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Susan MacCoy is a talented hair artist, image consultant, beauty educator, consultant to the hair care industry, and expert for the legal profession.

Winner of the Today's Chicago Woman Reader's Choice Award, the Clairol Hair Fashion Award, and Glemby International's Outstanding Achievement Award, Ms. MacCoy is the creator of  the ProWorks Professional Haircare System and a noted haircoloring expert.

SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS / QUALIFICATIONS:
  •   Member, Clairol Presidential Haircolorists' Council
  •   Research consultant, American Longevity Research Institute
  •   Salon member, American Society for Esthetic Medicine
  •   National Academy of Sports Medicine, CPT faculty, 1991-1995
  •   Advanced Accredited Educator, State of Illinois
CONSULTING, TESTING, AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT:
Clairol Professional, Inc. Helene Curtis
Glemby International Alberto Culver
Nancy Flinn Marketing Resources Inc.
Restore Products Procter and Gamble
CONSULTANT /  EXPERT WITNESS:
  •   through the Technical Advisory Services for Attorneys (TASA)
  •   independently

CELEBRITY CLIENTELE:
  •   Barbara Walters
  •   Teri Garrison   (On the Road with the Willie Nelson Family)
  •   Princess Diane Von Furstenburg
  •   The Princesses Alia and Aisha of Jordan
  •   Amy Madigan
  •   Sting   (WCW wrestler)
  •   Rick Flair   (aka WCW's "Nature Boy")
  •   Mrs. Don Rickles
  •   Lady Bird Johnson
  •   Lucille Ball
  •   Myrna Loy

TEACHING CREDITS / CLASSROOM TEACHING:
Goodman Theater of the
    Art Institute of Chicago
Helene Curtis: USA, Australia,
    New Zealand, Africa
Clairol Famous Haircolorist Glemby International
    School, New York Clairol Science of Haircolor
Pivot Point International
  Teachers' Symposium,
  Northwestern University
Clairol Summer Workshop,
  Northwestern University
 
Private salon classrooms Chicago Cosmetologists' Assn.

BOOKS AND BYLINES:
  •   Down the Shampoo Bowl: The ABCs of Hair Salon Management
  •   Hot Tips for Your Hair  (due 2001)
  •   "Can your salon stand the test?" in Creative Hair Designer
  •   Clairol Haircolor Success Guide
VIDEO CREDITS   (seen in):
  •   Salon Success Series I through V
  •   Pivot Point Video Education Series:   Haircolor
TV APPEARANCES:
  •  ABC-TV's 20/20
  •  The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson
  •  Jim Conway, WGN-TV
  •  AM Chicago
PUBLISHED CREDITS   (about/quoted in):
Vogue Woman's Day
Life Redbook
DFZ Teen  Magazine
Longevity Magazine UPI newswire
Chicago Sun-Times Chicago Daily News
Chicago Tribune North Loop News
Women's Weekly Beauty World
Glemby Dateline Modern Salon
Clairol Professional Haircolorist Wig & Hair Pieces
American Hairdresser Headway  Magazine
Sophisticates HairStyle Guide
Prevention  Magazine's "Best Bets in Beauty"
Short Hair:   Celebrity Hair Styles Special
Pivot Point International:   Continuing Ed Series "Color Course"
Pivot Point International:   Design Forum "Color / Style"

SALON HAIRDRESSING:
 

1998 — present
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Susan MacCoy Enterprises, P.C.
      at
Elizabeth Adam Salon and Day Spa
  at Water Tower Place
Suite 908E
845 North Michigan Avenue
Chicago, Illinois   60611
312-635-5116

 

 

1993 — 1998
 
 
 
 

 

Susan MacCoy Enterprises, P.C.
      at
Paul Rehder Salon
939 North Rush Street
Chicago, Illinois   60611

 

 

1985 — 1993
 
 
 
 

 

Creative Director
Hair Artists
Suite 303
7 East Chestnut Street
Chicago, Illinois   60611

 

 

1980 — 1985
 
 
 
 

 

Consultant
Glemby International
The Salon at I. Magnin
Michigan Avenue at Pearson Street
Chicago, Illinois   60611

 

  1976 — 1980
 
 
 
Manager and Hair Color Director
Glemby at the Drake Hotel
140 East Walton Street
Chicago, Illinois   60611

To download a copy of Susan's resume, click here.

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