“Hannah Karass is one of the most competent, knowledgeable, and
inspirational leaders in the entire world wide health club industry”
John McCarthy
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“I have known Hannah Karass in the health club industry for over twenty years; she has literally developed into one of the best developers/operators of clubs in the United States with the most impressive financial and member metrics of any clubs of their size and scope. She is skilled in design and lay-out of a club, all of its operations especially in sales and service functions, and the membership experience. At Healthworks, she led the company through its largest growth, each location with unique features but retaining the same member culture. Today, Hannah has assumed a leadership role in the club industry. She is a veteran of the prestigious Faust International executive round table, Chairman of the board of directors for American Council on Exercise, and the 2008 recipient of Club Industry's Business women of the year award. Hannah is an expert in small and medium sized clubs, women’s-only clubs, spa services, design/layout, local sponsorship, strategic alliances and break-through programming and services.
Rick Caro
President
Management Vision
New York, NY
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“Hannah Karass is unique in that she is strategic and hands-on, and understands how to get things done…she is a great mentor and inspires people through her guidance and leadership….and she is always positive which makes working together a pure joy”
Annbeth Eschbach
Founder and CEO
Exhale Mind body Spa
Boston, Bridgehampton, Dallas, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Santa Monica, Venice.
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"Hannah Karass is a bright and positive consultant with knowledge of a
broad range and depth of operational disciplines and has helped VIDA in
numerous meaningful ways. We'd highly recommend Hannah and Core
Solutions".
David von Storch
President and Founder
Vida Fitness
Washington, DC
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“Hannah
Karass of Core Solutions, Intl. is one of the strongest club leaders I
have ever met. She is a terrific problem solver. She is able to analyze
any situation in a club, identify areas of needed improvement and
generate great solutions. If I had a club or spa, Hannah Karass would
be my consultant.
I have worked with Hannah for many years. I have
watched her in a group of some of the industries strongest leaders and
owners. She is a quick and solid thinker and her ability to create
action plans and direct implementation is superb. She is respected by
all. When Hannah makes suggestions everyone listens. And when Hannah
says she is going to do something, it happens…every time.”
Gerald W. Faust Ph.D
President
Faust Management Corp.
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“Working
with Hannah Karass and Core Solutions International is a tremendous
advantage. Hannah’s 20+ years of hands-on experience have given us the
help we needed to move forward with confidence with our plans for
expansion. Her elegant style and unassuming management skills place her
in a league of her own
Liz and Tim Rhode
Owners and Founders
The Maryland Athletic club
Baltimore, MD
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"During the design, construction and start-up of Stone Creek Club and Spa, Hannah provided invaluable assistance to ownership and management through her extensive knowledge of industry metrics, operational knowledge, design and marekting ideas. her opinions and suggestions were vigorously tested by our team and found to be solid and on target. She was a pleasure to work with as a member of our team plus her leadership and organizational skills are impressive".
Quentin Dastugue CCIM
CEO
Property One, Ince
Stone Creek Club and Spa
Covington, LA.
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“I
have worked with Hannah Karass and Core Solutions, Intl. for over five
years in both the profit and not for profit setting. She is the top in
her field. Her understanding of the entire fitness industry is second
to none. She is intelligent and hard working. One of her greatest
qualities is her ability to predict where the industry is going even
before the industry itself knows! It is a joy to work with Hannah”
Miriam Nelson, Ph.D,
Author
of the best selling Strong women book series, Fellow of the American
College of Sports Medicine, and internationally respected scientist
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"Hannah Karass Possesses the skills and experience necessary to develop an idea, concept or new club / spa business model through all phases. This would include initial philosophy, branding, facility layout/design/construction, pre-sales, business growth, employee development and a creating a remarkably positive company culture. Among Hannah's strengths is her ability to visualize, articulate and execute every phase of the fitness & spa business. At Healthworks she combined leadership, intelligence and a strong work ethic with other skills, to create a collaborative method of strategic planning, policy implementation, and communication throughout all levels of the organization. This resulted in nationally recognized industry results for Healthworks. At Healthworks, Hannah was responsible for leading the innovative philosophy and strategy on the niche of promoting health and wellbeing for women, which in turn created a very strong sense of community and loyalty. Hannah leads a team exceptionally to stay ahead in a rapidly changing business climate. Hannah can step into most environments or situations and create positive results. She remains deeply admired and respected by thousands of Healthworks members and employees for her unparalleled impact at Healthworks".
Mark Harrington
President
Healthworks Fitness Center's
www.healthworksfitness.com
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“Working
with Hannah Karass is always productive and pleasurable. She is focused
and right on target with club members needs, overall operational &
design requirements and simply what helps make a club environment
beautiful and delightful”
Eric Brown AIA, Principle
Prellwitz Chilinski Architects
Cambridge, MA
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"Hannah has worked with us in the role of fitness industry consultant for over 15 months. During this period of time she has been a critical part of our executive management team to implement processes and strategies that are based upon industry best practice in a turn around environment. She has an impressive knowledge of fitness club metrics that include all departmental revenue streams. she is an excellent communicator and works extremely well within a team, besides being fun to work with!".
Pamella Vanderslice
General manager
Ethos Fitness and Spa
NJ
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“As Chairman of the American council on Exercise’s Board of Director’s, Hannah continues to provide the direction we need to sustain and improve the high level of quality programming offered by our organization. She has been directly responsible for our continued growth, direction and development to educate, train and certify more than 200,000 fitness professionals worldwide. We are honored to have such a distinguished individual serve our organization”
Scott Goudeseune
President
American council on Exercise
"Hannah did an incredible job working with our management team in planning, organizing, and opening our spa. She delivered beyond our expectations. We opened our spa a couple of months after we opened our club, and both opened flawlessly. Hannah always gave us more than we expected and we will continue to work with her on a continuing basis".
Larry C. Connor, CPA
General Manager
Stone Creek Club and Spa
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