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Here are Just Some of the Many
Powerful Guest Speakers
Gathered Together for
The Fauxcademy of Decorative Finishing™ 2006
Stay Tuned for More
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iLia Anossov
Owner, The Fresco School™
iLia Anossov is one of the very few artists in the world who can be considered
masters of the art of fresco painting. His
knowledge of the techniques of this most difficult, important, yet endangered art
form is sought out by his contemporaries at great art institutes and museums.
Museums and collectors have sought his input on large-scale restoration projects and
his expertise in helping them refine their technique. iLia Anossov has
responded to all inquiries with great generosity, believing the resurrection and
proliferation of fresco art to be his true mission in life...
> More about iLia Anossov
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Nancy Ballew
Principal Artist, Ballew Studio, Inc.™
The principal artist of Ballew Studio, Inc., Nancy Ballew is an Atlanta based artist
specializing in hand-painted fine art murals, trompe l'oeil, ornamental panels and
scenic backdrops for residential interiors, corporate and commercial projects.
Although Ballew mainly paints in the traditional style, she is also at home creating
whimsical images for nurseries and playrooms.
> More about Nancy Ballew
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John Cappi
Owner, Cape' Designs, Ltd. and Quality Painting by J&J
John Cappi is the founding owner of Cape' Designs, Ltd., Quality
Painting by J&J, and business partners with CMB Studios. John has 24 years of
experience as an inventor, faux finish instructor, and painter/decorator. An active
member in the PDCA and an ASID Industry partner, he is one of Chicagoland's most
sought-after faux artists.
> More about John Cappi
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Samy Chong
President, Corporate Philosopher, Inc.™
Samy Chong is the President of Corporate Philosopher, Inc. and is a certified executive
coach with a strong background integrating spiritual and business principles – defined
as the search for the highest truth, truth within ourselves and in our relationships
with others. Samy holds the Corporate Executive Portfolio on the International
Coach Federation's Board of Directors. He has a background in business as a
successful entrepreneur (two restaurants and a catering company).
> More about Samy Chong
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Ken Dayley
Co-Owner, Faux in Style™
(and Former Major League Baseball
World Champion)
Ken's roots are in the pacific northwest, where he attended the University of Portland on
a baseball scholarship. He was drafted into professional baseball in June of 1980
by the Atlanta Braves. Ken's major league career lasted 10+ seasons, consisting of 2
years with the Atlanta Braves, 6 with the St. Louis Cardinals, and 3 with the Toronto
Blue Jays, as well as 5 trips to the league playoffs, 4 World Series and 2 World
Championships.
> More about Ken Dayley
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Kesha Dirkson
Motivational Speaker, PR Consultant
Ms. Kesha Dirkson of Austin, Texas is an expert orator having attained skill working
with audiences of various backgrounds. Ranging from corporate socialites, to
young adults, her experience in front of the camera gives her a superstar eminence that
exudes in her presentation methods which will grasp audiences of various
interests. She encourages audiences to embrace her personal motto Live! Laugh!
And Learn! Her alluring personality is extremely contagious which will
enthuse audiences, large and small alike, beyond anticipation.
> More about Kesha Dirkson
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Jan Dressler
President, Dressler Stencil Company™
For over 15 years, Jan Dressler has been the Stencil Diva, designing the most user
friendly and widely recognized stencils for discriminating decorative painters and home
hobbyists. Known for her Trompe l'oeil designs, she is a master of realism. Jan's
regular appearances on the top home deocrating shows have made her very popular and
widely recognized. Her mission is to spread joy through art.
> More about Jan Dressler
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Leatrice Eiseman
President, Eiseman Center for Color Information and Training
Leatrice Eiseman is a color specialist who has been called "America's color
guru." In fact, her color expertise is recognized worldwide, especially as a
prime consultant to Pantone, Inc. She has helped many companies, from small one
person start-ups to large corporations make the best and most educated choice of color
for product development, logos and identification, brand imaging, web sites, packaging,
point of purchase, interior/exterior design or any other application where color choice
is critical to the success of the product or environment.
> More about Leatrice Eiseman
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Janie Ellis
President & Founder, Anything But Plain, School of Decorative Finishes and Anything But Plain Studio, Inc.
Janie Ellis, one of the most sought-after decorative painters and faux artists in
Texas, has over 25 years of experience in Art. She received her B.A. in Art, and
a master's degree in Interior Design. She is a teacher, certified artisan,
national lecturer, Master Trainer for Aqua Finishing Solutions™, and member of the
prestigious Salon, International Conference of Decorative Painters.
