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	Heather Bagby
Heather is the Director of Communications for Summit Salon Business Center and serves as a consultant for Summit Salon Consulting Group. Heather's enthusiasm and passion for organizational development is instrumental in leading salons to consistently deliver management solutions that drive growth and achieve organizational effectiveness. Prior to joining SSBC, Heather was an Association Executive with SmithBucklin Corporation, the world's largest association management firm serving as the Executive Director for several associations. Heather currently owns a salon, a cosmetology school and is a stockholder in Summit Salon Business Center. Heather is a graduate of Auburn University with degrees in public relations and journalism and holds a certificate in association management from DePaul University.

	Glenn Baker
For more than 20 years, Glenn Baker has been dedicated to developing winning business strategies for salon professionals. As Vice President and Partner with the Head Shoppe Co. Ltd. group of salons, Glenn has been integral in growing sales and improving operations. Glenn is also a stockholder, board member and serves as the Managing Director of Summit Salon Business Center’s Eastern Division. Glenn educates distributors, salon owners and stylists throughout Canada and the United States. His enthusiasm for helping others is undeniable as he teaches principles guaranteed to help salons face the challenges of today's ever changing market.

	Macayla Baskerville
Macayla Baskerville is a consultant who helps salons and spas to realize their full potential and elevate their business to the next level. Macayla specializes in coaching her clients to unlimited growth with proven business strategies. Empowering them to broaden the vision of what their salon could become. She can offer a salon owner an opportunity to become MORE not just financially, but mentally and emotionally as well. Prior to joining Summit Salon Consulting Group, Macayla spent 11 years as a stylist and 8 years as a salon owner. After one year on Summit system, Macayla helped to grow her salon by over $660,000. Macayla now coaches other people to achieve similar success. Macayla lives in Temple, Texas.

	Donald Bennett
Don Bennett brings 21 years of experience in coaching and mentoring from the manufacturing world to the salon industry. After working with a large company to stay within their budget guide lines and to show a profit, Don enjoys working with salon owners to realize profitability and keep the Summit Salon Business Center's vision alive and independent salons flourishing. Don joined SSCG as a consultant in early 2006; his reward is to watch each salon owner grow individually as a leader within their salon and to pass forward what knowledge they have learned to others so they can have a better quality of life.

	Kimberli Bennett
Kimberli Bennett is a stockholder of Summit Salon Business Center, as well as a team leader and consultant for Summit Salon Consulting Group. Kim joined the consulting group in 2002. She has spent the majority of her career growing salon leaders and focusing on improving business processes within salon companies to increase productivity and promote successful outcomes. Kim feels a great deal of pride toward the salon professionals she has had the opportunity to grow. Prior to joining the consulting group, Kim served as a stylist, manager, and salon owner. Kim understands all aspects of the business and utilizes her diverse background to inspire those she leads.

	Jo Brooke
Jo Brooke has twenty-nine years in the beauty industry. Her passion is to grow service providers, focusing on hair. Jo has actively been teaching the associate program for 10 years. She shares her time between consulting and Solutions Day Spa in Indiana, of which she is a shareholder.

	Michael Cole
Michael Cole's track record in the salon industry has been absolutely phenomenal. He has accumulated over 30 years experience as a stylist, manager, executive chain director and multiple salon owner. For the last 20 years, Michael has been the founder and president of Salon Development Corporation, an international company specializing in salon business training. He is a world-renowned recipient of numerous awards for his contributions in helping tens of thousands of salon professionals transform their businesses. The key to Michael's success is his unique ability to observe current and future business trends and translate them into systems and methods by which salons achieve dramatic growth. Michael is a stockholder and board member of Summit Salon Business Center.

	Roberta Dotson
Roberta Dotson has been in the beauty industry for more than 38 years, working in many guises. She has owned a salon, served as an educator for Redken, and held corporate positions with both Redken and Marshall's Salon Services. Roberta was first introduced to the Summit program through Michael Cole, who has been her mentor for the past 25 years. For the last several years Roberta has been working with salons to create a profitable business in which to grow service providers and help salon owners create exit strategies.

