MEET THE TEAM
STYLIST & COLORIST
HIGHLIGHTS
TINTS
BALAYAGE
HAIRCUTS
Lindsay Glaser
Charles W. Thomas is the inspiration of Lindsay Glaser, who has over 20 years of experience in the beauty industry. Lindsay named the salon after the most cherished people in her life — her three young sons. Lindsay started her career at Toni & Guy training under international artistic director James Morison. She later worked with the late David Oliver here on Sacramento Street. After refining her skills under these distinguished mentors, she went to work for herself. Lindsay eventually moved on to partner in Drybar, opening one of its first franchises located on Fillmore Street.
Lindsay is thrilled to come full circle back to Sacramento Street to share her passion and welcome you into Charles W. Thomas Salon.
STYLIST
BLOW-OUTS
KERATIN TREATMENTS
Courtney Coakley
Courtney is a graduate of Paul Mitchell the School in Costa Mesa, CA. While there, she refined her craft in blow-dry styling and various smoothing treatment systems, gaining experience at a number of top salons in Beverly Hills and Santa Monica along the way. Courtney customizes her work based upon each client's individual style and hair texture. She loves witnessing the life-changing transformations that hair smoothing treatments can bring.
COLORIST
HIGHLIGHTS
TINTS
BALAYAGE
Ann Reidy
A San Francisco native, Ann started her career at DiPietro Todd where she was trained and certified in multiple color lines. She enjoys using her knowledge to create exactly what her clients are envisioning when they sit down in her chair. She makes you comfortable and ensures you leave with a smile!
STYLIST & COLORIST
HIGHLIGHTS
TINTS
BALAYAGE
HAIRCUTS
BRAZILIAN BLOWOUTS
Jon Ryan
Jon Ryan started his career as a hair stylist in his home state of New York where he received his training at Bumble and Bumble. He spent 15 years there perfecting his craft before moving to the West Coast in 2001. He worked in La Jolla and the San Diego area where he built his loyal clientele until 2006 when he decided to move to San Francisco.
Jon proved his commitment to his clients by splitting his time between San Francisco and San Diego for 10 years. In 2016 Jon decided to ground his roots in San Francisco full time and his La Jolla clients now travel to see him. The cWt Family welcomed Jon in September 2018.
COLORIST
HIGHLIGHTS
TINTS
BALAYAGE
Emily Kern
Growing up all over the world, Emily has been creatively inspired by a wide range of culture, architecture, fashion and music. This diverse exposure has molded her into the creative eclectic colorist and individual that she is today. Emily worked with diPietro Todd Salons+Academy for 20 years and was the Director of Color Education with them for 16 years. Since then she has made a name for herself as a brilliant colorist and passionate teacher.
Emily specializes in creative color and is renowned for her blondes. She enjoys the balance of growing and maintaining a loyal clientele and sharing her daring approach to coloring hair with other colorists. Because of her remarkable talent in various hair coloring techniques and styling.
She has also worked on various photo shoots, fashion shows and was a regular platform artist at diPietro Todd’s anuual Collective shows. Her work has been published in numerous issues of Hair Color and Design and she was listed as a top colorist in San Francsico in the New York Times bestseller “How Not To Look Old.” She continues to inspire herself and others through what she considers to be the key to success: education.
COLORIST
HIGHLIGHTS
TINTS
BALAYAGE
Shelby Cowell
Shelby knew in high school that she wanted to be a colorist. With the name “diPietro Todd” scribbled on a piece of paper given to her by her childhood hair stylist, she headed to San Francisco to pursue her career. After beauty school she landed a job as an assistant in the Development program at diPietro Todd. Fiercely motivated and truly inspired, she treated her apprenticeship like the Harvard of hair. She gets her inspiration from the sun and enjoys using balayage to mimic it’s effects. She also loves to play with texture and considers herself an expert when it comes to hair smoothing treatments.
Shelby calls herself a “color geek”, constantly wanting to learn new techniques and her fun personality makes spending time in her chair an absolute pleasure.
STYLIST
HAIRCUTS
KERATIN TREATMENTS
Chelsea Selbert
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STYLIST
HAIRCUTS
BLOW-OUTS
Kris Estrada-Pozzi
Kris Estrada-Pozzi grew up in San Diego and although her fascination with hair had already begun, she opted to take her full ride scholarship for swimming at Cal State Northridge. When she wasn’t in the pool she was hitting the books, which led to a degree in business with a minor in marketing. Not even a week after graduation she moved to San Francisco where she enrolled in Paul Mitchell Cosmetology school, followed by a seamless transition to Dipietro todd where she began her focus on cutting.
Pulling inspiration from street fashion, a specific fascination with London in the late 1970’s/early 80’s and combining it with her love for soft simplicity- there really isn’t a look Kris can’t pull off. She has a special talent to see the big picture with her clients- noting their personal style, facial features and lifestyle to create the perfect look or up-style. She loves working with all textures but understands sometimes a client’s natural hair needs a little help with a keratin- a service she also offers. You can still find Kris in the water on her free time, as well as backstage at any fashion event she can get her hands on.
COLORIST
HIGHLIGHTS
TINTS
BALAYAGE
Kara Quasha
Kara Quasha is a California Bay Area native and wouldn’t have it any other way! I went to college in San Diego and graduated with a bachelors of science with a major in Psychology. It was San Diego where my love for the beach, sunshine and blondes began. Three short years later I decided the beauty Industry is where I belonged. I trained and worked as Color Specialist and Educator at diPietro Todd Salon for twelve years. Today I am embarking on a new journey at Charles w Thomas salon where I hope to continue to beautify and blondify all my amazing clients and newcomers!
STYLIST
HAIRCUTS
Daniel Coker
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STYLIST
HAIRCUTS
BLOW-OUTS
Johnny Zeng
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STYLIST
HAIRCUTS
EXTENTIONS
Max Easley
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