The REAL DEAL Experts
More about our REAL DEAL Experts!!
Meet our newest professional experts, Rachel and Mary:
Rachel Braun Scherl and Mary Wallace Jaensch are the president, CEO and
co-founders of Semprae Laboratories, Inc., a company by women and for women,
dedicated to the idea that all women deserve sexual satisfaction. Semprae’s
flagship product is Zestra®Essential
Arousal Oils™, a patented blend of botanical oils and extracts,
topically-applied and clinically proven to increase sexual arousal, desire and
satisfaction for women. As nationally-recognized experts, Rachel and Mary will
launch their weekly segment on Lifetime’s A Balancing Act, a morning talk show
dedicated to women, their challenges, successes and questions in
September.
Rachel and Mary have spent their careers building their
expertise and reputations as leaders in building businesses focused around
meeting the needs of women. They have spent the past 20+ years speaking to
women and identifying the insights that reveal their feelings, approaches and
decision-making across a wide range of female products and services. Mary and
Rachel have worked with leading consumer products, health and beauty and
pharmaceutical companies on a wide range of consumer products and services which
address women “from the tops of their heads to the tips of their toes, in their
minds and their hearts”. Skin care, hair care, fertility, parenting represent
just a few of the product categories which they have helped to
grow.
Rachel and Mary bring significant experience from their work at
Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble, Wyeth Consumer Healthcare, Church
& Dwight, and American Express, among others. Semprae, Zestra and Rachel
and Mary have been featured in Fortune, The New York Times, Dr.
Oz, Oprah Radio, Better TV, Lifetime’s A Balancing Act, Harvard Business
Review and WOR Radio. They speak frequently at conferences and events
focused on women’s sexual satisfaction and enjoyment.
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Becky Wenner, Founder of Becky's Fitness Company, is a highly qualified multi-level certified fitness instructor. She is certified as an Adventure Boot Camp Instructor and Fitness Nutrition Coach by the National Exercise and Sports Training Association (NESTA). Rebecca also holds other training certificates including Personal Training Certification from the National Academy of Sports Medicine, and Group Fitness Instruction from the Aerobics and Fitness Association of America (AFAA). She also holds her certification in kickboxing from AFAA and she is CPR and AED certified. Her life experiences left Becky with the desire to share her love of fitness with others. She is dedicated to helping others pursue and achieve their goals for improved health and fitness and a more active lifestyle. Becky’s Fitness Company was designed to take her love of food, fitness and fun and bring it to others to enjoy!! Most recently, Becky became a Certified Personal Fitness Chef through NESTA.
Becky currently teaches aerobics and group fitness classes for many prestigious fitness clubs and spas throughout New York City. She has been featured and quoted in several publications including the Miami Fitness Examiner, Bayside Times, Queens Courier, Tribune, and currently holds the post of Health and Wellness editor of Young Muscle Magazine. Becky has also appeared on Good Day New York with Mike Woods!
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Makeup Artist/Beauty Expert and Creator of Color by Cynde Watson Cosmetics, Cynde has been making her mark on the beauty industry for over 15 years. From being crowned Miss New Jersey to Executive Director of Global Makeup Artistry and Education for Bobbi Brown Cosmetics to Lead Makeup Pro for Mark/Avon Cosmetics – it’s clear that beauty is Cynde’s calling.
So how did Cynde make the transition from beauty queen to beauty expert? While working as a model, Cynde found herself doing her own makeup as well as the makeup for other models. “I got a lot of positive response and realized I could combine my formal education in Fine Arts with my understanding of color and love for makeup and beauty”. Cynde’s work as a model led her to the Miss New Jersey Pageant where she won the title in 1992. Two years later, Cynde transitioned into a full-time career in makeup and beauty.
Cynde has compiled an enviable list of credentials. She has worked with some of the hottest names in the entertainment industry including Angela Bassett, Queen Latifah, Paris Hilton, Lauren Conrad, Paula Abdul, Eva Amurri, Christina Milian, Tara Reid, Carmen Electra, Nikki Taylor, Giselle Bundchen, Holly Robinson Peete, Anika Noni Rose, Nick Lachey, Tyson Beckford and Quincy Jones. Her artistry has been featured in numerous publications like In Style, Glamour, Seventeen, O, Essence, More, Vibe and People. She is a key player backstage at New York Fashion Week and has created runway looks for Vera Wang, Badgley Mischka, Marc Bouwer, Tommy Hilfiger, Halston, Oscar de la Renta, Peter Som,
After many years and many more faces, Cynde says there is nothing she would rather be doing. “I truly believe that makeup artistry is something I was born to do."
