Blogger Bios
- Brenda Hunten
Brenda, known to her students as Ms B, grew up in Southern California and has always loved and been involved in music. By the time she graduated with honors from college with her degree in music she had performed in several dozen countries and most of the fifty United States. Along with her continued performing, she went on to teach private vocal lessons and singing classes for several years and formed and directed a choir of 150 children. Her deep love for music and early childhood education brought her to Kindermusik. In 2008, Brenda, along with her husband and three children, moved to the Santa Clarita Valley where she is a licensed Kindermusik Educator and director of Kindermusik with Ms B (www.KindermusikwithMsB.com). Ms B is a member of The National Association for Music Educators, California Music Educator’s Association, The California Association for Music Education, Music Teacher’s National Association, and the California Association of Professional Music Teachers.
Contact Information for Brenda:
Kindermusik with Ms B -a musical jump start for your child’s body, mind and soul.
www.KindermusikwithMsB.com
661-312-5632
Christina Belardinelli
I began this life in what was at the time, Leopoville, Belgian Congo. (Currently it is Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.) I started early to study metaphysics in the form of Astrology at age 8 and had my first existential crisis at age 12. I also began to work with Tarot at about that age, though I don’t think that the two are related. I continued to be drawn to metaphysics in its many various forms. I studied “Trance Channeling” (which I now refer to as Mediumship) in the 1980s. It was in the 80s that I found myself a home at the Healing Light Center Church under the direction of Rev. Rosalyn L. Bruyere. My spiritual guidance gave me a lifelong gift when it led me to her doors. I have had the great honor and pleasure of working as her student for over 20 years now. Ordained first in the Universal Life Church, I then earned a degree in Hands on Healing (Energy Medicine) from the HLCC and years later was ordained again – this time as a Healing Light Center Church minister. I have always believed that God doesn’t care what you call her, as long as you call . The seminary program at the HLCC taught me to work in and honor many spiritual traditions – Christian, Jewish, Bon Po, Goddess, Wiccian, Egyptian and the ways of the Native Americans or the Red Road. I later spent several years exclusively following the Red Road and studying with a Native teacher. I call my ministry a Gypsy ministry as I simply go where I’m called.
Contact information for Christina:
Works of Light (& Spiritual-i-tease, Inc.)
(661) 433-2700
Works-of-Light@earthlink.net
www.worksoflight.com and www.spiritual-i-tease.com
Cindy Schwanke
Cindy Schwanke is the full time culinary instructor at College of the Canyons. She has helped grow the culinary program into a well respected, competitive culinary establishment. She has done various cooking workshops, community service projects and fundraisers to promote the college and the culinary program.
Cindy’s first love is pastry. She has worked in bake shops for over 20 years. She started in retail bakeries, then moved on to working in hotel, restaurant and catering kitchens.
Cindy has worked at Hyatt Hotels, Four Seasons Hotel, Smash box Studios, Spago restaurant and retail outlets. Cindy has her degree in Culinary Food Management. Her specialty is pastry and has won numerous medals in pastry competitions.
Cindy is a member of the American Culinary Federation and travels around the state promoting the pastry arts. “Everyone asks me why I became a pastry chef. I think it is because my fondest memories are when I was a little girl, my great grandfather and great grandmother would chop huge sugar blocks into small cubes for their daily coffee. This ritual would take place every Sunday morning at the breakfast table. This memory inspired me to work with sugar”.
Contact Information for Cindy:
Cindy Schwanke
Culinary Arts Instructor
College of the Canyons
email: Cindy.Schwanke@canyons.edu
Chef Dawn Walker
It feels like the food and restaurant business is in Chef Dawn Walker’s blood.
Chef’s father worked for S.E. Rykoff (now U.S. Foods) most of her childhood. Growing up, the experiences she remembers most were riding with her father on his runs in Malibu, Pasadena or Beverly Hills. She could small talk with the head chefs in some of the top restaurants of the day. She ate her way through four star restaurants, hospital commissaries, retirement home kitchens, dormitories and cafés.
Her parents were master distributors for Famous Amos Cookies, Smoke Craft Beef Jerky, Have A Chip and more back in the 1980′s.
Chef Dawn’s dad helped her get my first waitress job at Coco’s Restaurant when she was in high school. She worked in restaurants (Marie Callender’s and Cheesecake Factory) until she graduated college and went to work for Rykoff-Sexton herself, selling food and equipment to the industry in Philadelphia. She stayed at Rykoff a year until she was offered a salary position with another company, outside the restaurant industry.
