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Jan Saunders Maresh is a nationally known journalist and television personality specializing in sewing and home decor. Over her 30-plus year career, she has been the National School Sales Manager for an international sewing machine company and the National Education Director for the largest fabric chain in North America. In 1981 she started her own consulting company and has been sharing her knowledge of sewing, writing, and business with thousands of novices and professionals across North America. During her career, Maresh has also written 15 books including Home Staging for Dummies (Wiley, 2008) (www.homestagingbook.com), Sewing for Dummies, Second Edition (Wiley 2004) and Sewing for Dummies (Wiley, 1999).) Maresh is a Certified Staging Professional (CSP) (www.stagingtraining.com) and most recently a Certified Professional for Live Green, Live Smart™ (www.livegreenlivesmart.org). Little did she know when she and her co-author, Christine Rae, included an Eco-Staging Chapter in the book that gas prices would soar over $4 a gallon and that projected energy costs were expected to increase 50% to 100%, this year over last. “Nothing like a personal wake up call to start the ball rolling. Everyone needs to start living green to live smart and I intend to show them why it’s not only a sound financial decision, but it’s crucial if our children and grand children are going to have the quality of life we now enjoy,” Maresh exclaims! “Live Green Live Smart is dedicated to fostering a sustainable planet by changing the way we think about, build and remodel our shelters.” Since her certification, Jan has changed the way she leads her daily life and has made the personal commitment help others do the same. She will implement this change by doing what she does best -- taking to people about it! Maresh is available to speak to everyone from students to adults in schools, churches, and non-profit organizations, to major corporations, her clients, their friends, home sellers, Real Estate Agents, builders, remodelers…and anyone else who wants to know more Servicing Areas: Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey
Peter C. Lytle, President of BDG Partners, Inc. and the Executive Director and Founder of Live Green, Live Smart, LLC. Mr. Lytle founded BDG Partners in 1992 after leaving a successful career as a senior executive with several Fortune100 Companies. He has proven to be a most effective entrepreneur and businessperson by taking companies he has invested in from bankruptcy and under one million in revenues to over $600 million in revenues in less than two years. He is a successful business coach, with clients across the country, a well-known business stabilization specialist and strategic planner and is considered the foremost authority today in the area of Predictive Modeling (an update on Deming's House of Quality.) Mr. Lytle often acts as the Chairman or CEO of companies in transition and works with Boards of Directors on organizational and strategic planning. Mr. Lytle is the founder and Executive Director of Live Green, Live Smart, an International organization, focused on environmental initiatives to design low impact, green, sustainable and environmentally friendly housing. Live Green, Live Smart created under Mr. Lytle's leadership one of the world's greenest homes, which was awarded by the US Green Building Council its first LEED for Homes™ Platinum Certification in December of 2007. Mr. Lytle has served as Chairman and CEO of his own firms and the firms of others: Humanetics Corporation (pharmaceuticals), Primo Piatto, Inc. (the 2nd largest pasta company in the U.S.), Velocity Express (largest same-day shipping company in the U.S., NASDAQ), St. Croix Computing (postal mail management and security firm), Oak Ridge Sports, Inc., Agrotec Inc., AbleNet, Inc., Marchese & Associates, Inc., North American Heritage Brands, Inc., and The Franchise Development Group, a firm focused on socially responsible franchise development, which includes College Nannies (largest nanny provider in the country), College Tutors (one of the country's top tutoring firms) and POCP, LLC. He has served on numerous Boards of Directors for public and private corporations and nonprofit organizations. He served as Vice President & General Manager of Business Development and Advanced Food Sciences and founded Results Technology, the largest contract research firm in the country, for Land O' Lakes. He was a senior executive with Beatrice Companies in marketing and a co-founder of the Wilderness Recreation Association. Mr. Lytle is a frequent contributor of articles and research papers to the media and is also a frequent speaker, and guest lecturer at colleges, organizations and business seminars. He attended the University of Iowa and the University of Northern Iowa and began his career as a teacher.
Christine Rae Christine’s experience and expertise in home staging is highly respected. In 2001, after twenty years in executive business management and sales, Christine decided the time was right to pursue her passion for interior decorating. Training with pre-eminent interior designer, Lauri Ward, who has been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Good Morning America, and Inside Edition, she went on to train with Barb Schwarz of Stagedhomes.com and held the position of Regional Director for that company for three years in Canada, North East United States and the UK. During her career she expanded and honed her skills by studying with JoAnne Lenart-Weary, the ‘One-day Decorating Queen’ and Co-Founder of the Society of Decorating Professionals, and with Ann Maurice,“TV House Doctor” and original staging guru, author of six books and host of four TV programs which millions of viewers watch worldwide. The CSP™ program was developed and released in September 2005, in response to demand for a staging training program with ”meat”. Having personally taught more than 1400 people how to start a staging business, Christine has quickly become known as an expert in the field and is one of the most certified trainers in North America. Within the first year of its existence, CSP certified 450 staging consultants across Canada and in August 2006 CSP™ launched its program in the U.S. Christine has co-authored an e-book titled Home Staging Business Guide and is currently working on another book to be published in 2007, which will be in a unique, thought provoking format to provide the public with staging information. Recently, Christine studied with Dewey Sadka, pre-eminent colour expert. Christine is the only Dewey Colour Consultant and Instructor in Canada and sits on the Dewey Colour System advisory council. Dewey created a multi-patented system that is now the world's first scientifically valid, color-based personality test. He has been featured on HGTV.COM, Discovery Channel, CNN, and written about in over 40 national magazines. In 2004, Christine won an International Staging Award of Excellence. She is an affiliate of the Interior Design Society, charter member of the Society of Decorating Professionals and founder of the International Staging Professional Association.
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