	Nicole Eicks
Nicole Eicks, a stylist since 1992, opened her first company, Clipzone Salon and Remedy Spa in Anderson, Indiana in 1996. Clipzone currently has 9 stockholders and is home to a staff of over 30. In 2005, Nicole opened The Salon Professional Academy in Anderson, Indiana. As a salon consultant, Nicole is responsible for providing effective guidance and leadership to salon owners and service providers. Numerous salon companies have leveraged her entrepreneurial expertise to achieve success within their respective organizations. Adopting the philosophy of growing her salon one service provider at a time, Nicole attributes Clipzone's success to her passion for the Summit system, and the Associate Program in particular.

	Sharmaine Giorgio
Sharmaine Giorgio brings over 23 years experience in the beauty industry as a nail technician, makeup artist, and salon owner. In 2004, she was fortunate to attend a business summit to learn the Summit systems. After implementing these systems in her own salon and spa, her company's growth has been tremendous. The associate program was instrumental in the hair and nail departments. Sharmaine was asked to join SSCG in 2006 and currently serves as a consultant for Summit Salon Consulting Group. Sharmaine enthuses that "being able to share my personal success with the program and give back to our industry by helping salon owners and their service providers to achieve their highest potential has been one of the most rewarding experiences I've ever been a part of."

	Catherine Hanson

	Kay Hartman
Kay Hartman brings 40 plus years of experience to the Summit Salon Consulting Group. Having been a stylist/salon owner, a manufacturer’s rep, and a distributor sales consultant, she is a walking wealth of knowledge. Kay has a wonderful heart for people and a tremendous passion for the professional beauty industry. Her consulting forte is the flex salon business model.

	David Hodges
David Hodges is a salon owner and SSCG consultant. The Summit System has been a tremendous factor in his success. He attended the Summit prior to opening his own salon and has enjoyed a profit every quarter. Prior to joining SSCG, he was a professional musician who for over ten years owned an entertainment & booking company. After selling his company, he entered the world of accounting and account management with an international restaurant company in Atlanta. Three years later, David decided to leave accounting to open a salon with his wife, an accomplished stylist and National Artist with Redken. David is a leader who never meets a stranger, and is excited about the growth potential in the beauty industry and the proven success of the Summit system. He is committed to helping others realize their potential and to raising the bar in the industry.

	Luke Huffstutter
Luke Huffstutter is an energetic and passionate leader who took his own salon, Annastasia Salon in Portland, Oregon, to great success using the Summit Systems. The systems were so effective for Luke that he can step away from his salon and help other business owners as a consultant. Living on the west coast and being surrounded by lease salons has given him a unique perspective and willingness to help salons go from breaking even to being profitable. Luke is the 4th generation of his family to be in the industry and has high hopes that everyone can have a life of abundance in the beauty industry.

	MaryJune Jackson
MaryJune Jackson is a SSCG consultant who helps salons and spas to meet their goals, achieve sustainable growth and develop a lasting legacy. Prior to becoming a consultant, MaryJune grew up in her family's salons and school. After working in her family's businesses since childhood, MaryJune graduated from college with a double major in Business Management and International Business, plus a minor in Entrepreneurship. She completed cosmetology school at her family's school and got her license in cosmetology. MaryJune is an alumna of the Iowa State University chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta national women's fraternity, Alpha Kappa Psi national co-ed business fraternity, and a founding member of the International Business Club at Iowa State University. MaryJune currently lives in Tampa, FL and Ames, IA.