After eight years in the insurance industry, and after she got married and had children, she realized that she missed the restaurant industry. Dawn and her husband took many culinary vacations and she graduated from Westlake Culinary Institutes’ Certificate Program. She taught cooking classes for a year and started Dawn’s Dinners, Inc. (www.chefdawn.com) last May of 2009.
At Dawn’s Dinners, Chef make dinners for seniors, singles, couples and families and her goal is to help folks eat at home, together more often. Her business has taken off. In under one year, she has almost 400 subscribers to her weekly menu newsletter, 419 fans on her Facebook Fan page, 219 subscribers to her group page, 914 Twitter followers and makes about 60 meals for between four and six people each weekly. She is the food writer and restaurant critic for SceneInSCV.com and has a very active website with between 40-75 new page views per day.
With Dawn’s Dinners, clients pick up healthy meals which feed four to five people for $25! The meals are fresh, gourmet, kid-friendly and are personalized for dietary restrictions and allergies. Meals are made fresh on Tuesdays and Thursdays and clients can pick up in the morning or late afternoon. Many clients are monthly and get four to eight meals per week.
Chef Dawn is active in lots of community groups including Girl Scouts, Synergy Networking, Hadassah, SCV Chamber of Commerce, SCV Concierge, HotSpotSCV, Women Entrepreneurs of SCV, Santa Clarita Valley International Charter School Booster Club, Temple Beth Ami, The Betty Ferguson Foundation, SCV Mom’s Blog, The 25-Score, and Think Tank.
Besides Dawn’s Dinners, she caters large and small events for non-profits. Chef Dawn’s commitment to children’s healthy eating habits extends to her daughter’s school where she founded the snack shack which provides mostly organic snacks to the kids. The healthy snack shack idea was submitted to Kiwi Magazine’s Moms of the Revolution contest to find moms who have made a difference in the health of children. Chef Dawn won “Runner-up,” which featured a picture and small article about the snack shack in the September/October issue and $500 worth of healthy, organic snacks. She also created a lunch program at the school (no lunch program was running prior) providing school lunches which are not only tasty and appealing to the students and affordable to parents, but organic as well. Her school community loves the food so much that parents order lunch for themselves and come eat with their kids.
Another program she started at SCVi is around the local Farmers Market. A volunteer shows up at the end of our Sunday’s Farmer’s Market to pick up the fresh fruit and vegetables that the farmer’s were unable to sell. The produce is taken to school and washed. Fresh fruit and cut up veggies are put out on a platter in the Student Center for the students to munch on during the day. All last year, Chef came in on Mondays and cooked with the kids using whatever vegetables brought from the Farmers Market. Now she runs the program and has parent volunteers doing the cooking and collecting. They make healthy soups from the produce. Kids who admitted to never eating their vegetables suddenly are eating soup made solely of vegetables.
She also continues to head up the Health and Wellness Committee which has written food and wellness policies for the school, organizes projects like the edible school yard and Earth Day and publishes a wellness newsletter.
Contact information for Dawn:
www.chefdawn.com
661-803-2166
Denise Van Arsdale West
After losing my husband eight years ago from a severe stroke and finding myself in the depths of despair, I picked myself up and moved on with my life while taking care of two children, a home, animals and financial responsibilities.Upon completion of grief therapy, I realized I needed help with a new direction for my life. I began working with a Life Coach. During that time, we discovered that I had a gift for performing the same kind of work. I took the initiative and enrolled with the Coach’s Training Institute Certification Program and became certified in 2008. In 2009, I became a graduate of the Coach’s Training Institute’s Leadership Program, which changed my life forever!After the loss of my husband and the recent loss of my sister to cancer, I found the courage to overcome adversity and move forward with my life. With the help of mentors and training, I discovered a profound strength that supplies me with the tools for sharing with others and a deeper capacity for compassion and understanding during challenging times.I have dedicated my life’s work to helping women whose lives have been adversely impacted; assisting them with healing and providing them with the tools and support to re-energize and to face new beginnings for living life with passion and purpose.Contact information for Denise:
Certified Professional Co-Active Coach
Pick Up The Pieces Life Coaching
www.pickupthepieceslifecoaching.comdenisewest888@yahoo.com
661-714-9404
Elaine Giftos Wright
Elaine Giftos Wright
Elaine Giftos Wright is a nationally known Feng Shui expert, instructor, speaker and author. She is the owner and founder of The Wright Way of Feng Shui (a company dedicated to improving the lives of others) and The Wright Way School of Feng Shui, (teaching students about all the benefits of Feng Shui).Elaine has been well trained in the Art of Feng Shui. Having studied under some of the greatest masters in the world, she has a special allegiance to her first andforemost teacher, Grand Master Professor Thomas Lin Yun. Under His tutelage in Berkeley CA., Elaine has become one of the most sought after and respected Feng Shui consultants in the country, traveling far and wide to accommodate her clientele. Elaine works closely with all of her clients to help achieve the ultimate desired effect, without changing or altering the style and taste of the client. She is very sensitive to the needs of the client, and will never impose a Feng Shui “cure” that will seem obtrusive.
