HELLO GORGEOUS!

Lori Yacobi is a menopause coach. After being blindsided by symptoms, she is devoted to helping others navigate this rocky time. Through coaching she arms women with knowledge and tools to make the change a positive journey.

Laura operates from a simple philosophy – “Treat people better than they expect to be treated”, and it is from this belief that she was able to carve her niche and stand out in the highly competitive IT field, building Guardian Angel Computer Services from a sole employee business into a leading multi-state provider of Managed Technical Services.

To say that Marielle always wanted to be a stylist would be putting it lightly. For as long as she can remember, hair was her thing. She began her career at the young age of 16 as a front desk receptionist in 1988. Her dreams sent her to Cosmetology school in Grand Rapids, Michigan where she graduated first in her class. Mar worked behind the chair for six years, while attending Aquinas College for business. It was important to her to have a balance between her creativity and her passion for understanding the biz. Mar jumped on the opportunity to purchase an established salon, Coiffeteria in 2006.

As a salon owner, she has mentored, encouraged and developed her team to become their very best and has instilled the message that life is simply too short not to sparkle! Marielle is on a mission to help people take care of themselves so they can take better care of others, and ultimately FLOURISH!

Kim Becker is a motivational and inspirational speaker and an award-winning author of two books about beauty, cancer and the amazing scope of the human spirit and the founder of Hello Gorgeous! of HOPE, Inc., a non-profit organization that provides Red-Carpet Experiences for women battling all cancers across the United States,

Kim has been a hairdresser, business owner and national educator for more than 30 years. Through her many experiences in the for-profit and non-profit business worlds, Kim has become a business woman, fundraiser, event planner, educator, public speaker, author and the face of Hello Gorgeous! Kim received the Mom`s Choice Award for her first book, “Hello Gorgeous!: A Journey of Faith, Love and Hope”. Kim received the 2011 Spirit of Women award, an American Cancer Society 2014 Coaches Verses Cancer Inspirational Award and Kim recently received the prestigious George H. W. Bush, Points of Light award in 2015.

Susan engages healthcare organizations and nonprofits around CaringBridge’s mission to ensure no one goes through a health journey along by offering free, ad-free websites for those experiencing a health crisis.

Toni earned her Bachelor degree in Medical Technology from Andrews University and has held medical technology positions in microbiology, toxicology, chemistry, blood banking, immunology and hematology. Before taking her current position at HCRI, she has worked at the South Bend Medical Foundation, the South Bend Clinic and Lakeland Regional Hospital. Toni has also taught chemistry, anatomy/physiology and medical terminology at National College in South Bend. She also holds a Masters in Health Care Administration with an emphasis on education.

The role of Tissue Bank Coordinator allows Toni to channel her passion for finding a cancer cure as she lost her mom, a young niece and husband to the disease and is a cancer survivor herself.

Lisa McKenzie is the Founder and Executive Producer of You Night Empowering Events, a program whose mission is to help women embrace life beyond cancer. Lisa's passion for exploring opportunities to empower women is what drives her daily ambitions. Seeing how hard women can be on themselves, Lisa recognized the positive role she can play in the community drawing from powerful tools she used to climb out of a dark place. Lisa founded You Night in 2013 to bring together caring members of the community to love on and empower women, and show them they possess everything they need to be strong and powerful. That is achieved through faith, a positive outlook and the social support of the You Night sisterhood. To date – because of sponsorship support and donations to You Night’s non-profit (the We Lift You Up fund) -- You Night has gifted 300 local women with the You Night experience, resulting in a very active sisterhood of survivors in our community. In 2013, Lisa was a finalist in the “BIG IDEA” – for New Orleans Entrepreneur Week. That same year she was a finalist in the Urban League’s “Women in Business Challenge” and a $10,000 grant winner for the Salesforce Challenge. In 2017, Lisa was awarded the InnovateHer Challenge winner for the state of Louisiana; You Night was named “Most Glamourous Event” by St. Charles Avenue Magazine, was named “Best Charity Event” by the Edge of the Lake Magazine reader poll, and was featured in a national Capital One commercial viewed by millions. Lisa is a member of the Delta Gamma sorority, and many of the programs she implements in the You Night curriculum draw on the positive sisterhood and leadership aspects learned from being a Delta Gamma.

Trisha Greenlee is the Director of Operations at Hello Gorgeous! a nonprofit who is restoring the beauty that cancer steals. Surprise head to toe makeovers to women battling all cancers.

She is supported by her loving family.

Alyscia Cunningham is an entrepreneur, author, filmmaker and photographer who has contributed to the Smithsonian, National Geographic, Discovery Channel and AOL. After the success of her first book, Feminine Transitions, a photography book encompassed with portraits of raw feminine beauty, Cunningham published her second photography book and upcoming documentary film, I Am More Than My Hair. The book features 138 portraits of 46 females and the stories of their experience with hair loss as well as females who cut their hair in solidarity of a loved one. The film includes interviews and dives into the connection of their emotions in relation to the media's portrayal of beauty standards. Alyscia creates these, and future projects, with the consideration of art for social-change.

I am a 36 year old mom of 3 young kids, whom has been touched by cancer twice. My dad died of esophageal cancer when he was 56 and I was 25, and I found and beat vulvar cancer last year. I had 40 radiations and 9 chemos.