Top winning stylist in the grooming industry is here to help you improve your pet styling skills! The mission is to increase your bottom line, to share techniques that will not only improve your finish but help speed up the process. From shave downs to show Dogs! In addition Chris will focus on your health, wellbeing, ergonomics, pet handling skills, tools and usage, customer care, and we have the passion to help you succeed.

Christina Pawlosky is a Certified Master Groomer (NDGAA), Certified Feline Master Groomer (CFMG) Pet Tech certified in CPR and Pet First Aid.  She has successfully owned and managed her own grooming salon since 1985.    She has many awards in the grooming and show ring. are unsurpassed:

​Multiple Best All Around Groomer and Best-Groomed Dog in Show winner

World Poodle Groomer 1993 and 1995

International Groomer of the Year in 1994

Cardinal Crystal Achievement Award for Groomer of the year 1993, Congeniality 1994, and Judge of the year 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006.

Two Barkleigh Honors 2011 for Speaker of the Year and 2013 for Judge of the year

Eagle Award from Groom and Board Magazine 1994,

Voted Groomer of the Decade by New England Pet Grooming Professionals 2001

Groom Team Member 1993 -1995

​Christina has also excelled in the show ring as a professional handler; winning Poodle Club of America’s Standard Poodle Variety.  She has also won multiple Best in All Breed Shows and Specialties.   She also handled many different breeds to their Championships.   She was also a breeder of many Champion Poodles and Brussels Griffons.

 She has also served as an AKC Judge at the Western Reserve Poodle Club.

Dave Campanella is an informative and entertaining seminar speaker, contributing trade columnist and genuine grooming enthusiast. He is Best Shot Pet Products sales and marketing director and has over 30 years of pet industry knowledge and experience. He and his wife Tracy co-owned a full-service pet salon and self-wash in Ohio prior to relocating with Best Shot to Kentucky. Together they enjoy exhibiting at grooming shows, being industry ambassadors and showing their Kerry Blue Terriers, Samoyed and Lowland Polish Sheepdog. Dave is also certified to deliver accredited PGC continuing education credits with WPA’s credentialing program.

Kim is a 40 yr  veteran of the grooming Industry. She is a graduate of the N.Y. School of Dog Grooming  Nov.1984, then owned by the famed Sam Kohl.

She is a graduate of the Pensacola Junior College Vet Tech program June 1984. 

She competed in grooming competitions for 26 yrs , garnering some 62 placements including two BIS

Gold medal Poodles Intergroom 1999 

Silver Medal handstrip terriers Intergroom 2001

And the Wahl Artistic Innovations Grand Championship Intergroom 2001

She is a sanctioned judge by the United Show Managers Alliance 

And was nominated for Cardinal Crystal Achievement Awards Grooming Contest Judge of The Year 2007

She has shown Standard Poodles and American Cocker spaniels .

She has three Children Four Grandchildren and three dogs

A Standard Poodle Named Armani 

And two mixed breeds Jack and Mollie

And a spotted saddle horse named Cash

She is a born again Christian 

And loves to teach grooming as well as being a music enthusiast

And a published writer of poetry

Erin (Martin) Huland has been grooming for over 20 years, and has owned her grooming business since 2013. In February of 2020, she began her journey in the competition ring in the pure breed class. Her specialty is in extreme creative grooming, where she is a multi award winning competitor. She has been speaker in the grooming industry since 2020. Erin also puts on several creative grooming webinars per year. Her love of creative grooming inspired her to start The Creative Groomer, a creative grooming supply company, and the first subscription box in the industry geared towards creative groomers. In 2021, she and Mary Oquendo co organized and created the first ever creative grooming online summit. She is a Secretary of the CPPGA (California Professional Pet Groomers Association). She is a member of the North American model dog competition team and is a multi award winning competitor in model dogs.

