BRAND BIO – Yasmin Anderson –Smith, MCRP, AICI CIP, CPBS
Yasmin is a certified Image and Personal Branding Consultant, trainer and author with global exposure and a gift for inspiring others to pursue their highest potential. Her naturally energetic and elegant style ignites and empowers business women and emerging professionals to project confidence, credibility, and civility in their image and personal brand. Often misunderstood, civility is essential to building the trust and respect needed for harmonious relationships. Re-branded as an entrepreneur in 2006, Yasmin easily transitioned fifteen years of leadership, management, marketing, training and customer service management experience to her new company, KYMS Image International. Yasmin completed image management and professional development training with the London Image Institute in 2006 and in 2009 was certified as an image professional by the Association of Image Consultants International (AICI) and a Personal Branding Strategist by William Arruda’s Reach 360 program. In 2008, Yasmin launched the Make it Happen! Business Women Networking Group and expanded her business to include speaking and training on business image, civility and personal branding. Yasmin is former VP Marketing for AICI, founding member and former chair of the AICI Civility Counts Project and US Affiliate of Canadian-based, Civility Experts Worldwide. Yasmin is co-author of the books, Executive Image Power and The Power of Civility and a contributing writer for Image Update and YOUnique magazines. Yasmin has been featured in USA Today, Black Enterprise Magazine, and quoted in several business publications. Fulfilling her passion for youth and giving back to community, in 2006, Yasmin launched Every Girl Can™ a healthy body image/life skills program for pre-teen and adolescent girls. More info at: www.civilityexperts.com and www.everygirlcan.org. 301-792-2276. [email protected]. Skype: kymsimage
BRAND BIO – Lew Bayer, Director of Affiliate Operations for Every Girl Can Canada
