She quickly rose through the ranks at the Aveda Institute Tucson, fulfilling a wide variety of roles for the Inspire Greatness Aveda Institutes. Stimulating her passion for retailing, educating, and branding, Anne served as Experience Center Team Lead, Esthiology Educator and Team Lead, Mission Champion, Director of Marketing, and, as of 2018, Campus Director of the Aveda Institute Tucson. As Director of Marketing for the Inspire Greatness Aveda Institutes, Anne has been a driving force behind branding the multi-campus organization to stimulate enrollments, services, and student engagement. In her tenure as DOM, all eligible campuses have received honors as Salon Today Top 200 Salons at least once, in addition to earning Salon Today’s Applied Marketing Program (S.T.A.M.P) of Approval and Modern Salon’s Excellence in Education for Technology and Culture. Anne has developed and implemented marketing strategies for social media, grassroots, promotional/transactional, and eventing. Through this role, Anne also has the unique ability to give back on a large scale, leading the charge for Inspire Greatness’ Aveda Earth Month and Breast Cancer Awareness Month campaigns, in addition to regular community outreach programs at each campus. Since 2014, the Inspire Greatness Aveda Institutes have donated over $300,000 to charitable organizations. Anne’s love for education never diminished despite switching gears into a business focus. As an Aveda Makeup Pure-Fessional, Certified Makeup Coach, Aveda Freelance Artist, Anne spreads her love of Aveda Makeup to her students, team, network, and guests through specialized classes and events. Anne has assisted Aveda Global Artist Director for Makeup, Janell Geason, on the team for multiple seasons of New York Fashion Week, and backstage at Master Jam Europe, NAHA, and Aveda Congress. Her editorial work is published both nationally and internationally, motivating her participation in the Editorial Remix workshop on the Inspire Greatness campuses. With the Inspire Greatness Creative Team, she mentors students as they work tirelessly to submit collections through the NAHA Experience workshop. In her new position as Campus Director, Anne will utilize her status as a graduate to best serve her number one guest- her students. Being able to relate to their struggles and celebrations is a unique opportunity to motivate academics, attendance, and clinic floor benchmarks. Her journey from student to Pure-Fessional to Director provides an example of how making the most of a beauty school education can impact the trajectory of a career. “I love Aveda and I love education, which lends itself perfectly to my desire to help others find their purpose in this industry. My success has flowed naturally due to my desire to give back and change lives the way that Inspire Greatness changed mine.”

Institute with a B.A. in Marketing and Management in 1993, and became the Admissions Director for the Douglas J Educational Center. His work developing the school led him to visit the Aveda Institute in Minneapolis, where he discovered an organization that shared his standards for service and commitment to the environment. Thus, the Douglas J Aveda Institute came to be. When the Douglas J Salon needed a full-time Marketing Director, Scott successfully assumed this responsibility. He was an integral part of merging a day spa into Douglas J’s service offerings. Scott felt he needed to have a cosmetology license to get a better understanding of every aspect of the salon industry and he graduated from Cosmetology school in 1995. He is now a licensed cosmetology instructor, an Aveda hair color purefessional educator, and a platform artist. Scott is a role model for the modern salon professional. He possesses a stylist’s technical skill, but he is also able to successfully manage a thriving business. His compassion helps him do what he loves most, “build the salon industry careers of others and help them to reach their goals.” Today, as President, Scott heads up Operations and Development company-wide. The Douglas J Company now has salons and Aveda Institutes in these Michigan locations: Douglas J Day Spa Salon—Okemos Douglas J MEN Salon—Okemos Douglas J Aveda Institute—East Lansing Douglas J Aveda Institute—Ann Arbor Douglas J Salon—Ann Arbor Douglas J Aveda Institute—Grand Rapids Douglas J Aveda Institute—Royal Oak Douglas J Aveda Institute—Chicago, IL Douglas J Aveda Institute—Knoxville, TN As the company continues to grow, Scott’s focus remains constant--expanding the Douglas J brand while maintaining the same level of customer service and professionalism that his father founded the company on 49 years ago. Scott also continues to lead the company with the passion to make an impact on the greater good. Over the years, Douglas J Companies has stood behind many causes, providing much-needed fundraising to support research, awareness and education. Some of these causes include JDRF, Earth Month and Shining A Light where the fundraising efforts have exceeded $650,000 to date. Scott’s commitment to supporting these organizations as well as other organizations will continue to be a core to his leadership focus.

acts of kindness, has captured the hearts of hundreds of thousands around the world. Wagner is the founder and owner of JUUT Salonspas, the original AVEDA concept salons, with eight JUUT locations in the Midwest, one in San Francisco's Bay Area and two in Phoenix AZ that are continually voted "Best Salon" within their communities. He is also the best-selling author of, Life as a Daymaker: How to Change the World by Simply Making Someone's Day, and initiator of the "Daymaker Movement." Wagner is a highly sought-after inspirational speaker. He is committed to transforming the world with beauty. “Beauty can transform people, society, and businesses,” says Wagner. A devoted husband and father, Wagner lives in Minnetrista MN with his wife Charlie, and their daughters, Coco and Ava where he continues to work on building his company as a model of Daymaking in an effort to change the world in a positive way.