First discovering the gem of Punta Islita 20 years ago, Greg has been living the Pura Vida way of life and has been an active community member since. He was instrumental in creating a socially responsible community development program and foundation bonding Punta Islita community members to build a new school with English language programs; supporting the environment, arts, culture and youth.

Greg also has nearly 20 years of experience investing in, developing, and selling real estate in Punta Islita, Costa Rica. First drawn to Punta Islita as a personal homeowner, Greg has since overseen the acquisition, construction, and sales of local real estate.

As an entrepreneur, Greg, founded the first business, a commercial organics recycling company in Massachusetts, USA, that he grew in to a multi-site, multi-million dollar operation. Eventually partnering with a private equity firm, Greg sold the business to a publicly traded company listed on the NYSE.

Greg’s intimate knowledge, experience, and relationships within the local community provide The Islita with a differentiated ability to drive project completion, while maintaining respect and mutual benefit with the local community.

Greg continues to strive to protect and enhance the majesty that is Punta Islita.

Anatoly is a forward thinking creative and real estate development professionals, generating wide acclaim for progressive approach to lifestyle and community development. Pushing boundaries with big ideas, he has an accomplished portfolio of inventive design and build solutions, dedicated to heightening the user experience. As a property professional and entrepreneur, he has a proven track record across international markets; from Australia, US and Europe.

The projects deliver on a depth of experience and innovative vision to revolutionize the real estate, sustainability, food and tourism industries. Each project is individually conceived, inspired by great quality, timeless design and healthy environments that challenge convention in a meaningful way.

Anatoly’s extensive international career with AECOM in design and construction project management, coupled with environmentally conscious principles, guide him in swiftly identifying opportunities, analyzing sites, navigating through sensitive design and approvals processes, overseeing and executing the installation, and engaging with stakeholders and communities.

Working with a carefully selected team of Costa Rican experts, ranging from architect, engineers, general building contractor, hotel operations experts and coupled with a leading international advisory team; The Islita project has developed from a wonderful concept to reality

Irene Polo is a qualified interior designer whose incredible eye for detail, elegant, natural, and timeless material selections, furniture, and styling is what makes Islita’s spaces beautiful, calming, and luxurious. Irene leads interior design .

An advocate for integrated health and alternative medicine drives Irene to source linens, room amenities, and finishes that create healthy environments and holistic spaces.

Coming from an international career in commercial real estate with Cushman & Wakefield and interior design, Irene’s incredible eye for detail, design, and products thoughtfully curate the holistic Contained experience, ensuring it is balanced with equally detailed sustainable commercial models.

Each project is individually conceived, inspired by great quality, timeless design, and healthy environments that challenge convention in a meaningful way.

If happiness and excitement were manifested into a person, it would be Rigel. A lifelong veteran of the industry and true hospitality guru, Rigel defines what it means to live a life of adventure, fostering lifelong relationships at every turn. Rigel brings over 16 years of high-performance hospitality leadership & entrepreneurship expertise to the team.

Having held National Director level positions with several independent luxury hotel & resort brands as well as with Kimpton Hotels, in addition to holding C-level executive positions with 4 different hospitality startups, including an industry-leading global management group for unique hotel offerings.

Rigel’s focus is on championing the vision for each partner property while working with executive teams + stakeholders to develop & manage long-term growth strategies.

Embodying the true definition of an adventurer, Nick has explored the world on the road less-traveled. From summiting mountains to exploring jungles to navigating remote islands, his unquenched thirst for discovery has given him a keen eye for the unique experiences we work with.

Nick brings a unique blend of technical expertise and industry experience gained from a lengthy hospitality background in management and advisory roles at several leading hotels of the world, and C-Level positions at 3 different hospitality startups in addition to successfully co-founding an enterprise technology company.

Nick’s focus is to drive brand recognition + customer engagement, ensuring sustainable growth for all of Lucky Find’s partner properties.

Seb is a creative strategist, producer and social entrepreneur with a passion for storytelling and projects that make a beautiful contribution to the world. His experience within the advertising industry and across a variety of social and environmental impact initiatives has evolved into a dedicated mission for bringing forward-thinking, regenerative projects to life… helping to launch many campaigns, events, projects and brands.

His work has encompassed designing and developing projects within the property, wellness and tourism spaces both within core teams and as an agency lead on branding, communications and media.

Co-Founder to foundations, media, advertising & technology businesses as well as purpose-driven organisations including ethical ad agency Futurekind, Seb is passionate about helping to transform communities, environments and lives for good.

As an integrative medical doctor, Dr. Randi Raymond combines Eastern and Western medicine to create custom wellness plans and experiences. She has more than 20 years of experience and has always believed that the real answers for healing can be found in nature.

