Born and raised in Sacramento, Sam began experimenting with his mother’s hair at the early age of 14 and has always been intrigued by hair styling. After graduating beauty school in Sacramento, he completed his master’s course at the L’oreal Institute in New York City on 5th Ave.

In Sam’s 12 years here, he has had many roles including stylist and colorist, in-house photographer, events coordinator and international wedding stylist. It is the fabulous array of clients and peers that keeps Sam in love with hair.

With a great love for fashion, art and self expression, hair was the perfect medium for Winona. Helping people with their personal style so they can feel their best is what gives her the greatest joy. Growing up in the small enchanted coastal town of Big Sur, surrounded by many visual artists, she did her part as the towns hairdresser at an early age. Eventually she longed for the big city life, full of color.

While in London at Vidal Sassoon she met a Brit named Andrew Todd who was in dire need of an assistant. There began a long creative relationship along with Kim and John diPietro as they founded diPietro Todd Salons. For Winona the best part has been the amazingly colorful community that has blossomed from their collaboration. Today she is partner at the Pacific Heights salon and it is her big heart that keeps her clients and her employees smiling. She is just grateful to be a part of it.

Maggie was born and raised in Seoul, Korea and moved to Los Angeles when she was 15. She has always loved fashion and began her studies at a Los Angeles design school for fashion. There she learned her passion was for textiles, mixing prints, patterns and colors instead of design itself. She enrolled in the Vidal Sassoon Academy to learn more about styling and make-up to pursue a career as a stylist. There she discovered the world of hair color and fell in love..

She began her career in 1987 at Vidal Sassoon in Beverly Hills. After 10 years in Los Angeles, she moved to San Francisco and started her path at diPietro Todd. She quickly worked her way to becoming one of the lead colorists in the company and is now a partner at our Walnut Creek location.

Maggie is a true city girl and enjoys the hustle and bustle of big cities. She draws inspiration from people watching and has a strong sense of feel, good intuition and a sharp eye. Maggie brings these traits to her work and along with her 26 years of experience, she has a clear vision for her clients and combines different techniques to keep her work unique and special for each client. Maggie has seen the profession grow from once being a 'back of the salon service 'to becoming a leading specialty. She is proud and excited to be a colorist. Maggie also loves puppies.

Even though Chris David grew up with 80's new wave hair on his mind,it was not where he thought life would take this Detroit native. Not until he had moved to Washington DC and started to date a hairdresser did Chris David realize there might be something to this 'hair' thing. When the salon needed a part ­time receptionist he filled the position, and realized he had found his home. Spending the next seven years working behind the desk and managing the salon, Chris mastered all of the inner workings to ensure this boutique salon ran smoothly.

After much encouragement and after-work teaching from the staff, Chris moved to San Francisco and progressed through the diPietro Todd training program. He fulfilled his dream of getting out from behind the desk and onto the cutting floor behind a chair. Kim and Andrew Todd took notice of his professionalism and organization skills, along with his eye for detail in his work and asked Chris to join them as their partner in the Palo Alto location in 2010.

Amita Moticka started her hairdressing career at the age of seventeen. She completed her apprenticeship at Vidal Sassoon in Los Angeles. Upon completion, she began the teacher training program while working for Vidal Sassoon. After just a couple of years, Amita was fortunate enough to travel around the world to teach and work as a Platform Artist for Vidal Sassoon.

Amita came to diPietro Todd salon in 1997, where she lended her expertise in helping create Development, the assistant training program she would later become the Director of. Once the Development program began to thrive, Amita moved to New York to pursue her creative outlets such as film, videos, photo shoots, and numerous runway shows for designers such as Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, Tula, and Betsey Johnson. Amita continued to travel to California on a regular basis to maintain her clientele on the west coast.

Over the years, Amita has had the pleasure of styling the rock n' roll locks of James Hetfeild (Metallica), Sammy Hagar (Van Halen), members of Wilco, Cake, Dieselhead, and Jolie Holland just to name a few. Amita also toured with the legendary band, Journey, as their personal hairstylist.

In 2004, Amita reunited with her partners at diPietro Todd, Shelley Mohr, Kim and Andrew Todd, and created the diPietro Todd Academy. Several years later, she now spends most of her time in San Francisco. When she is not traveling as an educator and diPietro Todd Academy Director of Haircutting, she divides her time between the five different diPietro Todd Salon locations working on her devoted clients.

