Welcome New Members

Angela Brown D’Serv Healthy Hair, Memphis, Tennessee

Angela has been in the beauty industry for more than 38 years specializing in healthy hair. She is the proud owner of D’Serv Healthy Hair Salon in Collierville, Tennessee. Angela educates her clients about hair loss and their texture. In 2009 she self-published a tell-all book, “How to Get the Healthy Back in Your Hair,” about do’s and don’ts and healthy hair tips. Angela loves when her clients make a big win restoring their hair back healthy!

Judy Brunelli Polidori’s Salon, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania

Judy has been in the beauty industry for more than 35 years. She has volunteered with the American Cancer Society in the past with the Look Good Feel Better program. Her love of people and lighthearted spirit help people feel better during tough times.

Lisa Ennis Eccentrics The Salon, Strategist, Odenton, Maryland

Lisa Ennis is esteemed for her candid and constructive, yet encouraging ways of advising her clients. As an expert in the beauty industry, Lisa offers successful hints that introduce future tools (S.H.I.F.T.) for beauty professionals. It is her desire to change the lives of others by causing them to shift their mindsets in ways that will launch them into their purpose and destiny.

Rachael Kaminski Confidence Beyond Hair Loss, Grand Haven, Michigan Rachael Kaminski says her mission is to help individuals navigate the physical effects of hair loss with strength, confidence, and style. As a cancer survivor and cosmetologist, she had experienced life behind the chair and also in it. Wearing a wig was one way she could control a small piece of her cancer journey and with that knowledge, she created Confidence Beyond Hair Loss. It’s a safe and private space that welcomes anyone interested in alternative hair services.

Carly Klein National Hair Loss Med Aesthetics, Scottsdale, Arizona

In 2009, Carly founded hair loss recovery programs after her role as vice president of a dermatology group in Scottsdale. With a decade of working with hair loss clients, she grew a love for helping all aspects of hair care. NHLMA was established to help others renew and restore their confidence, to grow cancer programs, increase funding to specific charities and bring community awareness. Lisa R. McKinley Exquisite Beauty Hair Replacement Center, Chesapeake, Virginia As a practicing certified hair loss practitioner, cranial prosthesis provider, and licensed cosmetologist for more than 19 years, her passion is to restore the confidence of clients with hair loss through regrowth and enhancement of their hair with therapeutic and holistic therapy. She desires to continue her research and study on hair and scalp disorders and diseases. She is a retired United States Navy chief petty officer, dual master’s degree graduate of Strayer University, and member of the Professional Beauty Association.

Kim Schoonover Indulge Salon and Spa, White Bear Lake, Minnesota

Kim Schoonover has been in the cosmetology industry for 10 years and owns an award-winning, organic and natural salon and spa. She entered the hair loss arena in 2015 and assists male and female clients in noninvasive hair loss solutions. She is passionate about this work and says she is honored to be a part of the American Hair Loss Council.

Welcome New Members!

Diana Valdez de Durazo Tailored Hair Plus, Phoenix, Arizona

In 2020, Diana Valdez de Durazo took over Donte’s of New York, a well-established hair replacement salon. Doing anything in 2020 was difficult, but she says he is happy she made the choice because of the wonderful people she has met. Becoming a salon owner was a huge learning curve but her career makes her excited, productive and happy, even after 20 years in the hair industry.

Gregory Wilde Wilde Hair, LLC, Westwood, Massachusetts

Gregory Wilde founded Wilde Hair, wildehair.com, as he saw that women had different outcomes from traditional hair loss modalities in comparison to men. His background as a class 1 cosmetologist, medical and aesthetic surgical sales specialist, and a trichologist and nonsurgical hair loss expert with an international brand make Gregory a welcome addition to those who want a beautiful outcome. Wilde holds a master’s degree in education and an undergraduate degree in clinical psychology. Emily Wyant Bond Hair Bar, San Mateo, California

Emily Wyant is a world-renowned hair expert, educator, speaker, author, TV and radio personality. Wyant travels the globe bringing her skills to a new level by wowing men and women with her knowledge in and out of the salon. As the founder of Bond Hair Bar, Emily has raised the standard in her industry by acquiring efficiency. She specializes in strandby-strand hair extensions, protective methods for hair loss, and nonsurgical hair replacements for patients with little to no hair.

Sara Carr, Sponsored Member Canvas Hair Boutique, Franklin, Tennessee

During Sara Carr’s time thus far behind the chair, her focus is been on the health of the hair. With her eagerness and desire to expand her knowledge plus her desire to help more guests, she looked further into the American Hair Loss Council. She says she looks forward to continued adventures behind the chair – an adventure that now includes hair loss knowledge. CORRECTION In our previous issue, two photos were misidentified. The correct photos are included here.

Jessica Mobley 931 Beauty Co., Columbia TN

Jessie has developed a style of hairdressing that reinforces an understated and inclusive approach to simple beauty. With a dedication to craftsmanship and a focus on the highest quality products, everything created at 931 Beauty Co. is done with the design of achieving the exceptional. Jessie carries the message that beauty is in everyone, and it’s this that has given the brand its unique identity.

Alison Ombres Encelia Hair, La Jolla CA

Living with alopecia universalis has led me to build a wealth of knowledge about hair replacement options for women, and it ultimately led me to start my business. Over the past three years, I have connected with so many women who were not just coping with hair loss. Instead, they were thriving. It’s my mission to help as many women as I possibly can so they can live their absolute best lives without hair.

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