	Michael J. Kimble
Michael is a Certified Public Accountant and the sole owner of Salon Consultants by Michael Kimble, P.C., an accounting firm located in Plainwell, Michigan. Since 1989 Michael has specialized in accounting and consulting in the Salon Industry and worked with several hundred salons. He has extensive knowledge in the area of salon accounting, payroll tax, income tax and implementation of QuickBooks and accounting systems used in salons. He also has extensive knowledge in the application of Summit Salon Consulting Group's budget guidelines in conjunction with the salon financials. He has been working with several SSCG salons independently since it was founded in 1993. Michael joined the Consulting Group in August of 2006 as its accountant/consultant to help with the implementation of QuickBooks in Summit salons. He is offering accounting and tax preparation services to SSCG salons in addition to QuickBooks implementations.

	Dave Kirby
Since entering the salon industry in 1983, Dave has worn the hats of stylist, manager, business owner, educator and salon management consultant. He was an educator and consultant with Michael Cole's Salon Development Corporation for five years. Dave joined KRS Consulting Group in 2002 and was named the company's "Consultant of the Year" in 2003. Prior to the KRS and SSBC merger, Dave served as President and CEO of KRS Consulting Group. Dave is a stockholder, board member and the Managing Director of Summit Salon Business Center's Western Division.

	Randy Kunkel
Randy is a stockholder and board member of Summit Salon Business Center. He has over 30 years experience as a stylist, manager and multiple salon owner. Randy, along with his wife Sharon, founded KRS Consulting Group in 1993 to focus on issues related specifically to salon management and ownership. KRS merged with Summit Salon Business Center in 2009. Hundreds of salons, spas and cosmetology schools have experienced utterly astounding improvement in sales, profits and teamwork thanks to Randy’s guidance. They are a testament to his expertise and desire to help others succeed. From complex ownership issues to the front desk, Randy has not only seen it all, he’s helped others overcome it all.

	Sharon Kunkel
Sharon is the Director of Operations for Summit Salon Business Center. She is the co-founder of KRS Consulting, and is a stockholder and board member of Summit Salon Business Center. Sharon is the behind the scenes traffic controller. Any questions regarding Summit Salon Consulting Group or the Summit Salon Business Center can be answered by Sharon.

	Britta Larson
A long-time member of Summmit Salon Consulting Group team, Britta Larson combines powerful strategic business acumen with a deep passion for beauty and wellness to help her clients achieve new levels of productivity and profitability. Britta devotes her natural warmth, energy, and enthusiasm to help salon owners and individual stylists achieve their full professional and personal potential. Britta opened Hairazors Salon in Shorewood, Minnesota in 1996. One of the first salons to implement the Summit ssytems, Hairazors has been a client of the Summit Salon Consulting Group since 1999. Britta is also a co-owner of The Salon Professional Academy, a cosmetology school in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Prior to joining KRS in 1999, Britta was a National Educator and Platform Artist for a leading national franchise. A gifted colorist and stylist, Britta received her training and certification at the Scot Lewis School of Beauty in Minneapolis in 1985.

	Mary Lokken
Mary Lokken loves to teach! Teaching has been her life: first as a high school teacher, then as a teacher in her family's cosmetology school, and now as a teacher of salon owners, school owners and distributor sales consultants. After 25 years in education and a lifetime in her family's beauty business, Mary still loves to show people how to grow as leaders and how to grow the next generation of salon professionals.

	Peter Mahoney
Peter brings his wealth of experience and knowledge from Salon Consultants International Inc. and as the proud owner of 25 full service salons, a day spa and training facility to Summit Salon Business Center. Peter has been successfully coaching and educating distributor sales consultants, salon owners and salon teams throughout North America on modern day philosophies of leadership and communication. Accredited with the Ernst & Young "Entrepreneur of the Year" Award, Peter shares his passion for improving the quality of life within the salon industry with hundreds of salons in Canada and the U.S. each year. Peter's down to earth, pragmatic approach combined with his ability of transforming potential into reality has gained him a reputation as one of the most effective trainers in the salon industry today.