Dr. Molly started Molly’s Pampered Paws in 2014 working as the solo groomer in a (very) used grooming van. Together, with co-owner and husband Todd, they have built a diversified multi-million-dollar pet industry business consisting of grooming salons, a mobile grooming fleet, as well as boarding, daycare, and training facilities. In addition to helping run the organization, Dr. Molly has a grooming background, Master’s in Business Education-Corporate Training, a Doctorate in Management-Organizational Leadership with a dissertation on Employee Turnover in the Pet Grooming Industry, and teaches Business Applications at a local TN college. Combined with Todd’s 15+ years of leadership experience as a COO, Dr. Molly & Todd work together to combine education, experience, and best practices to help other pet professionals succeed! As a team, they are passionate about coaching and educating the next generation of successful pet industry business owners while helping groomers set boundaries and achieve optimal work/life balance through their podcast The Pawcast: The Business Side of the Pet Industries and coaching services.

Cassondra Renee, founder and CEO of Club Pawsh in Buffalo, New York, is a seasoned groomer with over 10 years of experience in various grooming settings. She has also held corporate roles overseeing hundreds of groomers, where she cultivated a passion for coaching and advising others in the industry to achieve unprecedented success both financially and personally.

Cassondra’s journey of personal growth and healing led her to pivot towards coaching on self-love and empowerment, which she initially struggled to define her target audience for. However, a pivotal moment at a grooming industry conference made her realize the significant need for empowerment and business guidance within the grooming community, leading her to launch The Unlimited Groomer Podcast & Coaching.

With a global audience, Cassondra’s unique blend of grooming expertise and empowerment coaching has garnered praise from influencers and industry professionals alike. Alongside her podcast, she offers mindset and business coaching tailored to the pet industry, operates a monthly membership community, and is available for speaking engagements.

Outside of her professional endeavors, Cassondra is actively involved in WINC, an organization supporting women in business, and enjoys hobbies like dancing, reading, roller skating, and traveling to warm beach destinations with her partner and their six pets.

Jordan is a national and internationally award winning groomer competing in breed, freestyle/runway, model dog, and extreme creative with several placements in all categories. Nominated for Barkleigh honors awards such as “up and coming groomer of the year” and “creative groomer of the year”. After working for several years as a cosmetologist as a cut and color specialist she made the transition from people to dogs(because dogs are so much better!). She now is the owner and operator of “creative shears mobile grooming”. She has a passion for educating other up and coming groomers and wants to share her knowledge and passion with them just as her mentors did with her.

Alyssa Kasiba, renowned internationally for her creative prowess, brings a wealth of experience from a distinguished grooming career in the U.S. A two-time Barkliegh Honors Creative Groomer of the Year and a Pooch Perfect Finalist on ABC, Alyssa extends her influence to the “Global Creative Grooming Board,” enriching the creative community. As the Co-Founder of The Creative Contribution, an emergency supply bag supporting competitors, she passionately contributes to making the world more colorful—one dog at a time

Mindy Dinwiddie, an award winning International Certified Master Groomer, International
Competition Competitor in both model dog and live dog competitions. She traveled to Taiwan as
a member of the USA Model Dog Team. Mindy is an ambassador for Evolution Shears and All
for Groomers. Mindy started her career as an apprentice under another groomer after making
the move from the corporate world, non-grooming related. She opened her own salon in
Litchfield, Michigan in 2010. Mindy, in the pursuit of bettering her grooms and herself, she
started attending Grooming Expos, seminars and private lessons. She strives to better the
grooming community every day. This includes traveling variously throughout the year to help in
the education of others in different topics of grooming. These topics include Asian Fusion, Tools
and Products of the Trade, and her most popular, Caring for Geriatric Dogs. As an advocate
towards bettering the grooming standard, she is also a member of Professional Grooming
Credential Instructor and member of the Master Groomer Council of Best Practices. She is a
staple to the grooming world, helping where needed.

Join me for a run through on how to help your mental health and physical health before you start your day. We will be doing LIVE mild group stretching together to calm your nervous system and prepare you for your day. Have this in your back pocket for when you need to reset. Take techniques away that will help you center yourself in the most stressful work situations. This is an all age friendly activity.