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Matt Titus is a nationally recognized dating and relationship coach, matchmaker and lifestyle expert who works with singles and helps them find true love. What sets Matt apart is the fact he delivers relationship advice from the perspective of a man who played the field, learned from his mistakes and was given a second chance at love.
Matt hosted Lifetime's "Matched in Manhattan" a reality show based on his business and life as a relationship expert and newlywed. Matt has co-authored two books with his wife Tamsen Fadal , “Why Hasn’t He Called” and the soon to be released “Why Hasn’t He Proposed” (February 2009). Both books are largely considered the dating and relationship Bibles for singles and couples. These books have garnered national media attention from The Tyra Banks Show, The Martha Stewart Show, and The CBS Early Show. Matt makes frequent appearances on Martha Stewart, Tyra Banks, The CBS Early Show, The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet, E! and The Style Network. Matt is a regular contributor to OK! Magazine and The Huffington Post and has been featured in Men's Health, Time Out and Life & Style as the publication's "Love Doctor." Matt speaks monthly at the Learning Annex teaching singles the secrets to successful dating.
Matt lives in Manhattan with his wife Emmy Award winning television journalist, Tamsen Fadal, and their two Chihuahuas, Matsen and Parker.
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Beth has been a friend and mentor to women entrepreneurs around the world for over ten years, contributing to the launch of thousands of businesses. Beth is the co-founder of Collective-E, a unique member based entrepreneurs agency focused on bringing the services, PR & marketing platforms, exposure and connections entrepreneurs need to nurture their ideas and build their brands.
After graduating from Texas A&M with a Bachelors Degree in Finance and earning her MBA from Columbia University, Beth developed marketing and sales programs for major international brands including Clinique, ibeauty.com and American Express. She then went on to establish the highly successful learning solutions company FLOinc, which lead to her co-founding Ladies Who Launch (LWL). Beth grew this lifestyle and business-focused media company to over 53 cities and over 50,000 members. Beth left LWL to found Collective-E in 2008.
MARINA is the winner of the 2005 People's Choice Podcast Award in Health & Fitness. MARINA is also a mother of three and has lost 100 pounds!!
MARINA's high-nrg fitness audio workouts come complete with original music written, produced, and performed by MARINA at the right tempo, with motivating lyrics and verbal instructions.
Marina Kamen/aka/MARINA, co-owner of Kamen Entertainment Group, is a woman of the new millennium. Born a native New Yorker, MARINA started dance at age 4 in New York City, added violin and piano at age 7, and then , by the age of 11, went on to study opera and violin at the prestigious Manhattan School of Music. By the early 1980's, MARINA started to pursue a career in the entertainment industry. She pioneered and spearheaded the aerobic exercise industry as one of the original instructors at Body Design By Gilda in New York City.
Before long, MARINA discovered that dance-driven "high-nrg" tracks were perfect for walking to. As a matter of fact, they were perfect for any workout much like the music from the 70's and 80's that MARINA had grown to love during her years of teaching aerobics. Soon, she found her winning combination of walking, dancing to her own tracks, and a portion-controlled, well-balanced meal plan. Within a year, MARINA dropped close to 100 pounds!
By 2001, MARINA had written music and acted as choreographer, developer and host spokesperson for clients including QVC/Direct, Jazzercise, Dynamix, Equinox Gyms, Jackie Chan's CableFlex and Strive Enterprise with Bill Kazmier (ESPN).
MARINA has been seen on The Discovery Health Network, PBS, and Nickelodeon (The N), as well being covered in the New York Times, The Daily News, and Family Circle Magazine. In addition, MARINA's "high-nrg fitness" cable TV show currently airs in various states though out the US.
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Debora Fougere is an award-winning journalist with a solid history covering fashion for some of the country’s most notable outlets. She began her career as a writer in local news at WABC-TV in New York, and produced newscasts for WNYW-TV, Fox News Channel and CNBC, and produced both news and feature segments for Good Morning America and the CBS Saturday Early Show. She began following fashion as a producer on Style Network, and continued covering the shows for CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360” and “American Morning”. As a news producer, she’s taken home Emmy, Peabody and DuPont Journalism awards as part of the teams covering September 11th, the Indonesian Tsunami and Hurricane Katrina, and travelled the world writing and producing pieces on CNN’s Faith & Values and Terrorism beats. Debora is married to photographer Anton Brookes, and lives in New York City.