MIAMI (April 4, 2006)— SOTHYS USA®, the professional skin care leader, announced that Brenda Gallagher has joined the sales team as the Vice President of National Sales for the company.

Gallagher will be leading the Sothys sales team from her New York base. She brings a strong background in spa operations where she was successful in driving revenue through a focus on product sales and continuous education. “I strongly believe that through education, you provide stronger service to your clients,” Gallagher said. “For years, I have been an ardent believer in the results of the Sothys brand and am thrilled to be joining the Sothys USA team.”

In her new position, Gallagher will be primarily responsible for further growing the brand’s distribution in national luxury spa locations, multiple door spa accounts and destination spas, as well as serving as the main company liaison between Sothys USA’s national spa distribution and the company’s Miami headquarters.

“We are very pleased to have Brenda join our national sales team,” said Christian Garces, president of Sothys USA. “We feel confident that Brenda’s vast knowledge and experience in the spa industry will make her a valuable addition to our wonderful team.”

Gallagher has more than 20 years of operational background in the salon and spa industry. Most recently, she held the VP of National Salon Operations for Georgette Klinger.

ABOUT SOTHYS
Established in 1946 in the world capital of beauty – Paris – SOTHYS is a family-owned skin care company renowned for bringing advanced skin care to consumers through professional estheticians worldwide. Working with the globe’s leading universities and research laboratories, scientists at the SOTHYS Beauty Institute apply innovative scientific principles to the fine art of beauty in order to develop products and professional treatments perfectly matched to Sothys’ “efficient, safe and pleasant” motto. Today, the SOTHYS full line of results-oriented skin care products and cosmetics is sold in more than 100 countries. SOTHYS international headquarters are based in Paris. SOTHYS USA is based in Miami.