Select Comfort Creates Sleep Number Quality of Life Advisory Board to Improve Lives, Enhance Well-Being.

Team of Five International Experts to Educate Americans about the Impact of Better Sleep on Quality of Life

MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Select Comfort Corporation , the nation's leading bed retailer and creator of the SLEEP NUMBER(R) bed, has hand-picked five internationally known experts to be part of its Sleep Number(R) Quality of Life Advisory Board, assembled to help people realize how they can enhance their lives through better sleep and a better bed.

"People don't ordinarily make the connection between the amount of sleep they get and the quality of the lives they live every day," said Pete Bils, senior director of sleep innovation and clinical research for Select Comfort. "We've recruited some of the country's top experts to help people truly understand how overall life satisfaction is linked to sleep." The Sleep Number Quality of Life Advisory board complements the Select Comfort Sleep Advisory Board(SM), which is made up of leading researchers and clinicians to help guide the company about issues related to the science and practice of better sleep.

The expertise of the Sleep Number Quality of Life Advisory Board members includes high performance/energy, personal happiness, physical appearance, successful relationships and sleep environment and decor. The board members are:

Dr. John Spencer Ellis: High Performance/Energy