Our experienced staff is committed to nothing short of excellence. We are proud members of the professional beauty industry, so we continually take part in educational opportunities that better our skills and allow us to master new techniques. When you visit The Avenue, you will discover professionals that take great care in answering your questions and ensuring you feel confident when you leave.
Owners
Neal & Dawn Carter
Owners & Stylists
Our staff is always eager to make you look and feel your best. We hope you enjoy your experience with us. We at the Avenue strive for a reputation of excellence. We invite you to experience our variety of salon and spa services and get to know each one of our talented team members. Please feel free to contact us whenever we can be of assistance. We look forward to seeing you.
Neal & Dawn Carter
Client Support Team
Hannah Carter
Front Desk Coordinator
Hannah is our Front Desk Coordinator and has been with The Avenue Team since 2008. Her favorite thing about her job is having the opportunity to connect with each and every guest on a personal level. She loves that she is able to be a part in creating an exceptional experience for everyone who visits The Avenue. She can guarantee you will always be greeted with a smile! She can’t wait to meet you!
Hannah Carter
Nicole Hayes
Front Desk Coordinator
Nicole has been a Guest Service specialist at The Avenue Hair Studio and Spa since December 2016. She enjoys allowing guest to experience the luxury of a relaxing atmosphere and seeing the happiness of pleased guest. Nicole is a full time student at Saginaw Valley State University where she is studying marketing. She aspires to develop her marketing and design degree in the beauty industry. With her guest service expertise and love for making people feel beautiful, Nicole ensures our guest have a positive experience from start to finish!
Nicole Hayes
Brianna Herbert
Front Desk Coordinator
Brianna is a new member of The Avenue Team. She enjoys pleasantly greeting clients and making sure each guest’s experience is one to remember. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with friends and staying on top of all the newest beauty trends. Be sure to stop in to The Avenue and be greeted by Brianna’s smiling face!
Brianna Herbert
Salon Team
Emily Roggow
Stylist
Emily’s passion is working with the latest customized color trends such as Balayage and fashion colors. She has completed multiple classes including being certified in Brazilian Blowout smoothing treatments. Emily is an artist on the traveling Bridal Team and is Nationally Certified in bridal makeup and special occasion hair. Emily excels in working with medium to long hair, educating her guests on products an creating styles that can be recreated at home. Emily loves coming to work knowing she is making her guests feel great about themselves; inside and out.
Emily Roggow
Hope Nagy
Design Team Associate
Hope is an associate on the Design Team and has been at The Avenue for 1.5 years. She looks forward to learning new techniques with men’s and women’s hair cutting, but most enjoys creative color and special occasion hair and makeup. In fact, Hope is the newest addition the The Avenue Bridal Team. Hope’s favorite thing about the beauty industry is connecting with guests and helping them feel their true beauty shine from the inside out.
Hope Nagy
Jessica Hollingsworth
Senior Stylist & Team Leader
Jess is a Senior Stylist & Team Leader at The Avenue. She has been a part of our team since 2010. She is passionate about making her guest look and feel their best. Jess loves to fuel her passion by continuously taking part in educational events and opportunities to master her skills and bring the latest techniques to her guests behind the chair.
Jessica Hollingsworth
Katie Vallier
Associate
Katie has been an Associate at The Avenue since January 2017, and has worked with both Sarah Schneider and Lydia Lofaro. She strives to stay up to date with the latest trends by continuing her education. Getting to know her clients so she can better tailor each look specifically to them is something she loves to do! From blowouts to balayage Katie can help create the best look for you!
Katie Vallier
Kelci Anderson
Associate
Kelci joined The Avenue Team in March 2016 and is currently part of the associates program. She is certified in Cinderella and lox extensions, and is also certified in Brazilian Blowouts. Kelci is passionate about balayage and vivid colors. She looks forward to coming into work and is always eager to advance her education.
Kelci Anderson
Lisa Jackson
Master Stylist & Team Leader
Lisa Jackson, Master Stylist, has been blessed to be given the heart and the hands that create. She loves to bring out the beauty and style in people to make them feel their best. She delivers cutting edge professional hair care and design to her clients through extensive education and artistic expression. Lisa is known for her ability to create rich color and dimension that brings new life to her clients’ hair. Her custom and precision cut designs are tailor made just for you. Lisa loves special occasion hair styling.
