FirstChair.com is the only website devoted exclusively to new salon and spa professionals. Our purpose is to be a year-round resource to help you build your business, connect with the best salons and industry partners and ultimately, succeed in your chosen career.
Our FirstChair team includes experienced and energetic editors and contributors from our MODERN SALON Media team. We would love to hear from you, connect with you, learn from you and help educate and elevate the salon and spa profession through and with you.
Please e-mail any or all of us with your thoughts and ideas on how we can make FirstChair.com more useful or interesting for you!
- Melissa Segars Hill, Editor of FirstChair and FirstChair.com, mhill@vancepublishing.com
- Joyce Alverio , Assoc. Web Editor of Firstchair plus coordinator of Salon Today 200 and Salon of the Year programs, jalverio@vancepublishing.com
- Rosanne Ullman, Contributing Editor of FirstChair.com and veteran writer and editor for MODERN SALON Media, rullman@vancepublishing.com
- Michael Curran, E-Products Manager, mcurran@vancepublishing.com
- Michele Musgrove, Assoc. Publisher and Editorial Director of FirstChair.com and MODERN SALON Media, mmusgrove@vancepublishing.com
FirstChair.com and our bi-annual FirstChair Success Guide are produced by MODERN SALON Media, the leading publisher of magazines and websites serving the professional salon and spa industry, and the magazine is distributed to new stylists as they graduate from school. Our sister publications are Modern Salon, Salon Today, Process and Renew magazines. MODERN SALON Media is a division of Vance Publishing Corp. in Lincolnshire, IL (just north of Chicago).
Our Sales Team
FirstChair.com depends on sponsorship support from great industry companies and leaders. To find out more about advertising and interactive marketing packages for the website and in the magazine, contact:
- Paul Amyot, East Coast Sales Manager, pamyot@vancepublishing.com
- Katharine Cook, Midwest Sales Manager, kcook@vancepublishing.com
- Gregg McConnell, West Coast Sales Manager, gmcconnell@vancepublishing.com
- Sherry Fisher, Manager of Business Operations, sfisher@vancepublishing.com
- Scot Stevens, Group Publisher, sstevens@vancepublishing.com