With her sense of design and her expert knowledge of Feng Shui, she will always find a Feng Shui adjustment that fits the taste of the client.
Over time, Elaine has developed a large following of satisfied clients willing to speak highly of her extraordinary Feng Shui skills. Her clients include virtually hundreds of family homes, corporate offices, restaurants, hotels, schools, shopping centers, and physician, attorney and dentist offices. Real estate brokers and agents routinely call upon Elaine to help market their properties for faster sales, using her expertise in Feng Shui along with her significant talents in Home Staging. Elaine is often contacted by architects, builders, interior designers, and landscapers who seek advice on their prospective projects. Elaine also has a large client roster of TV and film celebrities, along with many recording artists as well. Executives in the TV, film and recording industries have called upon Elaine to help bring balance and harmony into their environments often plagued by stress and tension. She uses a practical approach to the application of Feng Shui, which often results in positive changes within a short amount of time.
By recognizing our environment as a manifestation of our spiritual and psychological condition, Elaine Giftos Wright explores this intersection of self andhome, to help her clients find true comfort and joy. Since the spiritual precedes the physical, the “Wright Way of Feng Shui” method can create a new beginning, repair what is harmful, and increase what is already good in homes, shops, and offices. Among other things, Elaine has successfully used Feng Shui to increase her clients’ business and income, resolve family conflicts, andhelp them find the perfect partner, or give their careers a needed boost.
Some of you may recognize Elaine from her former work in the entertainment industry. As a young girl, she began her career as a ballerina with the New York City Ballet Company, and then went on to perform on Broadway in numerous plays and musicals. In her early twenties, she came to California to star in the television series, “The Young Interns” and to play opposite Barbra Streisand and Jack Nicholson in “On a Clear Day You Can See Forever.”
Since then, she has starred in hundreds of TV shows and films including, Three’s Company, Magnum P.I., Ally McBeal and Murder She Wrote, to name a few. Her work in Feng Shui gives her more pleasure than all the years she spent in the entertainment business. “MY GREATEST JOY IS HELPING PEOPLE ACHIEVE HAPPIER LIVES. I LOVE THE CALLS FROM CLIENTS WHO REPORT ALL THE POSITIVE CHANGES IN THEIR LIVES AFTER OUR FENG SHUI WORK.”
Elaine is also the owner and President of HOME STAGING INNOVATIONS, a company that combines Feng Shui with the techniques of home staging for optimal results in the sale of your home
Contact information for Elaine:
The Wright Way of Feng Shui
egwright@way2fengshui.com
www.way2fengshui.com
tel. 661 799-0607
fax 661 902-6904
Evelyn Santos
Evelyn Santos
Evelyn is the owner of Pineapple Cruises, a Cruise Planners Franchise Travel Agency. Based in Santa Clarita, she brings over ten years of travel industry and personalized customer service experience to her clients. She believes that her strongest assets are the long-term relationships she has developed with her customers.Prior to founding www.PineappleCruises.com, Evelyn enjoyed working for Princess Cruises for more than seven years and finished her career with the company as manager of the reservations department.Cruise Planners has a tremendous reputation for quality, service, and very competitive pricing. Due to their high sales volume, their buying power enables them to offer you the opportunity to cruise in style at the lowest prices available, while still receiving the best service in the cruise business.
Evelyn knows that buying travel over the Internet can be a bit mysterious – she would like to put your concerns at ease. Cruise Planners is a licensed, bonded, and insured agency. Her agency is a member of CLIA (Cruise Line International Association), NACOA (National Association Of Cruise Only Agencies), and ASTA (American Society of Travel Agents).