> More about Janie Ellis
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Melissa Erdmann
Personal Trainer
Melissa Erdmann is a health and fitness expert who feels strongly about the benefits of
exercise and proper nutrition for both your physical and mental well being. She has
been in the fitness industry for over 11 years and has taught a variety of group exercise
classes including yoga, group weight training, spinning, and step aerobics. She has
been a personal trainer and an assistant fitness director in health clubs, medical
settings, and in home.
> More about Melissa Erdmann
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Pierre Finkelstein
Owner & Principal Painter, Grand Illusion Decorative Painting, Inc.™
Pierre Finkelstein is recognized worldwide as a superior craftsman and master in
the art of faux painting. He specializes in high-end residential and museum
work. He creates photo realistic faux finishes, faux marble and faux wood,
intricate glazing, 18th and 19th century patinas, gilding, handmade plaster
finishes, hand painted ornamentation, custom-cut stenciling, and architectural trompe
l'oeil for internationally acclaimed interior designers and architects. His
field of expertise is a recreation of 18th and 19th century period rooms. He
also works as a consultant on extensive projects, recommending and writing recipes
for different finishes.
> More about Pierre Finkelstein
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Linda Leigh Francis
Author
Linda Francis has a Masters Degree in Education and has been an educator for the past
25 years. Since 1989 she has conducted business related seminars and training
statewide and nationally. She has consulted with and trained hundreds of
businesses ranging from family run businesses to national corporations in construction,
manufacturing, service, mail order, real estate, non profit corporations and
more. She specializes her work in the building industry.
> More about Linda Leigh Francis
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Mark Golden
CEO and Co-Founder, Golden Artist Colors, Inc.™
Mark Golden, Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder of Golden Artist Colors, Inc.
with his father Sam Golden, have been creating products by working directly with
artists for over 24 years. Mr. Golden's company started with four people in a
cow barn on his parents' retirement home in rural Upstate New York.
Presently, Golden employs over 100 people, making and distributing products for
professional artists worldwide.
> More about Mark Golden
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Bob Harris
President, The Decorative Concrete Institute™
Bob Harris is known worldwide in the decorative Concrete Industry. He is president
of The Decorative Concrete Institute, an organization in Douglasville, Georgia, that
offers hands-on training and workshops in the latest decorative products and
techniques. He also was affiliated with a large manufacturer of decorative
concrete products for nearly a decade, the last part of which he served as the director
of product training. In this role, he conducted hands-on training seminars in
architectural concrete in locations around the world in addition to being an integral
part of technical support and research and development.
> More about Bob Harris
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David Horsager
President, Special Delivery Productions, LLC™
Award-winning speaker and illusionist David Horsager will "WOW" your socks off and in
the same moment share a powerful and relevant message that will reverberate to your
core! David gained much of his leadership experience as a wildly successful and
entrepreneurial director of a large youth and family organization in Arkansas. He
has excelled in a variety of other leadership positions from board member to trustee,
facilitator to manager, and now as the president of his own company Special Delivery
Productions, LLC.
> More about David Horsager
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Randy Ingram &
Brian Townsend
Owners, Classical Art Studios™
Masters of classical realism, creating hand painted masterpieces for both residential
and commercial spaces. Accomplished muralists, Randy Ingram and Brian Townsend
each bring more than 20 years of painting experience to their clients. As a
result of their combined painting ability, their completed works have an extremely
high degree of finish and realism.
> More about Randy Ingram & Brian Townsend
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Kelly S. King
President, The Kelly S. King Institute of Decorative
Finishes™
Kelly S. King is the owner of The Kelly S. King Institute of Decorative Finishes™,
which is comprised of several very impressive divisions:
The Faux Finish Institute by Kelly S. King™ and Vandelae Studios by Kelly S. King™
instruct students, from beginner to professional, in the art of faux and decorative
finishing; The Fauxcademy of Decorative Finishing, LLC recognizes and rewards artists
for their talent and accomplishments in the field of decorative finsihing; and Kelly S.
King Imports™ brings fine 18th century European and Venetian-style unfinished
furniture from Italy and then customizes it for clientele. In addition to this,
Kelly also owns The Painting Pros, Inc., a contract residential and commercial
painting business.
> More about Kelly S. King
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Steven List
Speaker/Trainer/Author/Coach
Steven List sometimes describes himself as a schizophrenic renaissance man. From
a family of psychotherapists and degrees in psychology, Steven fell into the world of
computers and software. Discovering a gift for programming and design, Steven
spent two-and-a-half decades in the software arena. During that time, he also
began his speaking career, violating the stereotype of introverted
propeller-heads. While in his thirties, Steven discovered Asian culture and the
martial arts, and ultimately earned a third degree black belt in Shotokan karate and
spent a number of years as an instructor in that art.