Her career began in Western Medicine and culminated in her receiving a Master of Science in Oriental Medicine and a Doctorate in Integrative Medicine. She has been leading personalized retreats internationally for over 15 years. Having experienced many health challenges herself and with her patients she has created a truly integrative approach to wellness.

She combines her knowledge of nutrition, lifestyle modification, energy medicine, Western and Oriental medical techniques such as massage, acupuncture, gua sha, cupping, moxibustion, herbal medicine, sacred plant medicine, mycology, lab work, frequency medicine, detox methods, self care education, life coaching, and colon cleansing to create a custom wellness plan for each client.

Dr. Randi owns a plant medicine farm in Costa Rica that is adjacent to one of the most biodiverse, protected rainforest parks in the world. She has plans to build a research lab and expand her work with medicinal plants and mycology.

Dr. Jorge Villalobos is not your typical physician. While his colleagues worshiped pills, Jorge expanded his horizons toward ancient wisdom and holistic approaches to well-being. From a young age, he felt the differences between synthetic solutions and nature's potent healing. This yearning led him to natural medicine, where he embraced the ostracized cannabinoids, molecules teeming with the potential to soothe, ease, and heal different conditions.

Jorge wasn't just a collector of remedies; he was researching, and meticulously documenting the effects of these botanical marvels. Though his curiosity didn't stop there... Jorge was also drawn to hyperbaric oxygen therapy, a seemingly simple treatment offering profound benefits from treating divers ailments to promoting healing and reducing chronic inflammation.

In these two unconventional practices, Jorge saw a beautiful synergy. Hyperbaric oxygen could amplify the body's receptivity to cannabinoids, creating a potent healing duo. His clinic, a haven amidst fragrant gardens, became a sanctuary for patients seeking a different path to wellness.

Dr. Villalobos's journey wasn't a straight shot. Once in the conventional world, he was a white coat disillusioned by the limitations of pills and procedures. An encounter of his father’s fight with cancer, and seeking natural pain management, ignited a spark - leading Jorge to explore the world beyond the sterile walls of the hospital.

This exploration wasn't just intellectual; it was a metamorphosis. Jorge shed the layers of his training, discovering the body as a complex ecosystem, not a machine to be fixed. This newfound passion fueled his transformation, his practice morphing from sterile to earthy, his shelves filled with nature's whispers. Jorge, the once white-coated doctor, became a barefoot healer, a bridge between ancient and modern, a testament to the radical healing power of nature's medicine cabinet.

Lindsay Madden-Nadeau has spent the past 23 years traveling the globe working for some of the biggest names in corporate and luxury hospitality wellness. She was the Global Director of Wellbeing for the luxury division of Accor luxury brands, including brands like Raffles, Fairmont, and Orient Express. She was responsible for each individual brand’s global wellbeing strategy.

As a strategic advisor in wellness & ESG strategies, for The Islita Lindsay offers a 360-degree perspective sharing the most relevant trends and research in the wellness, travel, health, environmental and social governance strategies to help shape the offer and define the value that wellness and community development brings to Punta Islita, guests and residents.

Lindsay holds the position of Vice-Chair for the Global Wellness Tourism Initiative led by the Global Wellness Institute. This project leads the strategy and positioning of global wellness tour- ism, the values, and requirements to build an impactful future for businesses of tomorrow based on social, environmental, and economic well-being.

Together with Lindsay, The Islita is positioned as a sustainable project with leading Environment, Social and Governance strategies that strengthen the environmental and social impact on our local community.

Andrea and Paola are trained professional Chefs and restaurateurs with worldwide experience. They have been cooking together since 2007 and loved the collaboration so much so that they married since 2010. They met while working at Four Seasons Resort in Costa Rica after which they opened and operated an acclaimed Restaurant (Abbocato) for about 15 years, with great passion, results, and satisfaction.

In 2018 a rather tempting life opportunity which included a sailing yacht and wide open ocean opened their eyes to new frontiers and adventures. They sold their business and set off navigating the oceans.

Food and Beverage is their big passion, besides nature, diving, traveling, and experiencing life in a Healthy way that reflects in their work and cooking. They are very focused on quality and details, with 30+ years of experience in Europe, Asia, Central America, and Australia. Their knowledge gives us the opportunity to deliver a great service and timing, focused on giving the best experience to our guests and colleagues. They love to offer very varied styles, techniques, and types of cuisine such as Mediterranean, Italian, Asian, Modern American, Latin food, Vegan, Vegetarian, Healthy, with an eye on the best quality and the other on budget. Excellent skills in provisioning, problem-solving, and organization.