Shelley Mohr's love for coloring hair began in 1992 at San Francisco's top salon, diPietro Todd. It was there that she received her training as a color specialist and continued on to successfully build and maintain a large clientele at diPietro Todd's Mill Valley location. With her remarkable talent and intense passion for hair, Shelley not only became an educator, but soon thereafter was promoted to Director of Color Education for diPietro Todd's training program Development. Shelley has been influential in the training of diPietro Todd's future color professional and, thus, instrumental in the growth of diPietro Todd Salon's five locations.

In 2004, Shelley partnered with Kim and Andrew Todd, along with Amita Moticka, to create the diPietro Todd Academy. As Director of Color Education for diPietro Todd's professional academy, Shelley has developed a color curriculum that covers all aspects of color training and involves visual, written, and practical applications. She has also helped produce hair and fashion events representing L'Oreal Professionnel, Kérastase and Shu Uemura, as well as seasonal collections and photo shoots for diPietro Todd.

One of Shelley Mohr's major achievements to date has been her involvement in the L'Oreal Professionnel Creative Team as one of their featured Portfolio Artists. She has had the honor of working on multiple national collections and the opportunity to travel all over the country educating at salons and V.I.P. events, including trade shows and, most notably, Intercoiffure and The International Hair Color Exchange. Most recently, Shelley has been asked to teach on the Master's Stage, showcasing L'Oreal Professionnel's new premier color line, INOA.

Shelley has also been featured in professional industry magazines such as HairColor & Design, Modern Salon, Launchpad, and American Salon, covering topics ranging from salon business to color education and creativity.

When Shelley is not teaching or traveling, she is in the salon working with her clients, continuing to further her exploration of and passion for redheads, power blondes, rich brunettes, and corrective color.

Moises Villa landed at diPietro Todd at the age of 22 where he was recognized as a special talent early on and where his fruitful journey as a hair stylist began. In the 12 years that he has been with diPietro Todd, Villa has had creative involvement in photo shoots for the salon, been published as an editorial stylist for local magazines, + continues to teach + inspire our apprentices in our in-house Development program + Academy.

His work embodies a wide range of styles from conservative to the most daring avant garde. He has styled at the last 6 seasons of New York Fashion Week under the direction of Kerastase’s master stylist Odile Gilbert at shows such as Rodarte, Jason Wu, LAMB, Creatures of the Wind, Rachel Zoe, Thakoon, Suno, Phillip Lim and Theory.

As diPietro Todd's Creative Director he is constantly involved in growing + maintaining the diPietro Todd Salons + Academy brand through his work in supporting photo shoots, classes, + events produced by the Creative Team. Villa greatly influences these areas drawing from his professional + personal experience in the fashion, art, music + culture of San Francisco. He is a regular on the scene of fashion editorials, runway events, + industry educational productions. In his personal time he is constantly working to master the craft of hairstyling + considers it to be more than just a career—it is his lifestyle..

Shelley Mohr's love for coloring hair began in 1992 at San Francisco's top salon, diPietro Todd. It was there that she received her training as a color specialist and continued on to successfully build and maintain a large clientele at diPietro Todd's Mill Valley location. With her remarkable talent and intense passion for hair, Shelley not only became an educator, but soon thereafter was promoted to Director of Color Education for diPietro Todd's training program Development. Shelley has been influential in the training of diPietro Todd's future color professional and, thus, instrumental in the growth of diPietro Todd Salon's five locations.

In 2004, Shelley partnered with Kim and Andrew Todd, along with Amita Moticka, to create the diPietro Todd Academy. As Director of Color Education for diPietro Todd's professional academy, Shelley has developed a color curriculum that covers all aspects of color training and involves visual, written, and practical applications. She has also helped produce hair and fashion events representing L'Oreal Professionnel, Kérastase and Shu Uemura, as well as seasonal collections and photo shoots for diPietro Todd.

One of Shelley Mohr's major achievements to date has been her involvement in the L'Oreal Professionnel Creative Team as one of their featured Portfolio Artists. She has had the honor of working on multiple national collections and the opportunity to travel all over the country educating at salons and V.I.P. events, including trade shows and, most notably, Intercoiffure and The International Hair Color Exchange. Most recently, Shelley has been asked to teach on the Master's Stage, showcasing L'Oreal Professionnel's new premier color line, INOA.

Shelley has also been featured in professional industry magazines such as HairColor & Design, Modern Salon, Launchpad, and American Salon, covering topics ranging from salon business to color education and creativity.

When Shelley is not teaching or traveling, she is in the salon working with her clients, continuing to further her exploration of and passion for redheads, power blondes, rich brunettes, and corrective color.

