Nada Brezec
Nada Brezec is the co-founder of Smart Movement and this is the second project that her and Spela Perc have partnered on. Brezec and Perc first partnered in 2010, when Brezec bought into Perc’s Pilates and Holistic Center in Ljubljana. Brezec took on to the projects that Perc executed in previous years and together the duo organized annual Body and Mind Events throughout best hotels in Croatia and Slovenia. Their most successful and sold out events took place in Kempisnki Adriatic Hotel and Parentium Hotel in 2012 and 2013. During these events, the duo partnered with BMW, Mercedes Benz, Fructal, Acis, The Organic Pharmacy, Sense Spa, Endosphere therapy, Kyani. Medex, GNLD and Manicure Urban SPA to offer their top clients an exclusive retreat weekend. Their Pilates and Holistic center became the vehicle for brand party launches and marketing events. Brezec created after fashion week private sales events for Slovene fashion designers and jewelry retailers. The Pilates Holistic Center was not only offering top level Pilates and Gyrotonic trainer, but it was a center for promoting high-end brands such as Mercator, Krka, Kyani. The duo successfully sold their company in 2014 and started working on Smart Movement.
Brezec did her own training for certification in Stott Pilates mat and reformer and she trained under Monica Hoekstra (master trainer and founder of Absolute Pilates and Art of Smart Movement) for several years in Charlotte, North Carolina. In 2012 Brezec completed Core Barre certification course and was also trained by Perc in Gyrtotonic in Ljubljana and Power Pilates in 2009 in Urban Pilates in Philadelphia.
Brezec is the business side of the dynamic duo, having earned her Bachelor degree in science in Criminal Justice from Indiana University and Masters of Business Administration (MBA) at University of Phoenix. Her excellent GPA earned her an invitation to become a Member of Alpha Phi National Honor Society of Public and Environmental Affairs. Brezec speaks four different languages fluently. Before moving to the United States, Brezec worked as translator from French to Slovene and English for LeClerc. From 2008-2009 she was contracted by Futuristic Marketing to write column about her life in the USA for the woman and fashion website for Diva.si. At that time she worked as assistant for event organization and administrative work for Leopatra d.o.o and translator for magazine Avenija in Ljubljana.
From 2008-2010, Brezec was a business consultant and translator for business developing and law consulting companies Socius d.o.o. and Eudace d.o.o
Off the mat and outside the business world, Brezec is a mother of 2 and wife of a professional basketball player. As the wife of a professional athlete, Nada has lived and traveled throughout North America, Russia and Europe. She participated in many different charity programs such as NBA Cares, Basketball Without Borders Program in Treviso, Italy, 2005 and South African Republic, 2007. Brezec was invited by Heart Bright Foundation along with other local celebrities to participate in a fashion show and raise awareness for cardiovascular health in the Charlotte community. A natural on the runway, not only has Brezec and her eldest daughter participated in fashion shows together, but she was even invited to the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in NYC with Fergie and other celebrities, where her style landed her an interview with NBC to uncover more about her outfit. She has also participated in designer shoe events, where celebrities donate shoes to raise money and awareness for SAFE DRIVING ACTION, a fundraiser organized by Safe Roads Foundation in Slovenia.
Despite Brezec juggling between her business career, various family moving to different countries, completing studies and certifications, managing family properties and investments, participating in charity events, she remains a wife and mother, first and foremost. She is the former president (2011-2014) of the PTA of the IBM International School in Ljubljana and remains a board member of the PTA council for Elementary School VIC in Ljubljana. Brezec is also Vice-President of the board for NK Rudar Velenje soccer team and is always looking for new events and opportunities she can be a part of.