In the last few years, they started a new project “Healing Food” where the objective is to create a healthier vision of what we eat in relation to a vast approach of ingredients that has been used in the centuries as medicine. Using combined techniques, cultures, and traditions of different parts of the world, they are able to prepare professional fine dining dishes under medical supervision, in collaboration with nutritionists and diet specialists considering holistic care, macrobiotic diet, Ayurvedic teaching and wellness nutrition. We work with local farmers to create our farm to table program of organic and nutrient full food.

Taking it up and out a notch; for those seeking psychoactive, hallucinogenic and psychedelic state of mind alteration dining experiences, Paola and Andrea have the experience to take you on this journey in a medically safe environment.

Ossie is an accomplished and innovative hotelier with 25 years of international hospitality expertise with leading luxury hotel brands like Four Seasons Resorts & Residences, Rosewood Hotels & Resorts and Amangiri Reosrt & SPA by Aman Resorts, Hotels and Residences.

He is a hands-on leader with an extensive knowledge of hotel operations that has constantly encompassed Forbes & AAA proficiency.

Ossie is a creative problem-solver with “passion for perfection” and a focus on increasing efficiency and effectiveness.

A whole-hearted Ambassador of Hospitality and Kindness, a devoted artisan of possibilities and solutions. A hands-on leader with an extensive knowledge of hotel operations.

Paul, following a legendary career in Australian Rules Football, achieving the highest successes as both a player and as premiership coach, is a leadership and elite performance head coach and keynote speaker.

His love for high performance was instrumental to his coaching success. Paul’s revolutionary approach to player feedback and recognition was pivotal in building the much-revered team, the Sydney Swans, that Paul coached to their first premiership in 72 years, an achievement that elevated him to AFL Legend status.

Paul is a co-founder and Head Coach at Performance By Design, a company specializing in elite individual, team performance and culture in the corporate market, with an extensive and respected portfolio of international companies and brands.

Aside from being an investor in The Islita from a financial and emotional standpoint; Paul will also be running corporate retreats at The Islita focusing on practical insights into life balance, meditation, family, travel, leadership, performance, mentoring and coaching.

Tami has a PHD in Parapsychic Science, with a specialization in meditation as a tool to unlock the highest potential to a life of fulfilment and well-being.

As the acclaimed author of Amazon’s best seller Presence to Power: I AM the Gift, Tami offers timeless wisdom to individuals and groups seeking to slow down, gain clarity and experience lives, relationships and business.

Tami is an accomplished keynote speaker with audiences ranging from CEO’s and professional athletes looking to embrace more influence, efficiency, elite performance and professional impact - to those people seeking to access the power mindfulness has to improve their lives. Including mindfulness for kids.

Tami, alongside her husband Paul, will be running corporate retreats at The Islita focusing on practical insights into life balance, meditation, family, travel, leadership, performance, mentoring and coaching. These teachings and mentoring programs will also be rolled out for our local youth and adults through the Punta Islita School and The Islita Foundation.

Alvaro is the founder of APD ARQUITECTOS, a consulting firm in the field of architecture, whose primary activity is the design and inspection of residential and commercial projects. In these fields, the firm has vast experience in the preparation of construction plans for luxury homes and condominiums.

The firm was founded in 1996 and since then has been involved in developing top-quality design-build projects. APD Arquitectos’ qualified and experienced staff provide consulting services in architectural, structural, electrical and mechanical planning for development of various projects.

Their mission is to be the means by which the client achieves the dream. APD Arquitectos offers a personalized service are and innovation to meet the changing demands of the field of architectural design.

Nomadic Resorts is a world leading and award winning interdisciplinary design team supporting The Islita team in Master planning, Architectural Design, Landscape Design and Interior Design.

Using a holistic approach, they create sustainable projects that reflect a true sense of place and fit organically into their natural surroundings as we believe that designs should serve as a bridge to connect nature, culture and people.

Their team, led by Louis, specializes in sustainable architecture, contemporary bamboo construction, treetop living concepts, tensile membrane design & engineering, regenerative landscape design, permaculture and low carbon engineering.

Nomadic Resorts have worked on numerous luxury resorts, retreats and camps in far flung places, for amongst others Playa Viva Mexico, Resplendent Ceylon, Six Senses resorts and spas and Soneva Group, Banyan Tree & Beyond, Wilderness Safaris, African Bush Camps and Sri Lanka.

Louis is a LEED AP, green building and landscape design professional specializing in the realization of eco-resorts, tented camps and high end residential villa developments; and has 10 years experience of designing, building and operating high-end, mixed use development projects in Asia with Six Senses resorts and spas.

Louis has a BTS diploma in Hotel Management and Marketing and studied Hotel Design and Planning at Cornell-Nanyang Institute of Hospitality Management in Singapore.

