Christina Russell, MBA, CFE Photo

Christina Russell, MBA, CFE

CEO, Radiance Holdings
  • Profile

As a serial franchising executive, Christina has held top-level leadership roles at industry-leading brands for over 20 years. She is currently the CEO of Radiance Holdings, a company representing a collection of premier brands including Sola Salon Studios, the leader in the salon studios sector with over 600 locations across the U.S. and Canada; Woodhouse Day Spa, a high-end day spa franchise that brings a resort experience to a neighborhood setting; and BeautyHive™, an online distributor built on the belief that independent beauty professionals are the driving force behind the salon industry. Christina serves as the CEO of each of the Radiance brands, leading the dedicated teams who drive unit-level and system performance.

Prior to Radiance, Christina was the CEO of Pure Barre, President of Camp Bow Wow, and VP of Operations at Curves International. Christina started her franchising career 22 years ago as a multi-unit franchisee, which informs her passion for helping others achieve their dreams of business ownership.