Owner/Financail Aid Director -- Janet Reynolds has been an instructor for the past 27 years after receiving her teaching certificate at Trenton State Teachers College in New Jersey. She has managed and worked at several salons and taught in beauty schools in the New York/Philadelphia area.

Master Instructor -- George Smolich has been in the cosmetology business for 35 years. George opened the Academy of Hair Design in 1967 and has owned several salons since 1962. He now owns one of Salina's largest, leading salons, The Continental. George conducts the first two months of our student's hair sculpturing & designing classes and works with the seniors to perfect their skills before they graduate and enter the salon.

Manicuring Instructor/Financial Aid Assistant -- Alaina Gibson has been employed at the Academy of Hair Design since July 2002. She is a graduate of The Academy of Hair Design and trains our students in the area of manicuring, pedicuring and nail additions. A graduate of Kansas State University in Manhattan, KS with her Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts, Alaina is able to incorporate her skills for advanced nail art classes.

Instructor -- Rosanna Nelson has been employed at The Academy of Hair Design since November 2000. She is a graduate of the Academy of Hair Design and is very familiar with our system. Her organizational skills and positive student interaction has been an asset in supervising our clinic area & producing a professional salon atmosphere for our graduating senior students. She specializes in hair color and chemical texturizing. She has completed the Redken Master's Program. Working with the Pivot Point Education System, her classes prepare our students for the salon by using the latest up-to-date techniques. Rosanna works with color specialists from both the Redken and Paul Mitchell Systems. Because she works part-time in a salon, she knows what the graduates can expect when they graduate.

Instructor -- Misty Wallace has been employed at The Academy of Hair Design since October 2003. She is a graduate of The Academy of Hair Design, and specializes in Skin Care, Body Massage & Aromatherapy. She is the instructor of our Facial class and is teaching the new Pivot Point program which prepares graduates for the business of the salon called Salon Success.

Color Instructor -- Kirsten Dorenkamp has been employed at the Academy of Hair Design since May 2006. She specializes in color and has completed the Redken Master's Program. Kirsten has owned her her own salon for several years, and has recently opened a new salon in Salina. She teaches part-time, which allows her to work in her salon and to bring her hands on experience to our students.