Meet the Experts

Amanda Bever

Amanda has been in the industry for 15 years, and being a stylist is her passion. With a creative eye and advanced skills, she has the ability to give each client a tailored look that enhances their natural beauty.

Ashley Sarantos

Ashley has been in the hair industry since 2012 as a color specialist at an AVEDA salon. Providing an atmosphere that is welcoming while connecting with her clients and building trust is important to her. She always strives to provide an exceptional experience that will leave you feeling happy and beautiful!

Ashley has a strong passion for education, staying current with styles + trends, and working with clients that are looking for natural and lived-in colors by using balayage and foil techniques. 

When she isn’t behind the chair, she enjoys snuggling her two young boys, spending time outdoors, shopping, and travelling!

Ashley Marie

Ashely has over six years of hair career experience. She enjoys creating the perfect look for platinum blondes, subtle balayages, edgy pixies, and the ideal cut for natural curls. She has advanced training in Deva cuts and even specializes in hand-tied extensions! Makeup is another passion of Ashley’s, She loves making clients feel and look their best. She also specializes in enhancing looks for special occasion hair! 

Bree Danielson

Bree has been in the industry since 2020. Bree is eager to learn and make everyone in her chair feel absolutely beautiful from start to finish! She loves being hands-on and getting to know every one of her clients. She enjoys being able to execute her creativity through color and cuts to personally fit the every day wants and needs of her clientele.

Outside of the salon she loves spending time with her husband and being cuddled up with her 2 cats and 2 dogs...BUT those who know her best know she also loves to dance and spend time in the summer sun!

Bri Koch

Bri joined The Salon in August of 2023 after graduating from Aveda in Minneapolis.

With a passion for hair and working with people, Bri's addition to the salon team has been seamless. While she is the newest of stylists to the industry at The Salon, her passion for hair is not less than any of the other teammates here...in fact you could say she has the freshest eyes in the team for trends and techniques.

Caylin Kogler

Caylin Watson has been behind the chair since 2010. Caylin is a bubbly stylist that loves all aspects of the hair industry! Caylin graduated from the Aveda Institute Minneapolis in 2010 and completed a year-long apprenticeship program after graduating. During the apprenticeship, She learned advanced cutting and coloring techniques. Caylin will make you feel right at home from the moment you sit in her chair. Your consultation with Caylin will exceed any expectations and allow you to relax, knowing you are in great hands! Caylin specializes in artistic coloring techniques, balayage, blowouts, and loves doing big transformations! All members of your family will love Caylin! Oribe's Maximista is Caylin's favorite product for volume!

Danielle Traveirne

Danielle has been in the industry for over 18 years; continuous training has brought her to love cutting, foil coloring, and keratin treatments to give a beautiful polished look. She enjoys being creative, and her favorite part of her career is being able to work with people everyday.

Elle Bawek

Elle has been in the beauty industry since 2015. Her passion is to make everyone who sits in her chair feel beautiful and confident from the inside out.  She will give you an outstanding consultation to strive to reach your hair goals while also being realistic on how to achieve them. Elle is calm, laid back, and enjoys helping clients achieve styles they can up keep at home! She also specializes in wedding hair and makeup another one of her passions.

Erin Hegrenes

Erin has been a hairstylist since 2011. She loves creating a hair color and haircut that is unique to the individual. She takes pride in a thorough consultation to make a plan to achieve the desired look. She loves being able to work hands-on with people to make them look and feel their very best! Her favorite techniques include balayage color, foiling, and razor haircutting. She enjoys facial waxing, including personalizing your eyebrows with a wax and/or tint to enhance your facial features. She will finish the service by showing you the best styling products and tools to achieve the look you want to love your hair every day!

Jenna Unruh

Jenna has been in the salon industry since 2013. Her goal has always been to make people feel as beautiful inside as they do on the outside. She will make you feel as if you are at home the moment you sit in her chair with her bubbly, outgoing personality.

Blondes have become her specialty and what she loves to do the most. She also loves coloring in general and cutting. Being able to transform someone’s hair into what they were dreaming of is something she strives for. Her goal is to make sure you love your hair before you leave The Salon!

