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Oracle Alliance Manager
Applications Software Technology LLC (AST)
Tanya.huggins@astcorporation.com

Tanya is a High Tech Professional with over 15 years of experience in technical sales. As an Oracle Alliance Manager at AST LLC, Tanya works directly with Oracle and their pillar experts to architect tailored solutions that meet customer's needs and goals. She is passionate about helping companies transform their business with the help of Oracle's cloud and applications.

“I have a proven track record of solving complex go-to-market sales problems for leading cloud providers, security providers, and channel-focused companies by relying on my in-depth experience with channel strategies, selling through various partners and intermediaries. I also have a unique background in counseling psychology, which enables me to build strong customer relationships and understand their pain points and motivations.”

In her spare time, Tanya enjoys training her two dogs and spending time with her beautiful daughter and son. Her family is in the UK and Florida. They add joy to Tanya’s life. Family and giving to others gives life meaning and purpose.

Reach out to Tanya at tanya.huggins@gmail.com for professional questions or for dog training tips!

Read more on how Tanya inspires LK in the Tenacious Tanya spotlight.

Communications Specialist, University of Utah
Dancer, Choreographer

Ashley Jian Thomson is a choreographer and dancer with Salt Lake Ballet Cooperative. She has appeared in professional productions with SB Dance’s Curbside Theatre, Art Meets Fashion! Gala (Charles & Ron), JessaKae (Ballerina Collection), James Sewell Ballet, Akram Khan x MN Opera, NIJAD Dance Collective, Festival de Danse Cannes 2019, Nu.topia: Tour the Mystery!, HATCH: Danceworks in Progress, RDT’s Emerge, SACDT’s Sign of Life, Lexus GS Japan’s Kaleidoscope Commercial.

Ashley graduated from the University of Utah with a Ballet, B.F.A. and a Strategic Communications, B.S. She holds certifications in ABT® National Training Curriculum, Progressing Ballet Technique, and University of Minnesota’s UX/UI Design Program and recently served on the DanceMN Steering Committee. She has been teaching faculty for the University of Utah (Utah Ballet, UBSI, IBSI Korea) and for the Ballet West Academy.

Ashley offers industry advice regarding a dance career and/or higher education, private dance lessons and competition choreography for those local to Salt Lake City.

Email Ashley at brainiacdancer@gmail.com or connect with her on Instagram @brainiacdancer.

Functional Nutrition, FNTP
Driggs, Idaho
208.201.8754
susanmaddrey.com

My mission is to help my clients achieve true, lasting transformation by addressing the root cause of their symptoms. Through one-on-one coaching, I delve into health history and current lifestyle habits, utilizing functional testing methods to pinpoint each client's hierarchy of needs.

My focus is on the individual rather than the collective, as I believe each person operates as a unique expression of their past and present. Through focused steps, I believe transformation is fully actualized with just a few unique changes. By addressing the present and releasing the past, we move forward with focus, energy, and optimism.

I am a certified Functional Therapy Practitioner, Blood Chemistry Analyst, and Master Reiki Healer, and I integrate each of these philosophies into my work with clients.

Read more on how Susan inspires LK from the Spotlight: Susan Maddrey post.

Dome Warmers by Sarah
domewarmersbysarah@gmail.com

Sarah grew up in a skiing family in Sewickley, PA. With three brothers and two sisters, they all spent weekends skiing at Seven Springs with their many cousins.

After graduating from high school, Sarah attended Colby Sawyer College in New Hampshire and obtained an Associates Degree. Then, spent five years working in Pittsburgh before moving to Boston to attend Boston University.

Sarah became a part time ski instructor at Loon Mountain in the winter of 1990/91 and in the fall moved to Vermont for a slower pace of life (and to ski as much as possible!). Over the next 30 years in Vermont, Sarah became a guide for blind skiers, learned to tele ski, and became an avid cyclist.

2022 brought the decision to move to Teton Valley, Idaho to be closer to family and continue a love affair with skiing. Sarah claims she has met the most amazing group of people since moving to the area - including the amazing LK Young.

In May of 2024, Sarah retired from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society after 24 years! Now, she explores the beauty of the area and looks forward to skiing as much as possible.

Read more on how Sarah inspires LK in the Spotlight on Sarah.

Artist, Flower Grower, Landscape Designer
The Flower House
https://www.emmavautourfineart.com/
Instagram: @theflowerhouse.tetonvalley

Emma is an aspiring painter and flower grower as well as full-time landscape designer. Her early pursuits of the outdoors led her to study environmental science, work in restoration ecology, and eventually earn a graduate degree in Ecological Design. After the early days of the pandemic, a series of challenges led Emma to return to Teton Valley, Idaho - a place that captured her imagination years ago. Her recent healing journey has involved digging into what makes her happiest in the hope that it will become shared joy. In late 2023 Emma started The Flower House, growing and selling local flowers out of her garden. In early 2024, The Flower House became an umbrella to serve as a platform for sharing her artwork which includes soft pastel and oil paintings. Both pursuits have inspired gratitude and have been fun to share with her small, mountain town community.

Director/Owner, Buford School of Ballet
www.bufordschoolofballet.com

Excerpts from Ms. Bernadette’s bio on the Buford School of Ballet website:
Bernadette Campbell, or Ms. Bernadette, founder and artistic director of Buford School of Ballet, danced professionally with the Lexington Ballet and grew up as a scholarship student with the Gwinnett Ballet Theater under the founder and artistic directorship of Lynne Snipes. As a 12-year student of the Gwinnett Ballet Theatre, she was blessed to be taught by Stanley Zompakos, Pennie Able, Jane Bradshaw, Tom Pazik, Rose Barile, Victoria Vittum, Kathy Thomas, Nicholas Pacana, and Lynne Snipes. Bernadette was engaged by Lexington Ballet in her senior year of high school at the 1989 SERBA convention in Montgomery, Alabama.

Bernadette danced professionally with the Lexington Ballet under the direction of Karl Kaufman and Kirt Hathaway. Hep professional credits also include guest appearances as The Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker with the Intercity Ballet Company of Kingsport, Tennessee, and the Gwinnett Ballet Theater.

Ms. Bernadette has been professionally teaching for 30 years and started with the Lilburn and Snellville Schools of Ballet in Gwinnett County. In 1994, Ms. Bernadette established Buford School of Ballet and three years later founded Georgia Christian Dance Theatre, the official Company of the Buford School of Ballet. The program is a pre-professional dance company that strives to create a Christian environment for the dancers, non-profit recognizing that the gift of dance comes from God.

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Dancer

Danielle currently dances for Royal Caribbean on Quantum of the Seas. More soon…

Dancer, Logo Designer, Artist

Guess who created the Trail Name: Sprite logo? Yep, this clever human! PS: LK is bragging on Michaela's behalf here. Michaela designs posters Salt Lake Ballet Cooperative on top(!) of dancing, teaching, choregraphing, and running rehearsals with them. Interested? Let me know and I'll be happy to connect you.

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Professor (Lecturer) , Dance
University of Utah
Former Principal with Ballet West

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