Cares Mills began her hair coloring career in 1992 in New York City. After spending 3 years between Manhattan and Beverly Hills at Louis Licari Color Group, she joined the diPietro Todd Color department when she moved to SF in 1995. Currently, Cares is the Assistant Academy Director of Color for diPietro Todd Academy and also upholds the title as Artist for the Matrix/Logics Education Team.

She specializes in dimensional highlights and is known for her distinctive knife-based highlighting technique. Over the years, she has had the pleasure of working in film and television throughout Los Angeles and San Francisco with many famous models, actors, and musicians, but finds working with her every day clientele the most rewarding.

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 joined diPietro Todd as a student in the training program back in 2001. 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, Emily is currently a educator for the diPietro Todd Academy and the Director of Color Education for the diPietro Todd Development Program.

She has also worked on various photo shoots, fashion shows and is 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.

Brian started his career working at a high-end salon in the metro Detroit area. It was here he found a mentor in Toni + Guy Artistic Director David Hockney. David pressed upon Brian the importance of education and exposed him to the world of platform and editorial hairdressing.

In 2001, Brian became an Artistic Technical Trainer for L'Oreal Professionel. Andrew Bartfield, Vice President of Education, quickly recognized his passion for L'Oreal Professionel.

He was asked to become a member of the portfolio team and has since been involved in the creation of two national collections and traveled the country sharing his knowledge with industry professionals.

In 2003, Brian began to work with industry icon Vivienne McKinder. Under her creative influence his work elevated to a whole new level. Being Color Director of HairdesignerTV.com allowed him to work in Italy, London, Brazil, as well as many cities around the United States.

In 2008, Brian collaborated with Vivienne on various editorial collections which appeared in American Salon, Modern salon, and Hair Dressers Journal magazines.

After a brief period in New York Brian found a home at diPietro Todd where he is currently a member of the Artistic Team and an Academy Educator. As a member of the art team he is regularly asked to create looks for in house photo shoots, collections, shows, as well as maintaining the color of local models.

Working with hairdressings elite, Brian has perfected his own blend of current fashion and technical excellence. Drawing from the world of art, fashion, and pop culture, he is inspired to create wearable, beautiful hair color. Brian's goal is not to be a master colorist, but to make every color he works on a masterpiece.

Amita Moticka started her hairdressing career at the age of seventeen. She completed her apprenticeship at Vidal Sassoon in Los Angeles. Upon completion, she began the teacher training program while working for Vidal Sassoon. After just a couple of years, Amita was fortunate enough to travel around the world to teach and work as a Platform Artist for Vidal Sassoon.

Amita came to diPietro Todd salon in 1997, where she lended her expertise in helping create Development, the assistant training program she would later become the Director of. Once the Development program began to thrive, Amita moved to New York to pursue her creative outlets such as film, videos, photo shoots, and numerous runway shows for designers such as Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, Tula, and Betsey Johnson. Amita continued to travel to California on a regular basis to maintain her clientele on the west coast.

Over the years, Amita has had the pleasure of styling the rock n' roll locks of James Hetfeild (Metallica), Sammy Hagar (Van Halen), members of Wilco, Cake, Dieselhead, and Jolie Holland just to name a few. Amita also toured with the legendary band, Journey, as their personal hairstylist.

In 2004, Amita reunited with her partners at diPietro Todd, Shelley Mohr, Kim and Andrew Todd, and created the diPietro Todd Academy. Several years later, she now spends most of her time in San Francisco. When she is not traveling as an educator and diPietro Todd Academy Director of Haircutting, she divides her time between the five different diPietro Todd Salon locations working on her devoted clients.

Jay began his training by working closely with a New York editorial stylist from whom he learned a multitude of hair styling and extension techniques. After relocating to San Francisco, Jay began his career at diPietro Todd as a student in the development program and is currently one of the salon's most popular stylists, specializing in creative haircutting techniques and hair extension services. Jay joined the diPietro Todd creative team as an educator and has worked on various runway and editorial projects.

He has become an integral part of diPietro Todd's ongoing effort to bring up the level of hair and fashion and continues to be an inspiring force at the diPietro Todd Academy.

After her ten year career with Sassoon, Debi joined the diPietro Todd team in 2005. With her extensive training + signature style of graphic cuts, it was obvious that she was a perfect fit for the Creative Team, where she continuously works on editorial photo shoots + shows. Debi has a passion for teaching + when she is not behind the chair with clients, she is an Educator for diPietro Todd Academy teaching fellow hairdressers in the industry. Her most recent position as an Educator is Assistant Development Director of Haircutting for diPietro Todd's in-house apprenticeship program.