Jessica Johnson-Owner

Jessica has been in the hair industry since 2004 as both an educator and stylist. In her stylist role, she enjoys working with all hair types, providing thorough consultations to apply the added touches necessary in creating the perfect style. She’s well-versed in cutting straight, short, and textured styles, as well as smoothing out long, curly or coarse hair to create versatile and precision cuts. Her expertise in using complementary and dimensional color techniques showcase in every client. Jessica strives to go the extra mile to make cuts, colors, extensions, and style work for each client. She loves a challenge and makes sure all of her clients love their hair while providing each client with the tools and education they need to recreate the look at home.

Her advanced education includes the following;

• Four courses with Vidal Sassoon Academy
• Vidal Sassoon coloring and cutting through Beauty Certified Education
• Deva Curl Certified
• R & Co Advanced Cutting
• Olaplex, Brazilian Blowout Certified
• Great Lengths & Cinderella Extension Certified, top 250
• Trained educator with Moroccan Oil
• Advanced Education with Michael Forrey, V76, Kevin Murphy, Oribe, and Nioxin

Kayla Rodriguez

First and fourth most thanks for being here, I hope you love what you see so far.


With over 7 years in the industry, and 3 years of owning my salon...I can tell you my passion for all things hair (and makeup) is strong! I pride myself on keeping up to date on the latest trends and techniques, as well as the latest hot gossip. Especially if it's related to anything Bravo!I am an AVID HomeGoods shopper, with a high liking to Tequila and patio weather. Mix in good food, and possibly an ocean view, and I am set! 

As a mom of two, my natural mothering instincts kick in when it comes to making sure you are happy, you are heard, you are comfortable, you have snacks, and a beverage during your service. But don't let my "mom life" mentality fool you. I can be your best friend or your non-licensed therapist. You let me know what version of Kayla you'd like today!
In my chair, all are welcome. My main goals are achieving your desired look while maintaining your hair's health, educating you on home-care products and maintenance, and making sure you leave my seat happy and satisfied.


The rest? That's all just a bunch of Hocus Pocus!

Kyle Conrad

Kyle is a master in hair cutting. He started his career over ten years ago in Northeast Ohio. Throughout his career, Kyle has been fortunate enough to be a part of creating and growing one of the top salons in Washington DC. After living in Washington DC for 5 years, Kyle moved to the Twin Cities area and dedicated his time in growing his business. He loves cutting all types of hair, and he enjoys giving people the best suiting haircut to fit their lifestyle and personality. When he is not cutting hair, you can find Kyle doing lawn or work or building/fixing something in his garage.

“Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art.” - da Vinci

Lisa Smith

Lisa has had a long-time love affair with hair. 

She graduated from the Aveda Institute in 2005, but that’s not where her story begins. Since the age of 4, Lisa always knew she would end up behind the chair! She would sucker anyone and everyone into being her model so she could experiment with different styles. That love has been nurtured and her skillset expanded. In her own words; 

“I strive to provide a warm and welcoming experience for my clients with a focus on pampering and self-care. I believe the most important part of any service is the consultation. I want you to feel heard and understood. I will work with you, the client to come up with the best cut and color for YOU. I enjoy personalizing each person’s style to make it uniquely theirs, taking into account hair texture and health, and how much time the client plans to spend styling. I will take the time to be sure you can recreate the look at home and work with you on a maintenance plan that fits your lifestyle. Some of my favorite services include blonding, multi-dimensional reds, color correction, curly and precision cuts, and brow shaping.” 

Outside of The Salon, Lisa enjoys spending time with her husband and 4 children. She also has two standard Goldendoodles who have helped her learn the hard way that she is not qualified to cut dog hair. Lisa loves concerts, coffee, reading, ATV riding and traveling. 

Malia Hart

Malia has been a professional stylist since 2013, specializing in cutting . Malia loves having a variety of hair types to work with, but especially loves working with pixie cuts, and naturally curly hair. Malia is all about working with your natural hair texture rather than fighting it and enjoys teaching clients simple ways to style at home that doesn’t require a ton of time to do.