	Lana Martell
Lana Martell is a consultant for Summit Salon Consulting Group who helps coach salons and spas to achieve a higher level of profitability, consistency and professionalism. Prior to becoming a SSCG consultant, Lana spent 23 years as a stylist, salon leader and field trainer with The Head Shoppe in Halifax, Nova Scotia. After a successful career in the beauty industry, Lana now coaches other people to achieve the same success. Lana lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and is a licensed Master Hairdresser.

	Deb McMahan
Deb McMahan is a consultant for Summit Salon Consulting group and provides salons and stylists with proven strategies to increase income, profit, and Quality of life. Deb has over 20 years experience in the beauty industry as a former salon owner/stylist, educator, and sales professional for Redken 5th Avenue NYC. Her passion for growing people, strong leadership skills, and dedication to the beauty industry has helped many stylists and salons succeed.

	Sharon Meier
Sharon Meier is a stockholder of Summit Salon Business Center and serves as a consultant for Summit Salon Consulting Group. Sharon was named 2005 KRS Consultant of the Year. She put in her time as a stylist for 25 years. For ten of those years, she was a performing artist with Redken NYC. Throughout out the years, Sharon has also owned a salon, rented a booth, worked for someone else and in her last position, managed a 4000-square-foot day spa for the Orlando Magic workout facility. It was there that she found KRS and implemented the Summit system. The subsequent success inspired her to join the team as a consultant, where she spends her time helping other salons realize their dreams.

	Renae Mendall
Renae Mendall is a consultant for Summit Salon Consulting Group who helps salons and spas to walk through the door to their salons and have it be everything they had hoped and dreamed it would be at the time they first imagined it. It is Renae's intention to have salons understand the meaning of being in business for yourself, not by yourself. Prior to becoming a consultant, Renae spent many years as a hairstylist and salon owner. She has, throughout her career, worked as an educator with Michael Cole and others. In the next stage of a successful career, Renae now coaches other people to achieve that same success. Renae lives in New Jersey outside of New York and is the founder of Renae Mendall and company, Inc. She now is joined in that business by two shareholders.

	Melissa Moreland

	Marti Nelson
Marti Nelson is a consultant for Summit Salon Consulting Group, helping salon owners and service providers reach their potential both financially and personally. Marti comes from a diverse background which includes education, communication and retail sales. She learned the tremendous success of the Summit while managing a salon and day spa using these systems. Having lived through the implementation of the summit systems, she understands the personal dynamics and uses her experience as a manager, business owner and conference speaker to reach out to a salon staff in a unique and profound manner. Marti holds a bachelor’s degree in broadcasting and master’s degrees in communications and education. She was Summit Salon Business Center’s 2009 outstanding growth award winner.

	Kierstin Nemer
Kierstin began working at Hair Success Salon and Day Spa, in Fargo North Dakota, in the spring of 1997 as a support staff team member. What at one time was a part-time after school job quickly grew into a career in an exciting and ever changing industry. When she was asked by the board of directors and the original founders of Hair Success Salon and Day Spa, Jodi Dahl & Jill Krahn, to become a shareholder in the company, she gladly accepted. Through her success at the salon and day spa, she became a consultant for Summit Salon Consulting Group and continues to maintain her board member status and ownership with Hair Success. Kierstin attended the University of North Dakota, in Grand Forks North Dakota, and graduated Suma Cum Laude with a Bachelor of the Arts degree in Political Science. Kierstin was accepted to law school and continued to work for the salon full-time, with a dream to become a human rights activist using the aid of the law to help individuals who did not know how to help themselves. Her career in the beauty industry today is not far off in relation to this dream. Her driving force remains the opportunity to help people change their life and increase the quality of life. Kierstin is passionate about helping salon owners of all shapes and sizes turn their own dreams into a reality.