One of Debi's proudest accomplishments in her career to date is creating the Altruist Project, a non- profit organization for hairdressers to donate their time + skills to bless the local community by making them look beautiful + feel loved. She enjoys sharing ideas with her students + peers, growing together + learning from other hairdressers' perspectives. Debi is committed + passionate about always learning to further her growth as a hairdresser in the industry.

Yureesh's creativity began at a very young age in mid-town Manhattan as a multi-talented musician and artist. His perpetual appreciation for art became the window into his mind, heart, and soul, which encouraged his move to the Bay Area in 2001. Through his passion of visual arts and connection with people, he began his journey with diPietro Todd as an assistant in the Development program and after only a couple of years he landed on the floor at our Mill Valley location as a Stylist.

Yureesh, known for his warm and energetic personality, has built a solid following during his four years with diPietro Todd and is now an educator to our Academy. Yureesh continues to stay passionate about his role as a stylist and educator knowing that his only limit in this art form truly is his imagination.

Ali Salahshoor graduated from high school at the very young age of 16. From there he pursued a two year education in the field of Architecture. Ali always had a lingering passion for the world of hairdressing and discovered that he could implement concepts and theories from architecture school and apply them to haircutting and styling. Thus began the inspiration for his love of hair. Ali listened to his instinct and began his bountiful career as a hair stylist.

Ali completed his training at Vidal Sassoon where he built his reputation as a gifted hair stylist and soon after successfully ventured onto the roles of Educator and Art Director. Throughout the years, he has had the pleasure of traveling and teaching at Vidal Sassoon's salons and academies in Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Toronto, and London. Ali continued to hone his craft while gaining insight and knowledge from his students and fellow hair stylists from all over the globe.

In 1995, Ali joined the diPietro Todd family for the next four years. He then moved to India to explore their culture. Upon his return from India, Ali became a proud business owner opening Oud salon. In 2009, Ali decided to return to diPietro Todd and has quickly become one of our salon's top Stylists and Educator.

Ali is an impassioned educator and is known for his gregarious and resonating teaching style. His most rewarding moments as a teacher are when he makes a unique and purposeful connection with his students while watching them grow, learn, and apply themselves through his guidance.

Moises Villa landed at diPietro Todd at the age of 22 where he was recognized as a special talent early on and where his fruitful journey as a hair stylist began. In the 12 years that he has been with diPietro Todd, Villa has had creative involvement in photo shoots for the salon, been published as an editorial stylist for local magazines, + continues to teach + inspire our apprentices in our in-house Development program + Academy.

His work embodies a wide range of styles from conservative to the most daring avant garde. He has styled at the last 6 seasons of New York Fashion Week under the direction of Kerastase’s master stylist Odile Gilbert at shows such as Rodarte, Jason Wu, LAMB, Creatures of the Wind, Rachel Zoe, Thakoon, Suno, Phillip Lim and Theory.

As diPietro Todd's Creative Director he is constantly involved in growing + maintaining the diPietro Todd Salons + Academy brand through his work in supporting photo shoots, classes, + events produced by the Creative Team. Villa greatly influences these areas drawing from his professional + personal experience in the fashion, art, music + culture of San Francisco. He is a regular on the scene of fashion editorials, runway events, + industry educational productions. In his personal time he is constantly working to master the craft of hairstyling + considers it to be more than just a career—it is his lifestyle..

For Amy hairdressing is in the blood. She grew up around salons and hairstylists and began dabbling as a teenager. Her formal studies began at Vidal Sassoon in Los Angeles and then continued as an assistant in the diPietro Todd Development program. She has gone on to become a stylist at the Pacific Heights location and is currently an educator in the very program that she trained in.

Amy is inspired by fashion and rock n roll but it is her maternal and caring nature that make each of her clients feel like they are being pampered. Her specialties include weddings and up-dos and has expanded in to styling for photo shoots and runway.

A bridal makeup artist since 2001, Diana saw the potential of expanding into hair and how cohesive the two industries are. She studied at The Paul Mitchell Institute and went on to complete the extensive apprenticeship program at diPietro Todd in 2008. Diana enjoys precision cutting and teaching her clients how to style their hair for any occasion

She specializes in classic, contemporary, men’s barbering and hairstyling. Traveling around the world has given her much appreciation and inspiration for the business and wanting to further her career. Most recently, Diana has become a Foundation teacher in our Development program.

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 joined diPietro Todd as a student in the training program back in 2001. 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, Emily is currently a educator for the diPietro Todd Academy and the Director of Color Education for the diPietro Todd Development Program.

She has also worked on various photo shoots, fashion shows and is 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 Francisco 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.

