Jenn Roche
Founder/Owner/Esthetician/Yoga Lover
Jenn is a veteran of the spa and wellness industry with over twenty-five years of experience in the field.
During her career, she has worked for Marriott International’s Spa Division, directed both resort and free-standing day spas and is the former Spa Director at Pinehurst Resort in North Carolina, where she regularly led wellness programs in addition to managing the resort’s 31,000 sf Forbes Four-Star spa.
Jenn also spent several years within the Aveda Network as the Retail Director for the Aveda Lifestyles Stores in the Denver-metro area and was an Esthiology Team Leader for the Aveda Institute, Minneapolis.
In addition to being a licensed esthetician, Jenn holds an MFA in Writing from Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado and a BA in Art from the University of Hawai’i, Manoa. In 2014 she was also an International Spa Association Innovate Award Winner.
Originally from Hawai’i, Jenn also spent many years living in Colorado in the Boulder-Denver area prior to permanently relocating to Northeast Ohio. She is a Level Three Reiki Master and certified in Christine Clinton Cancer Care Touch Therapy.
SAMANTHA BARNUM
SALES & SOCIAL MEDIA / SKIN NERD/ PROUD MAMMA
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Samantha joined the NBB team in the fall of 2019 and is the touchpoint for private group events, ongoing beauty and wellness workshops and social media. Sam is also our resident product specialist and apprentice makeup artist.
She believes wellness is an embodiment of balance in mind, body and spirit and is a constant learning process that includes being grateful for self-awareness, growth, health, family, friends, a place to call home, good food, abundance, opportunity and support.
You can contact Samantha via DM @northstarbeautybar on IG or drop by any Saturday to share a cup of tea with her and nerd out on healthy skin care.