	Michael Nikolas
Michael Nikolas is a stockholder for Summit Salon Business Center and a Team Leader and consultant for Summit Salon Consulting Group who helps salons and spas achieve growth and profitability through working with owners and their staff with the Summit systems through gentle, kind and on-target delivery. Prior to becoming a consultant for Summit Salon Consulting Group, Michael taught in a Beauty Academy in South Dakota, later moving to Minneapolis and to work in a salon, He then became District Manager of several salons while teaching interpersonal skills to hundreds of service providers. From there he opened his own salon in 1988. A few years after opening his first salon he bought a building and designed a new salon and spa, which he grew to over 40 staff members. Michael was introduced to the SSBC program and experienced great success with it. He later went to work for SSCG and took what he learned and applied it with salon owners and their staff, helping them to achieve their own successes. Michael currently works with salons that are producing $20,000.00 a month to over $400,000.00 per month in gross revenues.

	Julie Oeffling
Julie is the office manager for Summit Salon Business Center handling the day-to-day activity of the business, from interviewing salon owners interested in the Summit Program to preparing materials to launch the new program in the salon. Dedicated in helping salon owners and all of the consultants, Julie joined company in January, 2004.

	Mike Peters
Mike Peters an the owner of Salon West Inc. in Largo, Florida. Salon West was the first salon to implement the Summit system before opening their doors for business. It was such a success from day one that Mike gave up his 23 year career as a public utilities contractor to keep up with the fast-growing salon. Mike and his wife Laura opened their second location in 2007. Mike's passion as a SSCG consultant is helping salons and service providers reach their full potential with the system. He has seen the difference it has made in the lives of his employees and their families and believes in passing it on.

	Gavin E. Salsbery
Gavin Salsbery grew up in the salon and spa industry in Indiana. After attending Indiana University, Gavin moved to California to work for the world's first internet broadcast company, loadmedia, in Hollywood. Following his stint in California, Gavin moved back to Indiana to write and produce cable television commercials throughout the midwest for Insight Communications. It wasn't long before he got back into the salon industry and began consulting for KRS in 2003. His expertise in business and marketing has helped grow sales and profits for small studio salons to major multi-million dollar salons and spas. Gavin also consults salon and spa organizations on corporate organization and leadership. He is a stockholder of Summit Salon Business Center and serves as a Team Leader and consultant for Summit Salon Consulting Group. He truly loves all aspects of the salon and spa industry and will continue to focus on helping one person at a time attempt to reach the summit in the beauty industry.

	Jane Salsbery-Gibson
Jane Salsbery-Gibson is a consultant for Summit Salon Consulting Group who helps salons and spas to learn systems and leadership skills to grow their companies. Prior to becoming a consultant, salon and school owner, Jane spent 25 years salon/spa owner. After a successful career growing service providers, growing owners and salon leaders, Jane now coaches other people to achieve the same success. Jane lives in Kokomo, IN and is a stockholder in Summit Salon Business Center, the owner of Solutions Day Spa, and the owner of The Salon Professional Academy. Jane was awarded the 2003 KRS Positive Mental Attitude Award and the 2004 KRS Consultant of the Year award. Jane has been successfully coaching and mentoring salons throughout the US for the last 10 years and is still passionate about her work.

	Cindy Sanborn
Cindy Sanborn worked behind the chair as full time hairdresser and a nail tech for 16 years before becoming the owner of Salina Spa Salon in Elk River, MN. She met KRS Co-founder Randy Kunkel in 1999, and since then has become a SSCG Consultant in her own right as well an owner of the Salon Professional Academy in Waite Park, MN. Cindy's extensive education includes training with Redken, Matrix,and Paul Brown. She attended Graham Web Academy as well as the Aveda Academy for advanced training. Cindy is committed to helping hairdressers grow in order to realize a better lives for themselves. She believes in creating a healthy culture in addition to profit growth, and has the tools to make it happen.

	Michael Shea
Michael Shea started in the industry at age 19, working in multiple salons including the Barbers Inc. He went on to open his own salon. After selling the salon and relocating to Seattle, Michael joined a NW distributor as Director of Marketing for 3 years. He did a stint outside the industry as Vice President of Sales for a leading video marketing firm, and in 2003, Michael joined Summit Salon Consulting Group as a full-time Salon Consultant. Now, along with wife Karen and partners, he is owner of a TSPA beauty school in Tacoma, WA. Michael lives in Seattle, WA.