Brooke Hawks has now worked for diPietro Todd for 5 years. She has entered the industry by attending the Paul Mitchell Partner school in San Francisco. After finishing the apprentice program at diPietro Todd salon, Brooke flourished into an enthusiastic, precise, well rounded colorist. Loving all color techniques and specializing in soft ribbony color using the balayage technique as well as in keratin treatments.

A year after becoming a colorist, Brooke joined the teaching staff of the dPT development program. The combination of working behind the chair and assisting young colorists in developing techniques and their eye, gives Brooke the ability to come full circle in her updated techniques and passion for the trade.

Michael always knew what he wanted and to the surprise of no one achieved it in record time. One month out of high school he started as a colorists' apprentice at our Mill Valley location and four years later, after having trained in all salons, became a staff member at Palo Alto in 2005. While assisting in Palo Alto, Michael connected quickly with the staff and clients. He spends his time behind the chair working on the many of the Penninsula's top Venture Capitalists, Philanthropists, executives, professors, doctors, lawyers, dot coms, and many lovely housewives. Having spent the majority of his time with diPietro Todd in Palo Alto, there is no doubt that Michael feels at home here.

Just a few years after building a demanding clientele, Michael joined the Development Program as a color teacher and now oversees Palo Alto as the Department Head for Color. Michael enjoys wearing many hats at diPietro Todd. Michael is well versed in corrections, creatives, foil work, tinting, relaxers, and balayage services, but is known most well for his power blondes, and soft brunettes, natural redheads.

Michael thrives on working in a teaching salon such as diPietro Todd and draws inspiration from his peers as well as pop culture, high end fashion, and music. He simply loves this constantly evolving industry.

After her ten year career with Vidal Sassoon as a stylist, educator and assistant manager, Debi joined the diPietro Todd team in 2006. Debi has a passion for teaching, growing + sharing ideas. She splits her week behind the chair with clients, as Development Director of diPietro Todd's in-house apprenticeship program, and as an educator for our Academy, teaching fellow hairdressers in the industry.

Debi's proudest accomplishments are: creating the Altruist Project, a non-profit organization for hairdressers to donate their services to those in need, getting a black belt in Karate, and most importantly watching one of her students execute an amazing haircut.

Yureesh's creativity began at a very young age in mid-town Manhattan as a multi-talented musician and artist. His perpetual appreciation for art became the window into his mind, heart, and soul, which encouraged his move to the Bay Area in 2001. Through his passion of visual arts and connection with people, he began his journey with diPietro Todd as an assistant in the Development program and after only a couple of years he landed on the floor at our Mill Valley location as a Stylist.

Yureesh, known for his warm and energetic personality, has built a solid following during his four years with diPietro Todd and is now an educator to our Academy. Yureesh continues to stay passionate about his role as a stylist and educator knowing that his only limit in this art form truly is his imagination.

Sergio began his exploration of hair cutting in high school at age 17. His influences came from his local barber who was very traditional in the art of barbering. Sergio's reputation as the class barber grew and he soon began cutting many of his fellow students. He decided to pursue a career in hairdressing in his early twenties and attended cosmetology school. Sergio worked and trained at a few Vidal Sasson based salons in San Francisco before coming to diPietro Todd in 2004.

Since joining diPietro Todd, he has become part of the elite teaching staff. Along with teaching precision cuts for the in house training program, he also co-teaches other stylists from around the country at diPietro Todd's Academy. He has lent his expertise in cutting and styling at countless photo shoots and fashion shows, and has taken classes from coast to coast training with some of the industry's top stylists. Because of Sergio's extensive background in hair, he has been able to build a thriving clientele and is the hairstylist to some of Silicon Valley's most prominent figures.

Born and raised in Sacramento, Sam began experimenting with his mother’s hair at the early age of 14 and has always been intrigued by hair styling. After graduating beauty school in Sacramento, he completed his master’s course at the L’oreal Institute in New York City on 5th Ave.

In Sam’s 12 years here, he has had many roles including stylist and colorist, in-house photographer, events coordinator and international wedding stylist. It is the fabulous array of clients and peers that keeps Sam in love with hair.

Stephanie's obsession with color started the very first time she picked up a paint brush at the age of four. A natural born artist and lover of life, creativity has always been a driving force. Stephanie has been studying and coloring hair for seven years and was first inspired to enter the field while she was a psychology student.

She was determined to find a career that combined her passion for art and love of the human race. Hair color was, and still is the perfect fit. Stephanie has a broad range of talent but her specialties are bombshell blondes, natural redheads, luminous brunettes, bold yet sophisticated creative color and keratins.

