Leadership Team
Summit Salon Academy Tampa is owned by experienced industry salon leaders Heather Bagby, Joanne Powers, Chris and MaryLynn Pearson. Collectively, the Summit Salon Academy Tampa leadership team owns six salon companies and the world’s largest salon consulting company, Summit Salon Business Center.
Our Partners
Summit Salon Academy Tampa is a Redken Premier School. We love to “Challenge our Talents” and “Get Inspired” with the industry’s leading resource for learning. Redken 5th Avenue NYC’s artistic team is comprised of award-winning facilitators and they are often on-site at our Tampa academy. As a Redken Premier School, Summit Salon Academy Tampa offers technical training supported by principles of design and color. Redken’s exclusive Principle Based Design and Color system explores an approach to hair design from the foundation to the finish.
We also partner with Dermalogica, Essie and MUD Make-up Designory.
Summit Salon Business Center
Summit Salon Business Center (SSBC) is the world’s largest salon seminar, training, and consulting company.
Utilizing the Summit Salon Systems in our curriculum means that when our students leave – they have the foundational knowledge of how to earn a beautiful living if they choose to. These systems also impact our culture by fostering an environment of support and encouragement vs competition. Our students come together monthly to celebrate the top business leaders in each program.
Sam Villa
Summit Salon Academy Tampa’s student kit includes Sam Villa’s professional ionic blow dryer, the sleekr professional straightening iron, and a myriad of his brushes and combs.
Motivating, creative, passionate, energetic, inspiring… these are just a few thoughts that come to mind at the mention of Sam Villa’s name. Known as the Hairdressers hairdresser, Sam has been chosen as the industry’s Favorite Platform Artist and Educator at the prestigious Stylist Choice Awards in 2007, 2011 and again in 2012. Sam possesses a unique blend of technical and artistic skills — and a contagious spirit that draws people in and makes them want to learn!