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Kathleen Giordano, a professional barber who was recently referred to in The Wall Street Journal as "The Lady Barber on Wall Street", has become a familiar face on television, as one of the stars of "Single in the City." The hit documentary focused on the lives of single, attractive, entrepreneurial women in the big city, airing nationally on Women's Entertainment and internationally on the Sky-1 Network. USA Today made her the focus of a feature article on the latest trends in grooming.

Kathleen has been featured on numerous other television programs including NBC's "Today Show," "Access Hollywood," "Good Day New York," CN8, NY1 News, Metro-TV, Univision, even BBC-4 across the pond, and most recently, 20/20, Oxygen's hit show, Life & Style. For both her job as "New York's Lady Barber" and her dating expertise, Kathleen has also been featured in many other newspapers and magazines. Such as New York Magazine's Best of New York, INC, US Weekly, The Los Angeles Times, TV Guide, Ladies Who Launch, British Glamour, Michael Starr's column of the New York Post and The Staten Island Advance. Kathleen is the spokeswoman for Conair products, regularly representing them on QVC.

Whether you are in need of "just a little off the top" or are looking for someone who can go over your lifestyle and your outlook with a fine-tooth comb, Lady Barber is the person you want behind the chair. For more information about Kathleen and to request a press kit and tape, please visit her website at www.kathleengiordano.com.

Pamela La Gioia is the creator of Your Life! Magazine. Recognizing the up and coming trend of online publications, she has taken a pioneer role in using technology and the Internet to create the only "ezine" ranked as a top women's media, along with print publications such as Elle, O, Cosmopolitan, Woman's Day, and more.

In addition to creating Your Life! Magazine, Pamela La Gioia is founder of Telework Recruiting, Inc. (http://www.teleworkrecruiting.com), an award-winning web site service that helps people find telecommuting or home-based employment. Telework Recruiting, Inc. is a two-time selectee for the WEDDLE's Job Seeker's Guide to Employment and WEDDLE's Recruiter's Guide to Job Sites books. Telework Recruiting, Inc. has been featured in Fortune Magazine, Canada's Workplace Online, and several employment sites.

Pamela has written extensively on the topic of telecommuting, with articles appearing frequently in Net-Temps.com, Job.com, Philly Burbs, and numerous other places. Through her work and her writing she has connected with thousands of women and learned about what they want in a publication just for women. Pamela has a BA in psychology from De Paul University in Chicago, IL. She can be contacted at pam@yourlifemagazine.com, or at 606-215-7242

Nationally recognized premier automotive expert, Lauren J. Fix, is an authority on consumer automotive and safety issues as well as car care and repair.

She has been a guest numerous times on Oprah!, and has multiple appearances on the TODAY show, CNN, MSNBC, CNNfn, FOX News, Inside Edition, The Early Show, NBC, ABC, CBS, Fox, WB, UPN, The Weather Channel, ESPN, the Discovery Channel, Speed, the Empire Sports Network and National Public Radio. She is the author of Driving Ambitions: A Complete Guide to Amateur Auto Racing and The Performance Tire and Wheel Handbook, and has written articles for Motor Trend, TruckTrend, Hot Rod, Car Craft, Good Housekeeping and Self Magazine.

Lauren Fix is the co-host of Talk 2 DIY-Automotive. She is an automotive expert on the Do-It-Yourself Network (DIY), that focuses on the do-it-yourself enthusiast, providing in-depth demonstrations and tips for auto repair. DIY, is seen by over 22 million homes across the United States. Lauren will appear in 65 one-hour shows.

To learn more about Lauren and her extensive work with automobiles and related topics, you can visit her web site at www.laurenfix.com .

Hi, I am Karen Peak. I have been married since 1993 and have two children, a son who was born in '98 and a daughter born in '04. I primarily am an at-home parent and am able to adapt my schedule around being home with my kids and critters. I began working formally with my first dogs in 1982. Though I have titled dogs in Conformation, Obedience and Agility, my main goal is teaching the average dog owner how to create a well-mannered companion (much different from my days of learning competition work). When my son was a toddler, I opened West Wind Dog Training in Northern, VA. In 2001 my husband and I developed The Safe Kids/Safe Dogs Project to address the issue of dog-related injuries. By the time the project was not even two years old, it received a small grant from the Virginia Department of Health Center for Injury and Violence Prevention. The Safe Kids/Safe Dogs Project has evolved to cover all ages, expectant families, dog owners and those who may encounter dogs while working in the field. I have had various articles published both in print and on line including: The Sheltie Pacesetter, Sheltie International, The United Kennel Club's Bloodlines, Pet People's Place (online), Pet Prospects (on line), etc. Future projects include a book for expectant families and their dogs. Along with my background in dogs, I have worked with cats, bred Angora rabbits, guinea pigs, rats, and other small animals. I also volunteer with a local Shetland Sheepdog rescue organization.

Betty Yarmon is the publishing director and editor-in-chief of PartyLine Publishing, the weekly public relations newsletter. She has been involved with fashion and public relations all her life, since her days in Southern California when she worked in a movie studio.

She has also been a fashion editor twice, once as the fashion editor of Milady Magazine in Southern California, and then as the fashion editor of Palm Beach Life Magazine, and the New York editor of the Palm Beach Daily News.

Born in New Jersey, she spent her first few years in New York City, then moved to Los Angeles, and returned to New York in time to marry her boss, Morton Yarmon, that union lasting until his death this past summer from complications due to a Stroke.