	Angie Torgeson
Angie Torgeson is a consultant for Summit Salon Consulting Group who helps salons and spas to grow their bottom line while helping them grow their leadership skills. Prior to becoming a consultant, Angie spent 16 years as a stylist. After becoming a successful Salon and School owner, Angie now coaches other people to achieve the same success. Angie Torgeson holds Cosmetology and Cosmetology Educator licenses and lives in Story City, Iowa, and is an owner of The Salon Professional Academy in Ames, Iowa and New Hope, Minnesota. She is also an owner of Finesse Spa Salon in Ames, Iowa, where she is growing stockholders.

	Shawna Towill
Shawna Towill brings over 23 years experience in the beauty industry to her role as a Team Leader and consultant for Summit Salon Consulting Group. Passionate about improving the level of leadership, communication and overall quality of life in salons, Shawna works with salons and spas to implement systems and processes to help everyone grow so they can have more choices in their life. Prior to joining SSCG, Shawna was a salon owner for 14 years and worked as a business coach with Salon Consultants International in Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada. 2007 KRS Consultant of the Year, Shawna is committed to teaching service providers and salon owners how to break through their past conditioning, realize their true potential and turn it into their reality.

	Kristi Valenzuela
Kristi Valenzuela is the founder and owner of Crystal Focus Coaching, Inc., a salon success company founded in 1993 focusing on "people skills for profitability." Her current efforts in offering internet education and telephone seminars for the salon industry has quickly gained global recognition. As an in-demand international main stage business motivational speaker for REDKEN, she has been featured in several REDKEN videos, looked to as an expert in nearly every salon industry magazine, and her audios and books have been sold to salon professionals in 12 different countries. Kristi remains committed to the authenticity of the "real world" by coaching and mentoring individual service providers, and conquering the challenges of independent salon owners through her work as an active consultant for Summit Salon Consulting Group. She is also a stockholder and board member of Summit Salon Business Center.

	Heather Williford
Heather Williford is a SSCG consultant who has been honored to work with hair studios as well as spa salons. Heather is devoted to the industry with a passion for growing one service provider at a time. After experiencing tremendous personal growth as a service provider with the Summit systems, Heather was invited by Randy Kunkel to join Summit Salon Consulting Group.

	Jill Wilson
Jill Wilson is a licensed nail technician and instructor and Creative Nail Master Tech with over 12 years experience. She's a Level 4A and an owner of Snips SpaSalon in Bloomington, MN. Jill helped co-write & launch the Nail Associate Program. This program changed her business and increased her income to over $10,000 a month. She's been featured in Nails Magazine, Salon Today and has won awards for her add-on menus and additional services. Educating nail technicians & taking their success to the next level is her passion.

	Chip Woods
Chip Woods is a SSCG consultant and the owner of The Salon Professional Academy in Nashville, Tennessee. He has been in the professional beauty industry for over 30 years serving as a distributor sales consultant, store owner, academy owner and salon consultant. Giving back to an industry that has been so good to him and his family, is a natural progression for a man that has dedicated his life to helping others. Chip believes that any time there is a concern; there should be a solution to follow. His idea of learning the job is to be all hands – on. No one ever learned to serve others by sitting on the sidelines.

	MaLissa Young
MaLissa Young coaches more than thirty two service providers and support team at Snips Spa Salon in Bloomington, MN which is a Summit Salon Consulting Group affiliate. She grew up in a family salon business and has been employed with them for 17 years and is also now a major owner. MaLissa holds a cosmetology license and has worked as a nail technician as well as a nail educator. MaLissa is one of the owners of the Salon Professional Academy in St Cloud, MN. MaLissa is a Team Leader and consultant for Summit Salon Consulting Group. She is fulfilling her passion of coaching others to achieve their goals, with her creative style of making a system work of every type of personality.