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

Dr. John Spencer Ellis is the CEO of National Exercise & Sports Trainers Association, the Spencer Institute for Life Coaching and the Get America Fit Foundation. He is currently seen as the health and fitness expert on Bravo's The Real Housewives of Orange County. He also is the host of The Fit Show, The OC Body TV show and The Spencer Power Hour radio program. Ellis is the author of How Badly Do You Want It? - Your Ultimate Guide to Optimal Fitness. Most recently, he hosted the Ms. Fitness USA and World Pageants, and was nominated for induction into the Fitness Hall of Fame. Ellis speaks to athletes and busy moms, as well as those people who simply want more energy to get through the day. According to him, being well rested and recovered will keep you fully "on your game."

M.J. Ryan: Personal Happiness