When Evelyn arranges your cruise, you can feel confident that you are receiving an exceptional cruise vacation. Her goal is to work extremely hard to ensure that your cruise experience meets your needs and exceeds your expectations. She offers negotiated rates with exceptional service and looks forward to assisting you with all of your cruising needs.
Evelyn has lived in the Santa Clarita Valley for almost 35 years and enjoys spending time traveling with her husband Joe and two sons, Anthony and Matthew.
Contact information for Evelyn:
Evelyn Santos
Cruise Planners
800-388-0064
santos@cruiseplanners.com
www.Pineapplecruises.com
Harriette Knight
Harriette Knight
A resident of Santa Clarita since 1987, Harriette Knight has seen this valley transform. She is a Master Healer, Psychic-Medium, and the Author of CHAKRA POWER! How to Fire Up Your Energy Centers to Live a Fuller Life. Her positive outlook on life and intuitive abilities have helped many people learn how to live a fuller and more purposeful life. She is a motivating speaker who through radio interviews, lectures, and workshops helps to enlighten others about their Chakras and how to reclaim their personal power through balance and intuition. The healing work Harriette does is called Reconnective Healing, a powerful hands-off healing modality that goes where it most needs to go on all levels; physical, emotional, mental and spiritual. All during the healing session Harriette is gifted with intuitive message specifically for the client. These messages are profoundly accurate, and the sessions have been described as life changing. Harriette is on the radio each Wednesday from 3:00-4:00 PM Pacific time taking psychic questions from callers about Healing and Chakras on www.blogtalkradio.com/HarrietteKnight. In addition to her psychic abilities, Harriette is a gifted artist andthe owner of Charity Clarity Jewelry, which features one-of-a-kindjewelry infused with healing energy. A portion of the proceeds is donated to charity. Her second book EASY ART FROM THE HEART, is a Rhyming Guidebook for Parents and Teachers with 100+ Art Projects for Kids Ages 2 and Up.Harriette’s column for www.SceneInSCV.com is called Intuitive Thinking and will cover topics such as meditation, psychic phenomena, healing, chakras, astrology, gemstones and so much more! For more information, please visit www.HarrietteKnight.com or contact Harriette at 661-254-4747.Harriette Knight, Master Healer & Psychic
Author of “CHAKRA POWER! How to Fire Up Your Energy Centers to Live a Fuller Life”
For Life Changing Healing Sessions, Healing Jewelry, & Workshops
www.HarrietteKnight.com
www.CharityClarityJewelry.com
661-254-4747Be kind * Be safe * Be happy
Jason Vasquez
Jason Vasquez
Jason Vasquez is owner and president of Priority Technology Solutions in Santa Clarita. He has over 15 years of industry experience in computer support, networking and security. He has been serving small business clients in Santa Clarita for over eight years.Being local to the Santa Clarita valley gives Jason the ability to quickly respond to his customers needs. When not fixing computers or installing networks, he enjoys spending time with his four and six year old boys.Contact information for Jason:
www.prioritytechsolutions.com
or email me at: info@PriorityTechSolutions.com
Judith Cassis
Judith Cassis
Judith Cassis, C.Ht. is a freelance writer and success coach. Having worked in the field of personal development since 1983, Judith writes articles, produces seminars and tele-seminars on this topic. She is the author of many articles, as well as a book series andaction guide titled:When Life Knocks You Down – Get Up!.
Judith holds a position on the board of directors as 2ndVice President and director of membership of The Castaic Chamber of Commerce. Since 2000, Judith has lead groups and taught creative writing at the SCV Senior Center. Five class members have self published books. Since 2003, Judith has been a member of the Advisory Council for AM1220 KHTS RADIO, and has guested on several shows to discuss personal development, hypnosis, and senior issues.
In 2002, Judith was nominated for an award by Zonta of Santa Clarita Valley for contributing to Advancing The Status of Women. She co-founded the SCV Business Group, at the time one of the largest networking groups in the country. In 2006, she founded SCV Professional Network, a networking group with an emphasis on professional education.
Judith lives in Valencia, California with her family. Together they publish Tidbits of Santa Clarita Valley, a non-political weekly paper focusing on positive editorial and current events.
Judith Cassis is a clinical hypnotherapist and success coach, and available for keynote speaking and workshops. For bookings, please contact Lee Cadena Management, 310-800-8337.