Brian started his career working at a high-end salon in the metro Detroit area. It was here he found a mentor in Toni + Guy Artistic Director David Hockney. David pressed upon Brian the importance of education and exposed him to the world of platform and editorial hairdressing.

In 2001, Brian became an Artistic Technical Trainer for L'Oreal Professionel. Andrew Bartfield, Vice President of Education, quickly recognized his passion for L'Oreal Professionel.

He was asked to become a member of the portfolio team and has since been involved in the creation of two national collections and traveled the country sharing his knowledge with industry professionals.

In 2003, Brian began to work with industry icon Vivienne McKinder. Under her creative influence his work elevated to a whole new level. Being Color Director of HairdesignerTV.com allowed him to work in Italy, London, Brazil, as well as many cities around the United States.

In 2008, Brian collaborated with Vivienne on various editorial collections which appeared in American Salon, Modern salon, and Hair Dressers Journal magazines.

After a brief period in New York Brian found a home at diPietro Todd where he is currently a member of the Artistic Team and an Academy Educator. As a member of the art team he is regularly asked to create looks for in house photo shoots, collections, shows, as well as maintaining the color of local models.

Working with hairdressings elite, Brian has perfected his own blend of current fashion and technical excellence. Drawing from the world of art, fashion, and pop culture, he is inspired to create wearable, beautiful hair color. Brian's goal is not to be a master colorist, but to make every color he works on a masterpiece.

Born and raised in Sacramento, Sam began experimenting with his mother’s hair at the early age of 14 and has always been intrigued by hair styling. After graduating beauty school in Sacramento, he completed his master’s course at the L’oreal Institute in New York City on 5th Ave.

In Sam’s 12 years here, he has had many roles including stylist and colorist, in-house photographer, events coordinator and international wedding stylist. It is the fabulous array of clients and peers that keeps Sam in love with hair.

After her ten year career with Vidal Sassoon as a stylist, educator and assistant manager, Debi joined the diPietro Todd team in 2006. Debi has a passion for teaching, growing + sharing ideas. She splits her week behind the chair with clients, as Development Director of diPietro Todd's in-house apprenticeship program, and as an educator for our Academy, teaching fellow hairdressers in the industry.

Debi's proudest accomplishments are: creating the Altruist Project, a non-profit organization for hairdressers to donate their services to those in need, getting a black belt in Karate, and most importantly watching one of her students execute an amazing haircut.

Amita Moticka started her hairdressing career at the age of seventeen. She completed her apprenticeship at Vidal Sassoon in Los Angeles. Upon completion, she began the teacher training program while working for Vidal Sassoon. After just a couple of years, Amita was fortunate enough to travel around the world to teach and work as a Platform Artist for Vidal Sassoon.

Amita came to diPietro Todd salon in 1997, where she lended her expertise in helping create Development, the assistant training program she would later become the Director of. Once the Development program began to thrive, Amita moved to New York to pursue her creative outlets such as film, videos, photo shoots, and numerous runway shows for designers such as Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, Tula, and Betsey Johnson. Amita continued to travel to California on a regular basis to maintain her clientele on the west coast.

Over the years, Amita has had the pleasure of styling the rock n' roll locks of James Hetfeild (Metallica), Sammy Hagar (Van Halen), members of Wilco, Cake, Dieselhead, and Jolie Holland just to name a few. Amita also toured with the legendary band, Journey, as their personal hairstylist.

In 2004, Amita reunited with her partners at diPietro Todd, Shelley Mohr, Kim and Andrew Todd, and created the diPietro Todd Academy. Several years later, she now spends most of her time in San Francisco. When she is not traveling as an educator and diPietro Todd Academy Director of Haircutting, she divides her time between the five different diPietro Todd Salon locations working on her devoted clients.

Obtaining the perfection of beauty through detail and individuality, Anderson brings a deep rooted love and understanding of art, architecture, and design to all of his work. After training with top stylists in the industry, Anderson has found his home back where his career began at DiPietro Todd Salons and Academy. He has quickly become a success specializing in precision haircutting tailored to each individual and their needs. Anderson was then asked to join the in house development program and advanced training academy as an educator.

He also continues to further his talents into every facet of the industry collaborating with other industry experts, exploring the realm of high fashion where his work has been seen on the runway, in editorial video and photo shoots, in multiple social media and press publications. Creating a true balance of form, function and movement, Anderson has made a name for himself in the industry through pure dedication to his craft and execution.

