Nancy Bryson

Nancy Bryson has been grooming since 1976. She owns and operates Bryson Academy of Grooming/Dogs by Bryson Professional Grooming Salon in Caledon East, Ontario where she teaches to both the beginner and the professional. She is a Certified Groomer with I.P.G. and has been an active member of the Ontario Dog Groomers Association since its founding. 
She served as president from 1990 to 1993 and was voted their Grooming Personality of the Year for 2000, 2002 & 2004. In competition, Nancy had an impressive win record, undefeated in the Terrier, Sporting and Creative categories. She is well known in the Canadian industry for her scissoring and creative styling.
Her professional credentials have earned her work as an industry demonstrator & speaker and competition judge. She has appeared both on television and in national magazines.

Diane Betelak

Diane Betelak is a Nationally Certified Master groomer and has owned Heads and Tails Professional Dog Grooming, Inc. in Liverpool , NY since 1982. She has groomed competitively in the U.S. and abroad and has multiple "Best in Shows" and "Best All-Around Groomer" wins as well as multiple placements at prestigious competitions.
Diane is a member of "Groom Team USA ". She qualified in 1996 as the number one competing groomer in the United States and went to Milan , Italy to compete in the World Championship Team Competitions. Diane won a Gold medal in the poodle class and went on to win "Best in Show" which helped the U.S. Team collect enough points to win the Team Trophy. After sitting on the Board of Directors of GroomTeam USA from 2002 thru 2004 she is now the corresponding secretary.  She was also the winner of the Cardinal Crystal Achievement Award for "American Groomer of the Year" in 1997 and nominated as “Groomer of the Century” in 2000. The Cardinal Awards are the grooming industries "Oscars".
Diane has shown Standard Poodles in conformation and obedience since 1987. She has finished her own dogs to their Championships in America and in Canada as well as multiple obedience titles, including multiple “High in Trials”. She is now actively involved in the sport of Agility and has titled her current Standard poodle, Sid.
a National Grooming Consultant for The Andis Company, She attends trade shows and seminars to promote their products. She also does demonstrations, speaks and judges at grooming shows throughout the country and offers private consultation for conformation and competitive grooming.

Jackie Boulton

Jackie was born and raised in Calgary. She started training and showing Arabian horses in her early teens. She found a job at a local grooming salon as a bather/brusher to support her horse habit but soon realized she had found a new niche in her life. That was twenty two years ago.
In 1992 Jackie attended her first grooming competition in Edmonton and placed third with a Bichon. That same year she went to Intergroom  in New Jersey one of the premier International grooming contests. Jackie won the gold medal in the International clipped terrier class with her own Kerry Blue terrier. In 1993 she won the title of Intergroom International Groomer of the Year and then again in 2003, 2006 and 2007. In Jackie’s years of attending Intergroom she has accumulated twenty two medals, twelve of which are gold. Jackie was the Global Groomer winner in Chicago at the All American Grooming Show, 2000 Rags to Riches champion, World Champion Poodle groomer 2003 and a three time first runner up in the Oster World Invitational Tournament. Jackie has been nominated four times for the Cardinal Crystal Achievement award in the category of International Groomer of the Year and captured the title in 2005 and 2006.
In September of 2007 Jackie made grooming history having won the Winners Circle champion at Groom Expo bringing home the 30,000 dollar jackpot. Jackie was also named the Groom Olympics champion that same weekend with total winnings of 38,200 dollars the largest prize money ever won at a grooming contest.
Jackie considers herself to be a true pet stylist having never been involved in the breed ring. Although she frequents dog shows to keep up with current styles, her days are spent in her very busy salon Mucky Pups which she has co owned with her sister Deb since 1996.

Valerie Weston

Valerie has been a Professional Dog Groomer for over 30 years, she is a Certified Master Groomer and Certifier with International Professional Groomers Inc. Valerie has covered all aspects of the industry, Speaking, Demonstrating, Competing as well as Judging. In competition she has won at some very prestigious shows , such as, Intergroom, Chicago All American, National Capital Dog Groomers Association, Ontario Dog Groomers Ass. She has won over 100 first placements, many Best Groomed Dog In Show and Best All Around Groomer. 
One of her high lights, was to win with her own Bichon at Intergroom 2004 under Loretta Marchesie, Bichon breeder and winner herself of the Oster Invitational 2004. Valerie was one of the founding members of Groom Team Canada and won silver at our first ever team event. In 2003 she won ODGA’s Grooming Personality Of The Year award. Valerie has been involved in Dog breeding and showing, starting with Lhasa Apso’s in 1978 and moving on to Bichon’s and Tibetan Terrier’s in the 90’s, she has finished over 50 champions under the prefix “Aslan” permanently registered. Winning every award up to Best in Show. 
In 2002 Valerie opened Simply The Best Dog Gone Salon, in upscale Yorkville, Toronto. Simply The Best employs graduates of the Toronto School of Dog Grooming, these Japanese students serve six months apprenticeship with us and then return home to Japan, where they continue in Dog Grooming.

Chuck Simons

Chuck, inventor of the Groomers Helper®, has 25 years of experience running a successful grooming business in addition to creating the leading pet safety system in the industry. Chuck Simons invented the Groomers Helper^TM as a gift to his wife Beth, a certified master groomer who says “It almost makes grooming fun again.”

The patented system has become the leading pet safety and handling product on the market and is used by some of the top groomers in the business including Jay Scruggs, Sue Zecco and Teri DeMarino.

Chuck is an accomplished pet photographer, writer and lecturer who can relate to pet groomers and help them improve their bottom line. Chuck is also expert on pet handling and safety and now shares his experience with groomers in an effort to help them grow their businesses and boost their profits.

Marlene Romani

Marlene Romani is the President and founder of M.D.C. Romani, Inc. and is the developer of the Clipper Vac^®, Quiet Force Dryers, Pet Vest Support System, three professional educational video tapes, Snap-On Combs and the Rake-N-Vac^TM. Marlene Romani is the owner of Romani’s Pet World in Indiana, PA., which incorporates an active retail sales area and a coin-operated public pet wash developed and designed by Marlene. She is also the owner and founder of the Pennsylvania Academy of Pet Grooming. She designs large and small grooming salons and is a popular speaker and demonstrator. Marlene has spoken and judged both nationally and internationally. She has been featured in hundreds of trade shows across the country and has presented nine all-day seminars. Marlene is a National Certified Master Groomer by the N.D.G.A.A. and has been nominated several times for the Cardinal Crystal Achievement Award for outstanding service to the grooming industry.