Contact information for Judith:
successmadesimple@earthlink.net
Julie Molinare
Julie Molinare
After years in the rat race of Corporate America, the economy and family sent her back to school andshe found her true calling. Graduating with Honors from California State University at Northridge, Landscape Design Extension Program in 2003; she has begun her journey into the backyards of her community. She truly enjoys working with her clients to create their own little haven.In 2007 she returned to California State University at Northridge this time as the Instructor of the Introduction to Landscape Design Class. Teaching others that want to break into the Landscape Design field has allowed her to give back to an industry that has been good to her. Connecting with others that want to learn from her expertise has allowed her to share the new energy and ideas of people experiencing the joy of helping create other people’s landscape dreams for the first time!
Julie strives to help all her clients find the right plants and design to fit their needs, and the needs of their family while at the same time preserving the environment and complementing the community they live in. Her designs are created with the client as a primary focus, while taking into consideration the microclimate and planting requirements of each site. Julie has become a true expert with her knowledge of the plants that work well in Southern California and even more specifically her extensive knowledge of the Santa Clarita Valley.
Contact information for Julie:
The Grass Is Always Greener Landscape Designs
661-917-3521
thegrassisalwaysgreener.net
Kathleen Kenneally
Kathleen received her B.A. from U.C.L.A. in 1988 and her Masters degree in Oriental Sciences from Samra University of Oriental Medicine in 1999. She has completed advanced training in Classical Five Element Acupuncture, NAET (Nambudripad’s Allergy Elimination Technique) and is a Reiki Master practitioner. She is a California State Licensed Acupuncturist and Herbologist. Kathleen comes from a family of Doctors and medical professionals and has been involved with many areas of health care for the past 25 years.
Kathleen has lived in the Santa Clarita Valley for over 20 years and has been in practice here for almost 10 years. She has been voted “Best Acupuncturist” in SCV for the past 5 years.
Kathleen’s objective as a practitioner is to facilitate health and well being through treating the whole person versus just their individual symptoms. In her practice she incorporates Traditional Chinese Medicine with other aspects of her training to create a treatment plan specific to the individual’s needs. Her specialties include but are not limited to: allergies, infertility/women’s issues, chronic/acute pain and stress relief.
Contact information for Kathleen:
Kenneally Acupuncture & Healing Light Center
661-252-4100
acudoctr@sbcglobal.net
www.kenneallyacupuncture.com
Ken Pulskamp, City Manager
Ken Pulskamp is currently the City Manager for the City of Santa Clarita. He has been with the City almost since its inception in 1987 and over the years has served as the Department Head of every City department. He became City Manager in 2002.
The City Manager, in conjunction with the City Council, establishes policies, provides leadership and implements efficient and effective municipal services. The City Manager establishes and maintains appropriate management controls to ensure that all operating departments adhere to and legally mandated policies and regulations. The City Manager also serves as the director of all City personnel, is responsible for the execution of City Council policy, the enforcement of all laws and ordinances, the preparation of the City’s annual budget, public information, and legislative relations.
Thank you for your interest in our great City! Should you wish to contact me directly, my email address is kpulskamp@santa-clarita.com.
Kim Rocke
My passion for organization really took off in 2002 when I became a design consultant in the custom closet industry and then went on to designing entertainment centers and offices for a custom furniture company. I learned a great deal about offering solutions that worked for that individual client and their particular needs.
With that experience I created New Leaf – the art of organizing. I enjoy helping people create the homes, work spaces and lives they want through organization. I bring to your project skills in de-cluttering, space planning, storage solutions, and time management, as well as enthusiasm and a sense of humor. I can help you organize your file drawers to your digital files on your tech gadgets to your closets.
I’m also a member of the National Association of Professional Organizers and I’m the Director of Communications and Technology for the Los Angeles chapter.
Disorganization and clutter can compound the stress and frustration in our lives. Your home should energize you – not zap your energy. Allow me to show you how organization can improve your life.
Contact information for Kim:
New Leaf – the art of organizing
www.newleaf4organizing.com
kim@newleaf4organizing.com
Mayor Laurene Weste
As a prior Commissioner for the City Parks and Recreation Commission, Laurene has overseen the establishment of numerous parks, the preservation of thousands of acres of open space, and the construction of a cross-town trail system that is widely heralded as a crowning achievement of our young City.