“The details are not details. They make the art. The connections, the connections, the connections. It will in the end be these details that give the art its life.” - Charles Eames

Jay began his training by working closely with a New York editorial stylist from whom he learned a multitude of hair styling and extension techniques. After relocating to San Francisco, Jay began his career at diPietro Todd as a student in the development program and is currently one of the salon's most popular stylists, specializing in creative haircutting techniques and hair extension services. Jay joined the diPietro Todd creative team as an educator and has worked on various runway and editorial projects.

He has become an integral part of diPietro Todd's ongoing effort to bring up the level of hair and fashion and continues to be an inspiring force at the diPietro Todd Academy.

Ali Salahshoor graduated from high school at the very young age of 16. From there he pursued a two year education in the field of Architecture. Ali always had a lingering passion for the world of hairdressing and discovered that he could implement concepts and theories from architecture school and apply them to haircutting and styling. Thus began the inspiration for his love of hair. Ali listened to his instinct and began his bountiful career as a hair stylist.

Ali completed his training at Vidal Sassoon where he built his reputation as a gifted hair stylist and soon after successfully ventured onto the roles of Educator and Art Director. Throughout the years, he has had the pleasure of traveling and teaching at Vidal Sassoon's salons and academies in Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Toronto, and London. Ali continued to hone his craft while gaining insight and knowledge from his students and fellow hair stylists from all over the globe.

In 1995, Ali joined the diPietro Todd family for the next four years. He then moved to India to explore their culture. Upon his return from India, Ali became a proud business owner opening Oud salon. In 2009, Ali decided to return to diPietro Todd and has quickly become one of our salon's top Stylists and Educator.

Ali is an impassioned educator and is known for his gregarious and resonating teaching style. His most rewarding moments as a teacher are when he makes a unique and purposeful connection with his students while watching them grow, learn, and apply themselves through his guidance.

Nona grew up with a family of artists and designers and is a third generation hairdresser. Watching her mom and aunt design beautiful costumes at a young age made her realize that she wanted to be in the beauty/fashion industry. Her mom taught her that true beauty comes from individuality.

Nona received her bachelors of fine arts in Fashion Design and Illustration and graduated from Paul Mitchell beauty school. She is always continuing her education and has taken courses with Toni and Guy in London and Nick Arrojo in New York.Nona is one of the bright new talents at diPietro Todd and lends herself to wardrobe/costume design for hair shows and photo shoots and has recently become an educator for our Development program. She specializes in short hair and avant garde styling.

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.

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 joined diPietro Todd as a student in the training program back in 2001. 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, Emily is currently a educator for the diPietro Todd Academy and the Director of Color Education for the diPietro Todd Development Program.

She has also worked on various photo shoots, fashion shows and is 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 Francisco 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.

Michelle began her highly successful career with diPietro Todd in 1992. Within a few years of completing her training she had a flourishing clientele and became one of the leaders in her field of color in the San Francisco Bay Area. As a result of her many years of experience, Michelle has recently been named Best Colorist in SF by Allure Magazine (09/2011) and again in 2012 by Refinery 29. Michelle is specifically known for her passion for corrective color work. Her personal goal is to share her skill and knowledge with the hairdressing community at large. Michelle loves to travel and uses any opportunity to visit other salons all over the world to gain inspiration.

At diPietro Todd she has been the Head of the Color Department at Pacific Heights, an Academy teacher and played a significant role in helping put together diPietro Todd’s own in house color training program called “Development". In addition to her extensive color knowledge, Michelle is widely known for her texture services. In a profession dominated by tints and foils, Michelle sets herself apart by using perms and relaxers to compliment her color. With her years of experience she is able to take these long-forgotten techniques and transform them into cutting edge looks, keeping her at the forefront of this ever-evolving industry.

With a great love for fashion, art and self expression, hair was the perfect medium for Winona. Helping people with their personal style so they can feel their best is what gives her the greatest joy. Growing up in the small enchanted coastal town of Big Sur, surrounded by many visual artists, she did her part as the towns hairdresser at an early age. Eventually she longed for the big city life, full of color.

While in London at Vidal Sassoon she met a Brit named Andrew Todd who was in dire need of an assistant. There began a long creative relationship along with Kim and John diPietro as they founded diPietro Todd Salons. For Winona the best part has been the amazingly colorful community that has blossomed from their collaboration. Today she is partner at the Pacific Heights salon and it is her big heart that keeps her clients and her employees smiling. She is just grateful to be a part of it.

Moises Villa landed at diPietro Todd at the age of 22 where he was recognized as a special talent early on and where his fruitful journey as a hair stylist began. In the 12 years that he has been with diPietro Todd, Villa has had creative involvement in photo shoots for the salon, been published as an editorial stylist for local magazines, + continues to teach + inspire our apprentices in our in-house Development program + Academy.

