IHE - International Haircolor Exchange
For information &
registration call
(800) 265-6755
(800) COLOR-55
or email
IHE@creativeage.com
Artists / Presenters
Featuring
- Greg Best
- Jo Blackwell-Preston
- Lois Christie
- Doug Cox
- Jason DeCaprio
- Teri Dougherty
- Jean-Marc Dumontier
- Scott J
- Gina Khan
- Steve Lococo
- Marco Pelusi
- Thia Spearing
- David Stanko
- David Velasco
- Georgette Wyshak
Lineup subject to change
Biographies
Greg Best
G Best Color Salon, Portland, OR
g-best-colorsalon.com
GREG BEST began his career as an Estée Lauder Hair Care expert at Mandala for Hair, once rated by Harper’s Bazaar as one of the top 10 salons nationwide. He opened G Best Color Salon in 1986 to national acclaim, once ranked as top color salon by SELF and featured in The Color of Passion, Vol. 9.
He is a former president of International Haircolor Exchange and an IHE board member since 1995. A certified Redken Deco Color Specialist, he has been vice-chairman of the Oregon State Board of Cosmetology and a member of the John Frieda Hair Advisory Committee.
He invented the Appli-Fast hair coloring tool as well as the Best Wave System, a texture rod system designed for long hair.
Currently he is hair advisor to KATU-TV’s AM Northwest and is team stylist and hair advisor to the WNBA and ABL basketball associations.
Jo Blackwell-Preston
Dop Dop Salon, New York, NY
dopdop.com
JO BLACKWELL-PRESTON is a renowned international platform artist for L’Oreal Professionel. She is a member of the Board of Directors of Intercoiffure America/Canada, as well as an executive board member of Intercoiffure’s Haircolor Council. She has received the “Educator of the Year” Award from International Haircolor Exchange.
She won an Emmy Award from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for hairstyling in a public service announcement in the “Get Low and Go” campaign for the New York Fire Department featuring Elmo of the Muppets. She also was a featured stylist and colorist on the pilot episode of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.
Lois Christie
Christie & Co. Salon·Spa, Bayside, NY
christiesalon.com
LOIS CHRISTIE is president of Intercoiffure America/Canada with 38 years' experience as a colorist. In her first salon, she moved her coloring services from the back room to the front windows, all the better to show off color's inherent glamour and its proper place in the realm of fashion.
Her work has been featured in leading national magazines, newspapers and trade publications. She has been recognized as one of the Top Ten Women in Business and honored by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg for her leadership and contributions to business and philanthropy. City Hall selected her Woman of the Year for her fundraising efforts on behalf of countless charities and community-based organizations.
Christie & Co. was recognized as "Most Pristine Day Spa in New York" by CBS-TV and recently received the "Spa de Beauté" of the Year Award for 2008.
DOUG COX is an author, executive, songwriter, singer, poet, and a motivational speaker -- and all that before 8 a.m.! Doug has managed two radio stations, presided over The Smothers Brothers Record Company and promoted music legends like Bobby Darin, Aretha Franklin and Eric Clapton.
His work as a motivational speaker in the corporate world includes the Donald Trump Organization, IBM, Bank of America, H&R Block, Seminole Hard Rock Hotels and Casinos, Miss Universe Pageant and Boy Scouts of America.
Doug is a dynamic presenter with a powerful message for each and every one of us. He teaches the importance of strategic life analysis, writing down goals, taking positive action and recognizing the power we have within ourselves to create our reality just as we imagine it.
Jason DeCaprio
Noëlle Spa for Beauty & Wellness
noelle.com
JASON DECAPRIO received the first Masters Award from the former Horst Education Center, now the Aveda Institute, for completion of all three programs in cosmetology, esthiology and massage therapy.
He received the Vidal Sassoon Excellence in New Design Award before joining the renowned Frederic Fekkai & Company Salon in New York. He also received the Rising Star Award from Intercoiffure America/Canada, where he now serves on the Board of Directors, and he is part of Intercoiffure’s Creative Cutting Team.
He currently is education director for Noëlle Spa for Beaty & Wellness.
Teri Dougherty
teridougherty.com
TERI DOUGHERTY is a hair designer for runway, television and film; a platform artist; creative director and editorial consultant.
Once a successful salon and health club owner and manager, Teri joined the Wella U.S. Guest Artist Team in 1994. Teri travels worldwide sharing her expertise on hair design, haircolor and styling techniques.
Teri releases an annual collection of new looks along themes she develops while experiencing other cultures. She accepts styling and coloring appointments at 77 Maiden Lane Salon and Spa in San Francisco, CA, and BB’s Salon in Nevada City, CA.
Jean-Marc Dumontier
Director of Research and Development — Haircolor, Redken
redken.com
JEAN-MARC DUMONTIER has more than 10 years’ experience in reactive chemistry, the science behind the haircolor industry’s most successful products. He is also a musician who brings a sense of aesthetics to his laboratory work.
Scott J
Scott J. Salons & Spas, New York, NY
scottj.com
SCOTT J opened his first salon in 1990 on New York’s fashionable Columbus Avenue. In one year, he was so successful that he doubled both his space and his staff. Today he oversees more than 200 staff members in three locations on Broadway, East 86th Street, and his showplace lifestyle salon and spa, an “urban oasis” on Columbus that is seven times the size of his original.