As a Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy Advisory Board Member, Laurene spearheaded the drive to save historic 800-acre Mentryville, which is the first oil town in California, for future generations.
As Director of the Santa Clarita Valley Committee on Aging, Laurene has helped safeguard the programs that assist our most experienced citizens and give them the dignity they deserve.
In the future, Laurene would like to see open space, roads built, sports fields created, Old Town Newhall revitalized, and an open space green belt completely surrounding the City. She would also like to see the preservation of the last unchanneled river in Southern California, the Santa Clara River.
Elected: 1998, re-elected 2002, re-elected 2006, re-elected 2010
Contact information for the Mayor:
(661) 255-4312
lweste@santa-clarita.com
Leah Pollack
Lean Pollack Leah Pollack is a REALTOR®, California Licensed Broker, and has earned NAR’s GREEN designation. Leah brings to Elite Professionals strong marketing skills and a passion for customer service to support the Real Estate needs of sellers and buyers. Also knowledgeable in Traditional and Short Sale real estate transaction processes as well as Home Retention Options. a call today!
Contact information for Leah:
661-309-3195
www.eliteprosre.com
Lorie Briones
I use my knowledge to assist clients in this new wave of web marketing. I also put my five years of upscale retail management experience to work bringing a higher level of success to everything I touch. My three years of experience in the hotel industry (Sales Department, Accounting, and concierge) helped to polish my business savvy. Although my main focus is social media, I has a strong background with fundraising for a large non-profit organization and chaired several events. I am a proud mother of three beautiful children. I live happily in Santa Clarita Valley, California.
Contact information for Lorie:
“Virtually” everything you need in social media.
www.MyiAssistant.net
http://www.Facebook.com/MyiAssistant
www.Twitter.com/LorieBriones
(661) 219-5557
Marlene Bernstein
I love the hunt. I am inspired by things for moments at a time and can switch my thoughts in seconds. Creativity motivates me. Finding new places to shop, eat, hang out, visit or check out in Santa Clarita for this ezine, makes me happy. My in-laws live nearby and can stop by anytime of the day making it difficult for me to work at the computer in my comfy Hawaiian robe, but sometimes I live on the wild side and do it anyway. I appreciate quality friends, quality relationships and my family. I am inspired by the contributing writers for Scene In SCV and think that they all have something unique to say that will add to the quality of your day, and that makes me happy too. I have a college degree from ASU in Journalism, I am an award winning cook (twice), I am the step-mother of 2 boys that are in college (both went through the Hart District school system) and I am the wife to my husband Ed, whom I met on an Internet dating site in 2001. I was born in Tucson, Arizona. I love and live in Newhall, CA
marlene@SceneInSCV.com
www.SceneInSCV.com
661-964-2002
Nancy Nicholson
Nancy Nicholson is no California native. In fact, she spent the first nine days of her life living in Denver, Colorado. But most people don’t hold that against her, as she is a true Southern California girl through and through. As an insurance agent with Santa Clarita Insurance Services, Nancy’s spent the last 20+ years of her life advising clients in all things related to minimizing risk through properly insuring your home, business, auto, life and health. That is, she’s something of an insurance guru, which has led her clients to affectionately deem her “The Insurance Doctor.”
But all work and no play makes for a really dull existence, so Nancy spends her off hours blending work and play via networking with others. She is inspired by other entrepreneurs, and enjoys sharing and hearing the stories like minded friends who also value the personal growth that comes from being professionally successful.
As a mother of two adult children, Nancy’s spare time is spent with friends and family. That is, when she’s not focusing on a long held passion for competitive swimming. In fact after having retired from competitive swimming for 30 years, she’s recently rediscovered her love of the sport, andrecently placed in the top 20% nationwide.
An avid traveler, Nancy loves road trips off the beaten path, and counts Hawaii as one of her favorite getaway spots. In the future she plans to continue broaden the reach of her travels, and remain committed to community and volunteer service, but that doesn’t mean that she has any plans to retire. When you love your job as much as she does, it can hardly be considered work, so she plans to continue helping Santa Clarita Valley residents protect themselves and their futures for years to come. In the meantime, she’s going to share some of her best tips for protecting yourself, here at SceneInSCV.com.Contact Information for Nancy:
Nancy Nicholson | License # 0D50759 | Santa Clarita Insurance Services
28001 Smyth Drive | Suite 107 | Valencia, CA 91355
P: 661-964-0207 x 3202 | F: 818-223-8181
nnicholson@tcinsurance.com | www.santaclaritains.com
Dr. Renee Coleman
Renée Coleman, Ph.D., earned her Mythological Studies doctorate (with an emphasis on Depth Psychology) at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara, CA in 2002. She makes her home in Santa Clarita, along with her husband, four children, their dog, two chickens, and a very noisy parrot. As a certified Dream Tender, Dr. Coleman helps dreamers navigate through the many twists and turns of the dream time. Using a holistic, embodied approach to working with dreams, she mindfully guides souls from around the world in her private practice.
