Prior to her appointment at Lake Austin Spa Resort, Tracy was the director of The Spa at the Crescent, a luxury spa, fitness and wellness facility managed by Rosewood Hotels and Resorts, a management company with five star hotels and resorts around the world. In this role she managed all aspects of the private fitness facility and the public day spa. In addition to her management responsibilities at The Spa at the Crescent, Tracy served on the development team for Rosewood Hotels designing spa and fitness facilities for new hotels and resorts around the world. She is a contributing author for the ACSM's Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription, 5th ed. (Williams and Wilkins, 1995) and a textbook for wellness professionals entitled Health Fitness Management (Human Kinetics, 1997). Tracy also served as a section editor for the ACSM's Resource Manual to the Guidelines, 3rd and 4th ed. (Williams and Wilkins, 1998, 2001).

Born in Argenteuil, just outside Paris, Chef Beaucamp was convinced that he wanted to cook professionally after spending a summer helping out at his uncle's bistro in Arromanches, Normandy as a young boy. He attended the Belliard culinary school in Paris, apprenticed in the traditionally run kitchens at the city's elegant Hôtel Plaza-Athénée, then cooked at the celebrated Grand Café des Capucines and two other Parisian landmark restaurants. He had his first experience of health-conscious cookery at the famous spa of Enghien-les-Bains and the Hôtel le Trianon in Versailles. While cooking eclectic contemporary food at the trendy Parisian restaurant and club, Barfly, he worked his way up to executive chef, which led him to the Buddha Bar, under the direction of Kazuto Matsusaka, and the Bouchon Bistro Lyonnais on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles. Chef Beaucamp has also cooked for many celebrities, including Elton John, Charlize Theron, Renee Zellweger, Tim Curry, Adrian Brody, and Nicole Kidman - who asked him to cater her birthday party one year.

Crafts are another of Trisha's interests, and she teaches classes such as pressed flower designs, potpourri, painting pots and herbal swags, to the guests at LASR. She has participated in the writing, editing and testing of two cookbooks for the resort, and teaches cooking classes as well.

Prior to joining the Lake Austin Spa Resort team in October of 2006, Brent spent 6 years working for the Hyatt Regency Austin Hotel. He worked in many areas of the rooms division, serving as Guest Services Manager, Assistant Front Office Manager, Assistant Executive Housekeeper, and Director of Housekeeping. As Director of Housekeeping at Hyatt Regency Austin, Brent led his team of staff in assisting with a multimillion dollar guest room renovation.

For the first several years at Lake Austin Spa Resort she taught many different types of exercise classes for our guests. In recent years Nia Dance is the modality of movement she enjoys most because of the strong mind/body connection with music and the freedom and release that it offers.

She enjoys interacting with people and is motivated to help them find ways to have a fun and active lifestyle. She is an avid reader, gardener, walker, and can play a pretty mean game of Texas Hold'em poker.

She loves to plan and organize and devotes most her attention now to the behind the scenes orchestration of special classes and events.

She has been instrumental in the creation and development of guest programs such as the annual Gathering of Wise Women women's health series and For the Love of Books author's series. She is also the coordinator of our monthly program, The Culinary Experience at Lake Austin Spa Resort, as well as specialty weeks including Nia, Yoga for Everybody, Gotta Dance, Mother/Daughter, Duplicate Bridge, Poker, In Love with Lavender and Comedy Improvisation.

Robbie is always on the lookout for new ideas and programs that our guests would enjoy, and you will still catch her enthusiastically teaching dance classes whenever she can!

Realizing the strong connection between the body and mind and wanting to gain insight into the actions of those she taught and trained, Sharon pursued an advanced degree and earned a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the University of Memphis in 2002. Her research projects focused on common psychological issues within the fitness realm such as adherence, motivation and behavior change. This background allows her to "open the therapeutic door" for those wanting to improve their overall quality of life by launching a healthy endeavor, stopping a deleterious habit, or simply gaining understanding of the benefits of maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

Tom's passion for service started as a part time cast member at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. That part time job turned into a full time career lasting over twenty- five years in attractions, food and beverage and hotel operations in several of the theme parks and resorts.

Prior to joining Lake Austin Spa Resort, Tom worked for close to six years as the Director of Operations for Levy Restaurants at AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas, home of the San Antonio Spurs. Tom was responsible for all premium food service including 60 luxury suites, the Terrace Club restaurant, four mini restaurants, six bars and catering for the team and corporate groups up to 6,800 guests.