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Management Team

Alison Thurston, General Manager

Alison Thurston brings considerable experience in club operations and management from the Four Seasons Hotel Seattle to her role as Assistant General Manager. Prior to Four Seasons, Alison spent 12 years at The Sports Club Company where she was an Assistant General Manager in NY and Orange Country, CA. With her success at the club level she was asked to bring her managerial skills to the Spa division and became the Spa Director, and quickly was promoted to the Corporate Spa Director, overseeing all Spa operations for the clubs in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, Orange County and New York. Alison attended Arizona State University with a degree in Marketing.

Annie Batista, Assistant General Manager

Annie brings both experience and passion to her role as Assistant General Manager of the Sports Club/LA – San Francisco. Annie began her career in the fitness and hospitality industry at the New York Health & Racquet Club over 15 years ago where she worked as both a Membership Director and General Manager.

Annie most recently worked at Reebok Sports Club/NY as a Membership Director and transferred to San Francisco in the role of AGM because of her love of management. Annie graduated from Baruch College – The City University of New York with a degree in Real Estate and Metropolitan Development.