Contact Information for Renée:
661-288-1901
dreamtending@gmail.com
Robert Mansour
Robert Mansour grew up in Southern California. He attended Loyola High School and Occidental College.
He received his Juris Doctor degree fromSouthwestern University School of Lawin Los Angeles and has been practicing law since 1993. He is a member in good standing of the California Bar Association.
He has worked for a small personal injury firm near Pasadena, California and for the Burbank City Attorney’s office.
Robert has also been a member of a large civil litigation firm in Glendale, California where he was recognized by the firm as “Trial Attorney of the Year.” He was also a member of the firm’s pro bono Adoption Team which allowed him to serve at the Childrens Courthouse.
He has served as a volunteer arbitrator and as a mediator with the Los Angeles Superior Court.
Robert also studied mediation at the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University School of Law.
He is a Board Member of The National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, President of The Santa Clarita Valley Bar Association, and an active member of the Synergy Business Network.
Currently, Robert’s main areas of practice include Wills & Trusts (Estate
Planning) and Personal Injury Law.He has lived with his wife and two children in Santa Clarita, California since 1997 and enjoys serving his friends and neighbors in the community and Los Angeles at large.
Contact information for Robert:Law Office of Robert Mansour
Estate Planning, Wills/Trusts, Personal Injury
www.MansourLaw.com
www.ValenciaLawyer.com
rob@mansourlaw.com
(661) 414-7100
Shelley Winsor
Shelley Winsor
Shelley has attended the Fashion Institute of Technology (F.I.T.) for Fashion Styling and Image Styling. Known as “fashion miracle worker” by her clients, Shelley is very passionate about helping both women and men dress their body shape properly. As a result her clients experience a new-found sense of beauty, power and confidence that changes their life.
Shelley’s strengths are her honesty, her sensitivity, and her “pit bullishness” gets clients into the clothing that they wouldn’t normally try, pushing them to step outside their fashion box. She loves to see her clients transform in front of her eyes as they stand in front of the mirror in the clothes she chooses for them. “They stand taller, shoulders go back, chest goes out, they smile and their eyes light up! I love it!”
Having a talent for knowing what doesn’t look good and what will look fantastic has transformed client’s lives. Many receive compliments on their appearance on a daily basis.
Shelley has taught body shape classes at College of the Canyons and has spoken at various Business Conferences on such topics as, Dressing Your Body Shape, Cleansing Your Closet, and Dressing on a Budget. She has also addressed Corporations on Appropriate dress for the workplace and What is Business Causal?
Shelley has been a guest on KHTS Radio talking about such topics as, Common Fashion Mistakes Women Make and Dressing Trouble Spots. She is currently serving as the VP of Marketing for the Association of Image Consultants International (AICI) Southern California Chapter.
Contact information for Shelley:
http://www.shelleychic.net/
info@shelleychic.net
Telephone (818) 470-0444
Stacy Ritter
All through childhood Stacy exhibited a unique gift for being creative and having a keen eye for “color.” By the age of 12, she oil painted professionally, selling her paintings to an interior decorator which turned to dollars for a twelve-year-old child. Whether it was a still life seascape or floral scene, Stacy was able to create the paintings for him and his clients, using perfect colors and shades. At the age of 18, Stacy decided to transfer her talents for color to hair and attended beauty school and became a cosmetologist. Stacy has developed a reputation for helping many people grow their hair long who have been unsuccessful previously, and of course, for her expert eye for color.
After working in salons for the past 34 years, Stacy has moved her clientele to her new salon, built on her home property. Surrounded by beautiful landscaping, Stacy’s salon is comfortable and inviting. “I wanted my clients to be able to relax in environment that was free of the typical hustle and bustle of a larger salon,” explained Stacy, “my clients enjoy the coziness and the one-on-one attention I am able to give them in my own salon.”