> More about Steven List
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Mecca Madison
American Idol Las Vegas Winner
On January 31, 2005 the television show American Idol
aired Mecca Madison's Las
Vegas audition. She was seen by millions of viewers and received excellent
responses from three professional music industry judges. It had been a
terrific experience, but her musical journey had already begun before
American Idol accepted her as a contestant.
> More about Mecca Madison
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Carlo Marchiori
Artist
Italian born, Carlo Marchiori studied classic art and academic design in Padua and
Venice. At the age of eighteen, he left Italy to live in Canada where he worked
as illustrator and film animator for C.B.C. Television and the National Film Board of
Canada. In 1967 he was nominated for an Academy Award for an animated short but
eventually abandoned filmmaking and advertising for mural paintings.
> More about Carlo Marchiori
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Bent Mikkelsen
Publisher, Concrete Decor and PaintPRO Magazines
A fifth-generation publisher who had his own contracting business for many years, Bent
Mikkelsen combines his family heritage and knowledge of the trades to create
high-quality magazines that are chock full of informative, well-written articles and
photos. Bent is assisted in the business by his wife Sheri, circulation manager,
Sharlee Tergesen, circulation assistant, and his father Ernst, company president.
> More about Bent Mikkelsen
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Lorrie Morgan-Ferrero
President, Red Hot Copy™
Lorrie Morgan-Ferrero is one of the most sought after copywriting experts in America...
and a direct descendent of Ralph Waldo Emerson. A freelance writer and
journalist for over 25 years, Lorrie attributes her creative background as an actress
with helping to develop her signature style of conversational writing coupled with
sales persuasion techniques resulting in hundreds of thousands of dollars for her
clients. Her words have sold products in a variety of industries including,
nutritional supplements, professional speaking, seminar business, hypnosis, health &
fitness, biz op, real estate and entrepreneurial services.
> More about Lorrie Morgan-Ferrero
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Michel Nadaï
Master Artisan
Michel Nadaï, an award winning Decorative Painter and instructor with over 20
years of experience in this field, runs a successful decorative painting business
and school in the Southwest of France. In 1994, Michel received the lifetime
title of Best Craftsman of France in Decorative Painting and Trompe-l’oeil – the
highest distinction for this profession in France.
> More about Michel Nadaï
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Keren Navarro
President, Twig & a Feather, Inc.
Keren Andra Navarro spent her life absorbing cultural richness, beauty and ethnic
diversity from living in South America, Japan and 9 U.S. states. She further
extended her knowledge by marrying a Filipino, thus adding another rich culture to
her list. She credits her talents to her Grandmother, a sculptor, and her
Italian Grandfather, an artist.
> More about Keren Navarro
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Jayne M. Pelosi
Principal, Renaissance Interior Design™
Renaissance Interior Design is a Massachusetts-based design firm accepting residential
engagement throughout New England. Renaissance was founded in 1993 by Jayne M.
Pelosi. Jayne is serving as the current President of the South Shore Women's
Business Network and she is active in New England Women's Business Owners. She is
also a member of the Duxbury Business Association and the Duxbury Garden Club.
Jayne studied at the Sheffield School of Interior Design based in New York City, but
considers herself predominantly self-taught.
> More about Jayne M. Pelosi
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Lynn Pierce
America's Sales Therapy Expert
Lynn Pierce enlightens audiences with the lessons learned in her more than 25-year
sales and marketing career. Lynn has worked with diverse companies including
major hotel chains, large real estate developers, small businesses and
individuals. Lynn created a superstar sales career spanning three decades,
earning several Salesperson of the Year awards, before becoming an author and
consultant. Lynn has spent years coaching salespeople to reach new heights.
> More about Lynn Pierce
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Scott Porter
Owner, Scott's Faux Designs, Inc. and The Twin Cities Faux Finishing
Institute
Scott Porter started his career just over a decade ago. Like the path of many of
his students, he started with some regular paint jobs and a few faux finish
projects. His attention to detail and creative desires fueled his business,
eventually leading him to some of the most desirable faux finishing projects in the
Midwest. Scott has spent the last 10 years expanding his knowledge and taking
classes from some of the best finishers in the country. His continued passion for
realizing his clients dreams and helping his students develop their skills feed his
passion for the future.
> More about Scott Porter
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Ann Snipes
Transformation Designer
Ann Snipes is an interior designer who works with individuals and businesses to create
artistic faux finishes that are applied to custom furniture and inspired spaces.
A native of Rock Hill, South Carolina, Ann earned an Interior Design degree from
Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. After working for years in the
interior design industry, she began her own business in 2002. Recently, Ann began
working with high-end furniture manufacturer, EJ Victor, and is developing a national
reputation for her furniture and finishes.