Marnie Lund

 Megan McGregor

Megan graduated from the Aveda Institute in 2002.  She worked as an educator and a stylist for 18 years at Spalon Montage prior to joining the team at The Salon.  Over the span of her career she has styled hair for many photo shoots, runway shows and countless bridal events. 

Megan loves to use her creativity and knowledge of styling, coloring and cutting to give her clients dream hair. Many of  Megan's clients have become friends over the years because Megan truly cares and listens while helping each of them look and feel fantastic.  Megan was voted "Best Hairstylist in Woodbury" by Woodbury Magazine in 2010 and was a stylist for the Minnesota Vikings Cheerleaders from 2010-2018.

Her Advanced Education includes the following:

• Certified in Vidal Sassoon Advanced classic and creative cutting in San Francisco
• Advance Color training with Wella Academy in Chicago
• Certified in Olaplex & Brazilian Blowouts
• Advanced Education with Oribe, Nioxin, Kevin Murphy, L'Oreal Professional, Moroccan oil and Kerastase.
  

Meghan Kogler

Meghan has been in the hair industry for over 6 years graduated from MSC in 2016 and did extensive training at the Aveda institute for 7 months after. She specializes in color and is certified in Bellami extensions. She couldn’t imagine working in industry that doesn’t make people feel beautiful each and every day!

Rachael Conrad

Rachael is a master colorist. She has been coloring hair for 7 years! She started doing hair because of the passion she had when doing her friends hair and makeup. She started her career at an Aveda salon, which is where she grew to be a director and a leader. Rachael loves education and growing in the world of hair. Some of her favorites are balayage, highlighting and natural lived-in color. Not only does she enjoy doing hair but also building a great bond with her guests. She loves giving her guests their own custom color that works with their lifestyle and maintaining the integrity of the hair. When she’s not coloring hair you can find her outside hiking and gardening. Rachael also enjoys home interior decorating and fashion. 

Sara Denzel

Sara brings with her over 12 years of industry experience, she focuses on building trust with her new clients and has a strong-trusted relationship with her current clientele. She has created this relationship by listening, creating and executing her client's needs and wants. She excels in working with fine haired women's short cuts that are easily styled at home. Keys to her success have been understanding client's hair type and lifestyle. Her dedication to advanced education through her 11 years of experience allows her to create a style that looks and works for her clients with ease.

Mari Franco

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Liberty Erickson , Operations Manager

Liberty grew up in the beauty industry with a mother who was an esthetician and makeup artist.  She always appreciates the beauty in hair, design and landscapes.  When Liberty is not running her own design business or helping run The Salon she loves to travel and spend time with her children and grandchildren.  Some of her favorite products at The Salon are Densifique Mousse, Oribe Dry Shampoo and Texture spray.

Holly Hatten

Holly is a Woodbury, MN native and UWRF grad.  She has a knack for plants and loves watching hockey.  Her days are best spent in her yard cutting grass or tending landscaping and spending time with her husband Tim and her rescue dog Dotty.  Holly as been with The Salon part-time since 2017!

Claudine Triemert

Claudine's passion for The Salon began as a client, and she jumped at the chance to join the concierge team in 2019. She relishes being part of a front desk team that assists stylists and elevates the client experience. Witnessing client transformations by talented stylists is one of her favorite things.

Outside of The Salon, Claudine enjoys traveling with her husband of 31 years -Andy, spending time with her family, and playing with her two golden retrievers.

Beth Hill

Beth has enjoyed working at The Salon since July of 2019 as a front desk concierge and loves interacting with clients and other Salon colleagues. When not supporting the staff at the Salon, you might find her assisting the Facilities team at Woodwinds Hospital or spending time with friends and family. She has 5 children and 6 grandchildren and loves to keep busy exploring new places and restaurants. Oribe’s Superfine Strong Hair Spray is her favorite product as it provides brushable, strong hold that isn’t sticky and smells great!