Stacy continues her education, staying on top of industry trends and changes. Below are some of her certifications:
- Vidal Sassoon’s “Classic Cutting Course”
- Champion’s Hair Academy
- Russ Park’s school of “Clipper cutting” and “Scissor over comb technique.”
- Matrix’s Classic Cutting
- Advanced colorist for Logics International; division of Matrix
- Goldwell’s advanced color class
- Cinderella hair extensions
- Ultress hair extensions
- Dream Catchers extensions
- Brazilian Thermal Reconstruction (Cadiveu Brazil and Marcia Teixeira original product/services)
Schedule an appointment with Stacy and mention that you saw her articles in Scene In SCV and receive 15% off on your first visit. Hair products are sold at a discounted rate. Stacy honors the 25Score Card which gives you 15% off on your first visit and 10% off for existing customers.
Contact information for Stacy:
(661) 547-0282
www.Hair-by-Stacy.com
Email: Stacy.Ritter@Hair-by-Stacy.com
Steve Roth
Steve Roth
You may recognize the name, Karen Roth, the holistic nutritionist who posts on Scene In SCV. Well, I’m her husband, the benefactor of Karen’s amazing insight on health and nutrition. My goal for writing this blog is to share with you guys (and women too!) valuable information I’ve learned from my live-in nutritionist about food and nutrition which may not only improve your overall health, but keep you out of the doctor’s office, perhaps off unnecessary meds, and out of the hospital. Being a former TV comedy writer, you can count on my post to not only be informative, but entertaining as well.
Contact information for Steve:
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www.imarriedanutritionist.com
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Whatever your digital appetite, I hope you’ll make this a regular read.Healthy Spouse
Tami Lindahl
Thank you for visiting this website. It’s the first step to turning your body into a fat burning machine, having more energy and fitting into your skinny jeans again.
Tami has been in the fitness industry since 2001. Her certifications include group exercise, personal training, kickboxing, youth fitness, and senior fitness, and lifestyle coach, to name a few.
To date Tami has taught classes at traditional gyms, women- only gyms, the senior center and offers in-home personal training. Tami has successfully run a “Fit Kids” program, been highlighted and published in several magazines, been a guest host on KHTS radio, including, the Fitness Hour with Ellen Como. She also sits on the board of the Health Care Committee through the SCV Chamber of Commerce.
Her most recent venture has been opening her own gym called “Club 50 Fitness”. And well, you guessed it; it is designed for men and women 50 and better. Tami’s helped 100’s of people begin an exercise program, offered personal training to those who wanted more, and taught weekly weight loss classes. Tami became fascinated with the weight loss program that she was offering at the gym, and began to do more and more research on eating low glycemic foods. She eventually authored the book “How to Lose Weight without Being on a Diet, For Women”
Tami now offers in-home personal training and virtual coaching by phone. The phone coaching is a dynamic way to get the results you are looking for. The tools given in her program are not just what to eat and how to move but, give you what you need to stop sabotaging yourself so you have lasting results. Discover the fat burning foods so you can enjoy eating without guilt. Learn why diets don’t work, and what does. With her step by step action guide and journal you will learn to enjoy living a healthy lifestyle and lose the weight you’ve always wanted in the process!! www.FreeTrainerTips.comContact Information for Tami:
Tami Lindahl www.tamilindahl.comemail: LiveLifeFit@sbcglobal.netPhone: 661- 312-4239
Tami Smight
In 2003, Tami Smight followed her true passion, leaving her career as a registered nurse at UCLA for the world of Interior Design. She received her certification at College of the Canyons as a professional interior designer and opened the doors to Tami Smight Interiors, a residential interior design firm in Valencia, California.
Tami Smight, a full-service interior designer, was voted Best Interior Designer 2006 of Santa Clarita Valley Living Magazine.
Tami has been gracing southern California homes with warm, accessible designs since 2004.
While she provides a full menu of design services, Tami Smight’s specialty and rave reviews are as a window stylist creating the best-dressed windows in the Santa Clarita Valley.
She and husband, television director, Alec Smight, enjoy a full life in Valencia with their three children Dan, Colin and Claire.
View Tami’s gallery of design projects at www.tamismightinteriors.comContact information for Tami:
Website: www.tamismightinteriors.com
Email: tamismight@mac.com
Studio: (661) 430-0127
