Gene Juarez Salons Inc.

Jerry Ahern is the Vice President of Education for Gene Juarez Salons & Spas. He is a licensed cosmetologist with over 40 years experience in the educational field. He is well versed in the day-to-day operation of beauty schools having owned two of his own for more than 15 years. Early in his career, he became Director of Operations for a local chain of 7 beauty schools and grew the chain to 14 before leaving to run his own schools. He was also Vice President of Operations for a chain of 29 schools across three states with an enrollment of over 2,000 students. Since rejoining the Gene Juarez Academies he has been responsible for the development of the training curriculum for all programs the schools offer as well as oversight of the day-to-day operations of the campuses. On an industry level, Jerry has served as President of the Washington State Cosmetology School Owners Association as well as President of the National Association of Cosmetology Schools in Washington , DC . He has been recognized nationally for outstanding contributions to the beauty school industry as a recipient of the "Nick Cimaglia Award," an award presented by Milady Publishing Company. Jerry is the author of "Lesson Plans and Lesson Planning," the first book of lesson plans ever written for the cosmetology industry. He also authored "West's Textbook of Cosmetology," and "West's Textbook of Manicuring," classroom texts used in schools throughout the United States for 20 years.