October 3, 2024 5:00 pm

Amanda Ward, Moderator
Amanda Eyre Ward is the New York Times bestselling author of Sleep Toward Heaven, How to Be Lost, Love Stories in This Town, Forgive Me, Close Your Eyes, The Same Sky, The Nearness of You, The Jetsetters, The Lifeguards and Lovers and Liars. Her bestselling novels have been featured in People Magazine, The New York Times, and more. Amanda publishes nonfiction in Travel + Leisure, the New York Times, Texas Monthly, and more.. Amanda's work has been optioned for film and television and translated into fifteen languages. She lives in Austin, TX.

Amy Edwards
Amy Edwards is the CEO and Founder of Overflow Bottle Co, a transformative leader, and the host of "The Amy Edwards Show," a podcast advocating for personal empowerment and happiness at every age through innovative and efficient habits and mindset shifts. With a 30-year career in radio and music, Amy is also an author, reiki master, creator of the BestYOU courses, the founder of the Fight For Her Initiative focused on helping the Batwa Pygmy women and girls, and a mother of two teenage girls.

Darlene Fiske
A self-proclaimed spa junkie, this dynamic, results-orientated marketing and communications professional with 20+ years of experience in marketing, branding, media relations and publicity has helped propel her clients to the forefront of the luxury travel space.
She has served on the marketing task force for the International Spa Association, has spoken at industry conferences such as SXSW, IECSC, The Resort Hotel Association (RHA), SPATEC, and ISPA and has written for a variety of publications including FathomAway, Organic Spa, Spa Opportunities and Forbes.

Cindy Present
Cindy has dedicated her life to wellness and watersports, deeply connected to Texas waterways as a fourth-generation resident of Lake Austin. As Director of Marketing and Wellness at Lake Austin Spa Resort, she helps shape award-winning wellness programs and marketing strategies. Cindy’s career spans roles as a competitive water skier, professional show skier, paddleboard racer, corporate wellness director, and Ironman athlete. She co-founded Operation Get Out, a nonprofit leveraging nature and water for wellness, and is an advocate for Blue Mind science, promoting the health benefits of water.