An Aveda platform artist, he is a recipient of the prestigious Aveda Achievement Award. He is a frequent makeover consultant on The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Ricki Lake Show, and other TV programs.
He and his salons have raised funds for rain forest conservation and AIDS prevention, as well as donating gifts and services for local schools and hospitals, including a program for cancer patients at Sloan-Kettering Memorial Hospital.
Gina Khan
Gina Khan Salon, San Francisco, CA
ginakhan.com
GINA KHAN has been honored with the Matrix “Colorist of the Year” Award twice for her outstanding contributions to the art of haircolor. She has won Haircolor USA’s Creative Artist Award three times, as well as the Heart Award from International Haircolor Exchange. She also was the first recipient of the Noëlle DeCaprio award for humanitarian contributions.
Gina recently received the “Global Salon Business Award” from the UCLA Anderson School of Business for Entrepreneurial Excellence, and she is vice-president of Haute Coiffure Francaise/USA and executive board member of the Intercoiffure America/Canada Haircolor Council. One of her most visible roles is that of international spokesperson for L’Oreal Logics.
Gina and her salon have raised more than $150,000 for local charities, and she has established a program to fund a school for severely disabled children in India.
Steve Lococo
Borrelli Beverly Hills & B2V Borrelli-Vo, Beverly Hills and West Hollywood, CA
stevelococo.com
STEVE LOCOCO has more than 20 years’ experience in haircolor and hair styling. Steve has created makeovers for guests of Dr. Phil, The Tyra Banks Show, Good Day L.A., Extreme Makeover, Dr. 90210, How Do I Look?, BEFORE & AFTERnoon Movies, Head2Toe and Inside Edition.
He and salon partner Alberto Borrelli are creators of the products Borrelli Hair Care and “No More Bad Hair Days” Kit. A member of Intercoiffure, he currently is developing a hair care system for Tahitian Noni International.
Marco Pelusi
Marco Pelusi Hair Studio, West Hollywood, CA
marcopelusi.com
MARCO PELUSI developed an early passion for haircolor, following his stylist/entrepreneur uncle and father in the hair care business. He worked in product development for Framesi SPA and Joico and eventually served as the latter’s education manager, training and motivating colorists in salons throughout California.
At the same time he opened his own salon in West Hollywood, he also developed the Marco™ Collagen Color Guard™ HairCare System, the first-ever collagen for hair specifically formulated to prevent premature color fade.
Marco Pelusi Hair Studio was named “Best Haircolor in Los Angeles 2007” by KTTV Fox11 News’s “MyFoxLA.”
Thia Spearing
Director of Technical Development, Matrix
matrix.com
THIA SPEARING, as director of technical development for Matrix, has led the development of haircolor and hair care lines for the company for nearly a decade. She launched the Logics Color DNA System, a hair care collection that delivers high shine, strength and smoothness to color-treated hair.
A hairstylist and colorist in Los Angeles for 25 years prior to joining Matrix, She developed much of the course content for the Matrix Global Academy. She is a co-founder of the International Haircolor Academy, a member of the American Board of Certified Haircolorists, and a founding Board member of International Haircolor Exchange.
Her haircolor work has been featured in a variety of beauty trade publications and Matrix advertising and marketing campaigns.
David Stanko
Angelo David Salon, New York, NY
angelodavid.com
DAVID STANKO is Haircolor Consultant for Redken 5th Avenue NYC. Leading the development and testing of the company’s haircolor and lightener products, he’s an inspired and inspiring educator in salons across America and around the world. He received awards for “Best Educator” and “Most Inspirational Educator” from HaircolorUSA.
His haircolor work has been featured in beauty consumer magazines such as Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, In-Style, Latina and Elle, as well as beauty trade publications such as Launchpad, American Salon, Modern Salon, Estetica and Hair Color & Design.
A member of Intercoiffure and the Intercoiffure Haircolor Council, he is a frequent contributor to hair styling and haircolor periodicals in print and online.
David Velasco
David Velasco Salon, Bucks County, PA
dvsalon.com
DAVID VELASCO is a haircolor authority with more than 30 years’ experience in haircolor development. He studied and worked in London before a stint at the Hair Fashion Development Center in New York.
He became styles director for the Saks Fifth Avenue Salon at only 21 and has done extensive styling and coloring work for print advertising and features and television. He has served as educational and creative consultant for Clairol, Shiseido, and Wella, and he was national artistic director for Wella for more than a decade.
Before opening his own salon, he was director of haircolor for Bumble & Bumble Salon in New York. A featured guest artist and master educator at beauty trade events worldwide, he received an award for “Best Educational Event” at Haircolor USA. He is a member of Intercoiffure and an alumnus of International Haircolor Exchange.
Georgette Wyshak
Geneses Salon & Spa, Newton, MA
genesessalon.com
GEORGETTE WYSHAK is creative management and motivational consultant for Geneses Salon and Spa. She offers a dynamic program to improve salon businesses and energize and motivate salon staff.
She delivers powerful marketing tools to enable salons to compete, advanced selling techniques for increasing overall profits, management strategies for decision making and personal management system to reinforce communications among staff and build personal self-esteem.