Randy Alvarez
CEO & Founder
Randy has personally media coached (help doctors get ready for TV) over 2,200 licensed health care practitioners on a one-on-one basis. He has over 20+ years experience in marketing and working with healthcare professionals.
Randy Alvarez lives on the beach in Carlsbad, California. He loves spending time with his two sons, playing ping-pong, checking out the freshest local farm-to-table venues, and traveling. Along with listening to the latest audio-books by his favorite thought leaders, he enjoys snow skiing, tennis, hiking, lifting weights and living a healthy lifestyle.
Cory Alvarez -
Producer Manager
Cory has co-directed and edited more than 1,300 Wellness Hour episodes that have aired on satellite, cable and network television. He’s edited an additional 2,000 videos for doctors’ websites and social media platforms, directed and co-directed more than five in-office productions for television, and directed and produced more than two hundred 30-60 second television commercials.
He attended film school in Ventura at the Brooks institute and his hobbies include reading books on history, marketing and advertising.
Annamarie Demaio -
Guest Coordinator | Director of Business Development
As the Director of Media, Annamarie negotiates, purchases, and monitors advertising space and airtime on behalf of our clients. Annamarie’s well-rounded experience — including in-house marketing coordination, media buying and ad sales — gives her a unique and knowledgeable perspective to ensure Wellness Hour clients get the most from their media budgets. Annamarie also handles all in-studio scheduling, pre-production calls and dress rehearsal meetings.
With a degree in Professional Communications from SUNY Farmingdale and a background in customer service, she ensures the highest quality in client relations. In her spare time, this native New Yorker enjoys hiking, and beach days with her husband Patrick and their dog Ollie.
Jeannine Selby -
Media Buyer
Jeannine Selby is the Director of Media at the Wellness Hour. She received a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing from California State University, San Bernardino. She spent 26 years in advertising in the Palm Springs market working for 7 incarnations of the cable company over the years. During that time, she handled the Long Form, Short Form, the National Business for Palm Springs and Yuma, as well as Digital campaigns for many clients.
It was 24 years ago that she called on Randy Alvarez and introduced him to Long Form Advertising, and from there the Wellness Hour was born. Although Jeannine has joined the Wellness Hour recently, she has been a part of the Wellness Hour for many years. Jeannine enjoys country living with her many animals; dogs, cats, horses and chickens.
Kristen Vestal -
Marketing Director
Kristen has an innate ability to connect with others, a sharp and creative mind, and a passion for excellence. She oversees and provides excellent support to our clients making sure that their marketing initiatives and campaigns are performing at their highest level. Kristen has 5+ years of experience helping companies begin and improve their marketing departments and strategies across multiple industries including health, education, entertainment, and real estate.
Kristen received her Bachelor's degree from Wagner University with a certificate in Entrepreneurial Studies and is a certified Google and Facebook Market Partner. She is working towards getting her Certified Digital Marketing Certificate from the American Marketing Association. In Kristen's spare time you can find her pursuing creative projects, reading self-development and marketing books, hiking, checking out the latest art exhibit in town, and enjoying quality time with family and friends!
Lauren Brissette -
Creative Director
Lauren handles the creative development at the Wellness Hour such as: graphic design/print, specialty website creation, email campaign design, photography on set, and other digital content creation. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Art with a focus in Art, Art History and Visual Culture at San Jose State University.
Lauren is a certified Google, Microsite/Bing, and Facebook Market Partner. She is currently taking online classes for CSS Coding to unleash her design potential. Lauren enjoys exploring new places or restaurants, practicing photography and is making time to get back into drawing.
Dina Barzilai -
Assistant Producer
Our Assistant Producer, Dina, wears many hats, adapting to each moment as it comes. In addition to finding the best doctors in their fields to become our next Wellness Hour success story and encouraging them to jump-start their journey, she helps them navigate the beginning stages of their new role as the star in their own show.
From scheduling their pre-production and dress rehearsal, to answering traveling questions–she is always available to serve both our clients and potential clients, connecting them with the person or information that best addresses their needs.When she isn’t at work, she spends her time reading, writing, and editing — and hanging out with her cat Kendra. She recently published a book of poems, and is working on her first novel.
Elijah Shepherd - Producer & Editor
Elijah Shepherd is an Assistant Editor at the Wellness Hour. He studied filmmaking at Carlsbad High School and has been actively studying movies over the past five years. He got his first camera at the age of 12 and has been doing freelance work and creating passion projects ever since.
He hopes to break into the film industry by making blockbuster movies with his peers. In his time off, he loves surfing and skating all around the Carlsbad area and spending time with friends and family.