Angela Cortright Making Her Mark
By Mae Mañacap-Johnson
Cortright
founded
Spa Gregorie’s, a small day spa,
in 1998. A decade later, Spa
Gregorie’s has expanded to
three locations (Newport Beach,
Rancho Santa Margarita and Del
Mar, California).
With Cortright’s combined
leadership and marketing skill,
the spa continues to impact the
lives of the community it serves
through programs like “Caring
for the Caregivers” and fundraising initiatives for Susan G.
Komen for the Cure.
FASTFACT
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pa Gregorie’s founder and this year’s ISPA Dedicated Contributor
Award recipient Angela Cortright is an established business
leader in her own right. She has recently been honored as
“Business Owner of the Year” by the National Association of
Women Business Owners Orange County and was named
“Enterprising Woman of the Year 2011” by Enterprising Women Magazine.
Of all the recognitions she has earned, she is most proud of her humanitarian work, particularly her contributions in bringing the healing benefits of spa
to a larger community.
After all, she herself was touched by spa’s healing power when she was
then a highly stressed-out executive in a high tech industry. “I entered a
wreck, but left as a functioning human being again,” she recalls of her decision to make a career change.
As she continues to make her mark in the spa industry, Pulse gets upclose
and personal on what fuels her passion to give back and how she plans to
continue to make an impact.
My greatest contribution to the spa industry so far is: Greet the Day,
a nonprofit organization initiated by Spa Gregorie’s and founded in 2003. Its
goal is to serve cancer patients through a nurturing and restorative program
that includes guided meditation, spa treatments, among other healing spa
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