Lisa has had the opportunity to learn from many national and world artists and has traveled to many places across the U.S. to give you the best.
Lisa Jackson
Lydia Durand
Stylist & Design Team
Originally from Pinconning, she moved to Saginaw and became part of The Avenue Team in 2006. As part of the Artistic Design Team, Lydia has had the opportunity to learn and also teach many of the industry’s leading trends and techniques. Her favorites include Ombre, advanced Balayage, Multidimensional Color, advanced razor cutting, and Cinderella Extensions. She is also certified in Lox Extensions and Brazilian Blowout services. In 2003 Lydia was awarded 2nd place in the Pravana’s nationwide contest “Show us your Vivids and Pastels”. As someone that is very passionate about her career and the satisfaction of her guests, she continues to attend as many training classes as possible.
Lydia Durand
Missy Herline
Stylist
Missy has been an experienced stylist at The Avenue for many years. She believes in continuing her education, and always striving to better her best. She specializes in advanced men’s haircutting, multi-dimensional color services, and on-trend styling techniques. She has a strong passion for her career and salon guests, and loves to be a day-maker.
Missy Herline
Nicole Witorowski
Master Stylist
Nicole is a Master Stylist with over 20 years of experience in the beauty industry. She enjoys working with all lengths of hair to create the perfect style and color for each guest. Nicole’s passion for hair design grows through continuing education as well as mentoring up and coming hair designers.
“When you look in the mirror, I want you to Love your hair”
Nicole Witorowski
Sarah Schneider
Stylist
Sarah has been a licensed cosmetologist since 2005 and joined The Avenue Team in 2006. She has had the opportunity to travel the country advancing her skills in color, cutting, and current trends and techniques. Sarah is an extension service specialist at The Avenue, offering Cinderella and lox brand extensions. She is also certified in Brazilian Blowouts, and some of her other specialties include fine hair, blonde color and Advanced Balayage. As a member of the Artistic Design Team, she has the privilege of mentoring new talent in the salon. Sarah is passionate about sharing her love her craft and developing The Avenue’s next generation of rising stars.
Favorite quote: Success is not a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.
Sarah Schneider
Tracey Brassem
Stylist
Tracey’s trendy cuts and precise color techniques make her one of The Avenue Hair Studio and Spas most sought after stylist. She earned her cosmetology degree from Chic University of Cosmetology in Grand Rapids, MI. She has been a stylist with The Avenue since 1997. Tracey’s education and experience have enabled her to communicate with her guests, understand their needs and create look that is not only stylish, but easy to maintain.
Her specialties include coloring, highlighting, precision cutting, razor cutting, dry cutting, styling and facial waxing. She is also certified in Brazilian Blowout treatments and the L’Oreal Professional hair color line.
Tracey Brassem
Spa Team
LaToya Williams
Spa Coordinator
LaToya, Spa Coordinator, has been in a management position with The Avenue for the past 15 years. LaToya believes in on-going education not only to create a “WOW” experience for her guests but so she may educate a talented staff that is able to pass that same experience on to their guests. LaToya specializes in an array of treatments to help you defy the test of time. Whether it is a Microdermabrasion or Anti-aging facial treatment to create a healthy youthful glow, enhancing your eyes with lavishly thick eyelash extensions and Permanent eyeliner or enhancing your eyebrows through a Micro-blading or permanent makeup treatment to create full open eye look that will allow you to wake up timelessly beautiful LaToya would love to assist you in any of your beauty care needs.
LaToya Williams
Rachel Oomen
Spa Technician
Rachel enjoys providing customized skin care services for each guest. She strongly believes in providing clients with a relaxing experience to help them both look and feel great after each facial. Rachel is also The Avenue Teams Bridal Team Coordinator specializing in Bridal and pageantry makeup.
Rachel Oomen
Tammy McDougall
Spa Technician
Bio coming soon.