> More about Ann Snipes
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Zoran
President, Zoran Worldwide
Zoran has extensive experience in the visual and performing arts. His
longtime passion for antiquity, architecture and design, coupled with his artistic skills
and critical attaention to detail enabled Zoran to successfully start his own company
Zoran Worldwide in 1993.
> More about Zoran
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Fritz Stehlik & Mary Conway
Fritz Stehlik
Attorney, Gross & Welch, P.C.
For seventy-five years, Gross & Welch, P.C., has been committed to providing the
highest standards of legal expertise to its clients, with an emphasis on
professionalism, timeliness and efficiency. Frederick, "Fritz" D. Stehlik,
a noted lawyer for Gross & Welch, will have people lining up for advice as he
and Mary Conway present, "The Legal and Accounting Aspects..."
Mary Conway
Tax Manager, Dutton & Associates, P.C.
Mary is a tax manager for Dutton & Associates, P.C in Omaha, Nebraska. She has
over twenty years experience in the tax and accounting field. She specializes
in small business and individual tax preparation and consulting services. Prior
to joining Dutton & Associates in 2004, Mary was a tax manager at Hancock & Dana,
P.C. as well as a manager at Qwest Communications.
> More about Fritz Stehlik & Mary Conway
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Robert G. Thomas, CFP®
Certified Financial Planner, AIG Financial Advisors, Inc.™
In today's changing environment, the responsibility of successfully managing an
individual's financial portfolio is more complex than ever. As a Certified
Financial Planner™, Bob Thomas uses his demonstrated leadership and wealth building
skills to help his clients obtain their financial goals. Upon graduating from
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Bob became a United States Air Force
fighter pilot serving in Vietnam. Like thousands of other Americans serving
their country, Bob took his sense of duty and patriotism seriously.
> More about Robert G. Thomas
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E. Adrienne van Dooren
CEO, Creative Enterprises™
Adrienne van Dooren is an experienced faux finisher and artist. She is CEO of
Creative Enterprises, an artist cooperative and referral business in Alexandria,
VA. She also teaches and is a guest instructor at various studios around the
country. She was influenced to begin the House that Faux Built project by the
last Fauxcademy. Motivated by the cross-fertilization of ideas by so many
outstanding artists and attendees, she was then inspired by guest speaker, Mark Victor
Hansen, who spoke about "Living your Dreams"... and she has.
> More about E. Adrienne van Dooren
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Judith Williamson
& Christina Chia
Judith Williamson
Director, Napoleon Hill World Learning Center™
Judith Williamson is Director of the Napoleon Hill World Learning Center at Purdue
University Calumet. She is a motivational educator who puts her personalized
caring before her own advancement. Degreed in Instruction and Administration,
Judith emotionalizes her presentation in order to gain the subliminal attachment of
the group she is addressing. Many speakers touch our minds, but Judith touches
our hearts.
Christina Chia
Founder, Napoleon Hill Associates™
Christina Chia is the Founder of Napoleon Hill Associates. She is licensed in
Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand and Indonesia to promote
Napoleon Hill's seminars, books and products exclusively. An accredited
instructor for the Napoleon Hill Foundation, United States, Christina states that
spreading the philosophy of Dr. Hill is her passion in life. Currently, she has
two existing offices in Singapore and in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In March, 2007,
Christina is hosting the first international Napoleon Hill Convention in Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia.
> More about Judith Williamson & Christina Chia
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George Zaffle
Owner, Zaffle Painting Studios™
Before finding his true calling as a decorative painter, George Zaffle earned degrees
in both journalism and foreign language at Ohio University. After his 1981
graduation, he headed for California on his bicycle. En route, he met a fellow
cyclist named Larry Boyce, who also happened to be one of this country's top decorative
painters. Soon joining ranks with Larry Boyce and Associates, George learned his
trade while cycling with the group throughout the western states. Inspired by
America's itinerant 19th century decorative painters, they found willing venues for
their period style stenciling schemes in grand Victorian rooms emcountered along the
way.
> More about George Zaffle
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Nathan Zakheim
Owner, Nathan Zakheim & Associates Art Conservation Studio™
Nathan Zakheim trained in rural California by parents, both fresco muralists from
childhood. He began Fresco Conservation in 1967 by using innovative techniques
to remove two frescoes painted by Bernard Zakheim from the University of California
Medical Center San Francisco. Since that time, Nathan has conserved and/or
removed and relocated more than fifty high profile frescoes, and is generally
considered an authority on fresco conservation. In addition to Fresco, Nathan
has developed and deployed more than a dozen innovative state-of-the-art methods for
the conservation of large outdoor works of art, as well as innovative techniques for
the conservation of oil paintings, sculpture, objects, etc.
> More about Nathan Zakheim
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