In her spare time Betty Yarmon tries to give back to society, being on The Board of Overseers of Beth Israel Hospital, and the Board of Trustees for Continuum Health Care Systems. She is also on the Board of Directors of the Jacob Perlow Hospice, where in addition to serving in a supervisory capacity she is in charge of a newsletter regarding the doings of the Hospice. She and her husband have given money for many divisions in the hospital, which carry their name, and which spend their energies on helping people with neurological ailments.

Her interests are varied, she spends time at her favorite museum, The Metropolitan, also The Museum of Modern Art, and tries in her free time to see the latest offerings on Broadway. She is a typical New Yorker, preferring to wear black as her favorite color, touched with bright touches, such as a scarf or jewelry.

If you ask her what her favorite city is, she does not hesitate to answer loud and clear.....New York, NY.

Katie Rice Jones (a.k.a. Kate Rice) has been an on-air personality for over 6 years for leading news programs and entertainment shows. From reporting on fashion trends to interviewing movie icons, Katie's comfort and ease in front of the camera is evident. However, the interviewing has not been one-way; Katie's story has also been profiled in San Francisco Magazine's "San Francisco Style," 7X7 Magazine's "Hot 20 under 40," 7X7 Magazine's "The Entourage" and San Francisco Chronicle's "Designer Obsessions" pieces.

As the new co-host and segment producer of Comcast's Inside City Limits, Katie hits the streets of San Francisco to discover its unique sites, events and people that make her town so special. Katie is also the host docent /voice of Ten Toe Tours City Street Shopping Tours.

Katie is also a style correspondent who appears on such shows as: TV Guide Channel's TV Candy with Melissa Rivers, USA Network's Before & After 'NOON Movie, Soap Net's Soap Talk, Lifetime's Head 2 Toe, HGTV's Smart Solutions and TIPical Maryellen, Los Angeles' Good Day LA to name a few. To date, Katie has appeared on over 400 television style segments offering audiences style solutions and trend commentary for the home and for self delivered with her mid-western charm. Because it is hard to keep Katie quite when it comes to fashion, she is also a professional speaker who has spoke for clients such as Young President Organization, The Learning Annex, Mervyn's, Bloomingdales, Neiman Marcus, DKNY, Sunset Magazine, Minneapolis Women's Expo and Sacramento Bee's Women's Expo.

Katie's style philosophy has been quoted in leading newspapers and magazines such as: New York Times, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Oakland Tribune, Women's Wear Daily, London Observer, Variety, People en Espanol, Men's Health, Real Simple, Quick and Simple, Women's Day and over the Associated Press wire. Putting her own journalism major to work, Katie is the Beauty & Style Editor for Your Life Magazine and a contributor to Fashion, Style and Care while she commentates weekly for In Touch Magazine's "Fashion Trauma" celebrity piece (check-out her photo!).

As a fashion stylist, Katie has styled everyone from English royalty to sport celebrities to people's pets and has produced fashion shows for Neiman Marcus, Target, Mervyn's, Marshall Field's, Bloomingdale's and DKNY.

From 2001 to 2005, Katie had the pleasure of representing Mervyn's, a Target Corporation company, as their first national Fashion Media Spokesperson. Katie's role included on-air fashion show commentary appearances and show producing, newspaper and magazine trend interviews, radio interviews, radio commercials, public service announcements, a style advice column titled "Ask Kate" and an in-store mix and match style clothing program dubbed "Kate's Picks."

As for her plans going forward, Katie is working on selling two television pilots, The Style Method with Kate Rice and Jones with Katie Rice Jones; writing her first book also titled "The Style Method" and designing her own clothing line called "Flatter Yourself." In her spare time, Katie designs a handbag collection called "Katie Bag.

Email: katie@katiericejones.com

Website: www.katiericejones.com

Mirabai Holland M.F.A. is one of the leading authorities in the Health & Fitness Industry and a public health activist who specializes in preventive and rehabilitative exercise. She is the creator of the Skeletal Fitness by Mirabai Holland®: A Workout For Your Bones, Fabulous Forever® Easy Aerobics, and Fabulous Forever® Easy Stretch: Flexibility and Stress Reduction home exercise videos.

New York Magazine once called her the "best aerobics teacher in New York City". Mirabai has made numerous TV appearances as a Health & Fitness expert including the Today Show, Good Morning America, CBS nightly news, and a Nationally Syndicated Women's Health Series produced by ABC. As a free-lance journalist for the New York Times, American Health, First For Women, and trade magazines like IDEA Today, Metro Sports, Club Industry and Fitness Management, Holland's writing has reached over 20 million readers.

Her Moving Free™ approach to exercise is designed to provide a movement experience so pleasant it doesn't feel like work. Virtually anyone can ease into the best shape of their life by simply Moving Free™ along with Mirabai.

As a consultant for Lenox Hill Hospital, NYC, she designed the Women's heart exercise protocol for their Cardiac Rehabilitation Phase II Program. She also designed the exercise program for Rutgers University College of Nursing entitled " A Culturally Attuned Exercise Intervention for Coronary Heart Disease At-Risk Minority Women and Children.

Mirabai is a Contributor to the National Arthritis Foundation's PACE (People with Arthritis Can Exercise) manual. She served four years as chairperson of the American Council On Exercise (ACE) Exercise Instructor Examination Committee.

She is certified by the American Council on Exercise (ACE), the Aquatic Exercise Association, holds 2 certifications by the American College of Sports Medicine (A.C.S.M.), and a Medical Exercise Specialist certification from the American Academy of Health & Fitness Professionals.

Currently, she is Director of Fitness & Wellness Programs at the 92nd Street Y, in New York City. You can learn more about Mirabai at www.movingfree.com.