The Islita welcomes Marina and Beautiful Minds with their mission to maximize human potential. Marina runs the incredible, children and youth empowering organization Beautiful Minds, providing accessible and continuous support, and tools, for every child’s personal development - which they can employ throughout their’s and their family’s lives. Improving family harmony in all homes makes children more resilient to the challenges they’ll face in life and helps build a better tomorrow, together.

At The Islita, Beautiful Minds will be hosting mother and daughter, teen girls, and father and son retreats. These technology-free, reconnection retreats focus on giving families more harmony in the home and have been a huge success.

They have a partnership with Stanford University and with their global team they will host exceptional camps and retreats for youth and families at The Islita.

Vanessa, Spiritual Embodiment Life Coach and retreats host, aims to get our guests back in touch with their most inner being, grounded and rooted in the highest vibration of their own love. Through her education in movement, meditation, energy healing, natural medicine and nutrition she has created a program that will regulate your nervous system, unblock and reprogram your beliefs to create your unlimited dream life. She guides you in a safe space to help uncover your deepest gifts, heal your past, and align you to your life’s divine purpose.

Days together will consist of grounding breathwork and movement, nourishing cuisine, connection ceremonies, embodiment rituals, energy healing, and exploration of Self & Mother Nature. Vanessa will lead guests to a place where they begin to peel back the layers to Self, finally liberating the authentic, raw, and divine energy being we hold within our own human vessels, the body.

Adela is a Ayurvedic medicine practitioner, ancestral plant medicine healer, spiritual retreat leader, RYT 200 yoga instructor and Jyotisha Shastra Vedic astrologer.

Originally from Ecuador, Adela has lived in California for the past 16 years offering a cultural bridge that unites the wisdom, and practices of the Vedas with the ancestral teachings and traditions of the original peoples of the Americas. She has great pride in carrying the lineages and traditions from her land in her heart.

Being a certified Ayurvedic practitioner, she works with plant medicine treatments, retreats and ceremonies that incorporate her love and knowledge of Ayurveda and other Vedic supporting disciplines; delivered in Spanish, French, Italian and English.

With Adela’s guidance, teaching, leadership and extensive network of Vedic teachers and yogis, worldwide Kirtan singers and musicians, shamans and wisdom keepers, The Islita is blessed with world leading facilitators and guests for our holistic spiritual wellness and retreats.

Marco has been involved with movement and meditation since he was very young. Raised on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica; running, cycling and surfing came natural for him, simultaneously interested and inclined towards meditation. At 18 he discovered yoga, but it was not until he was 24 when he decided to dig deep into the “yoga world”.

For over 14 years he has studied and practiced yoga in Central America, India and USA. He has studied with great teachers such as Saraswati (Ashtanga, in Mysore), Richard Freeman (Ashtanga), Tim Miller (Ashtanga), John Friend (Anusara), amongst others.

Along with yoga, sport is also his passion. He has devoted his life to improving performance in various sports and found the balance between yoga and sport lifestyle. For that reason ESPN chose him to film a special edition of Yoga and sports in 2016.

Marco was a sponsored athlete for over 10 years. He raced sports such as mountain bike, trail running and triathlon from 2002 up to 2020. He has raced in various continents and finished 2 Xterra Triathlon World Championships.

Marco is a licensed physiotherapist, Crossfit certified teacher, graduated massage therapist and yoga anatomy teacher. Nowadays he is regularly invited to podcasts and master classes in Costa Rica and abroad as a movement expert.

In 2013 Marco combined his knowledge of sports, physical therapy, and yoga, and created his own fitness method named ZENFIT. His method integrates yoga, functional training, calisthenics and animal flow in entertaining 40 minute sessions. He has trained amateur and elite athletes, but also people with no training background. All agree that the ZENFIT method changed their relationship with fitness and of course, changed their body and performance.

Since its creation, the ZENFIT method has always been focused on longevity, combining fitness with different wellness elements such as mindset, lifestyle and nutrition. Marco has continued to study and apply his discoveries in all stages of his life.

Jose is a hotel industry professional who graduated with an MBA. with an emphasis on Marketing and Tourism, Hotels & Restaurants.

He has more than 25 years of experience in the hospitality industry as a Hotel, Resident and Operations Manager in luxury boutique hotels including InterContinental, Four Seasons and Blue Diamond Hotels and Resorts.

Jose has been involved with the review and monitoring of the administrative area and the analysis of financial statements, budgeting, monitoring and management of the operation, direction and monitoring marketing & sales, and representation of the properties at a commercial level.

Jose contributes an incredible energy and experience to help make The Islita the Ultimate Hospitality Destination.