; this is a simple but incredibly powerful step in democratizing our industry. I thank all the donors who have made it possible for us to put our mission statement of ‘Joining Together. Shaping the Future.’ into tangible action.”
Anyone interested in contributing to this unique scholarship should email nancy.davis@globalwellnessinstitute.org.
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