About Herb Lipsman

Herb Lipsman is the President and Chief Executive Officer of The Health Club Company, providing management and consulting services to upscale health clubs and spa facilities as well as corporate wellness programs and facilities.

Lipsman recently launched this new business after having served for 13 years with The Redstone Companies. He began his employment with Redstone as General Manager of The Houstonian Club, from 1993 – 2000.

In 2000, he was promoted to Vice President of Development for The Houstonian Hotel, Club & Spa (responsible for all new property development including club renovations, design and development of Trellis Spa and the design and development of the property’s new resort and competition swimming pool facilities in 2005). He was also placed in charge of Shadow Hawk and The Houstonian Golf Clubs for two years and handled the marketing and membership sales for all of Redstone’s golf properties during this time in the early 2000’s.

In 2003, Lipsman founded Houstonian Lite Health Clubs as a wholly owned subsidiary of The Redstone Companies. Houstonian Lite has three upscale health clubs located in Sugar Land Town Square, Pennzoil Place and Wells Fargo Plaza. In addition to his other Redstone duties, Lipsman served as CEO of this start-up company.

Lipsman was named Senior Vice President of Marketing & Business Development for The Redstone Companies in August, 2004. In this role, he provided internal consulting services to all of Redstone’s affiliate companies, including golf clubs, banks, The Houstonian Hotel, Club & Spa and Houstonian Lite.

In 1999, Lipsman was elected to the prestigious Board of Directors of IHRSA (International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association) to serve a three-year term. During this same period, he also served on the Board of THRSA (Texas Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association).

In January 2005, Mayor Bill White appointed Lipsman to serve as Chairman of his Mayor’s Wellness Council to lead the City’s Get Moving Houston initiative to fight a growing obesity problem and to address overall community wellness. Lipsman continues to lead this council of local business, civic, healthcare and education leaders today.

“The Health Club Company provides me with the opportunity to take all that I’ve learned during the past 30 years of operating some of the industry’s finest clubs and spas and share this with developers, club and spa owners as well as corporate wellness leaders. During this time, I have established strong relationships with experts in virtually every area of the business. This extraordinary network of industry experts will enable us to provide a broad range of services, while minimizing overhead expenses and subsequent fees.”