His work embodies a wide range of styles from conservative to the most daring avant garde. He has styled at the last 6 seasons of New York Fashion Week under the direction of Kerastase’s master stylist Odile Gilbert at shows such as Rodarte, Jason Wu, LAMB, Creatures of the Wind, Rachel Zoe, Thakoon, Suno, Phillip Lim and Theory.

As diPietro Todd's Creative Director he is constantly involved in growing + maintaining the diPietro Todd Salons + Academy brand through his work in supporting photo shoots, classes, + events produced by the Creative Team. Villa greatly influences these areas drawing from his professional + personal experience in the fashion, art, music + culture of San Francisco. He is a regular on the scene of fashion editorials, runway events, + industry educational productions. In his personal time he is constantly working to master the craft of hairstyling + considers it to be more than just a career—it is his lifestyle..

Jay began his training by working closely with a New York editorial stylist from whom he learned a multitude of hair styling and extension techniques. After relocating to San Francisco, Jay began his career at diPietro Todd as a student in the development program and is currently one of the salon's most popular stylists, specializing in creative haircutting techniques and hair extension services. Jay joined the diPietro Todd creative team as an educator and has worked on various runway and editorial projects.

He has become an integral part of diPietro Todd's ongoing effort to bring up the level of hair and fashion and continues to be an inspiring force at the diPietro Todd Academy.

For Amy hairdressing is in the blood. She grew up around salons and hairstylists and began dabbling as a teenager. Her formal studies began at Vidal Sassoon in Los Angeles and then continued as an assistant in the diPietro Todd Development program. She has gone on to become a stylist at the Pacific Heights location and is currently an educator in the very program that she trained in.

Amy is inspired by fashion and rock n roll but it is her maternal and caring nature that make each of her clients feel like they are being pampered. Her specialties include weddings and up-dos and has expanded in to styling for photo shoots and runway.

Angel believes a woman's hair color has the power to transform her image of herself and the world around her. He discovered his innate talent and passion for hair styling early on in his life. At the age of 8, he would watch attentively as his mother's hair was often unsuccessfully transformed during frequent visits to the salon. He soon grew confident that he could bring forth the best in his mother's hair. From then on there was no turning back. Angel went on to graduate at the top of his class from Paul Mitchell at the yough age of 20. His natural flair and remarkable sense of personal style advanced him quickly.

Angel began his professional career at diPietro Todd Salon where he is now a Colorist to many of San Francisco's and Marin county's elite clientele, among them high-powered CEOs, authors, and socialites. Many of his clients come to him for his signature balayage technique. He believes in year-round attention to hair, and dedicates time creating a plan for his client's hair color taking into consideration special events and seasonal changes throughout the year. Angel truly loves the sight of clients leaving the salon looking radiant, confident and red-carpet ready.

Brooke Hawks has now worked for diPietro Todd for 5 years. She has entered the industry by attending the Paul Mitchell Partner school in San Francisco. After finishing the apprentice program at diPietro Todd salon, Brooke flourished into an enthusiastic, precise, well rounded colorist. Loving all color techniques and specializing in soft ribbony color using the balayage technique as well as in keratin treatments.

A year after becoming a colorist, Brooke joined the teaching staff of the dPT development program. The combination of working behind the chair and assisting young colorists in developing techniques and their eye, gives Brooke the ability to come full circle in her updated techniques and passion for the trade.

Cares Mills began her hair coloring career in 1992 in New York City. After spending 3 years between Manhattan and Beverly Hills at Louis Licari Color Group, she joined the diPietro Todd Color department when she moved to SF in 1995. Currently, Cares is the Assistant Academy Director of Color for diPietro Todd Academy and also upholds the title as Artist for the Matrix/Logics Education Team.

She specializes in dimensional highlights and is known for her distinctive knife-based highlighting technique. Over the years, she has had the pleasure of working in film and television throughout Los Angeles and San Francisco with many famous models, actors, and musicians, but finds working with her every day clientele the most rewarding.

Shelley Mohr's love for coloring hair began in 1992 at San Francisco's top salon, diPietro Todd. It was there that she received her training as a color specialist and continued on to successfully build and maintain a large clientele at diPietro Todd's Mill Valley location. With her remarkable talent and intense passion for hair, Shelley not only became an educator, but soon thereafter was promoted to Director of Color Education for diPietro Todd's training program Development. Shelley has been influential in the training of diPietro Todd's future color professional and, thus, instrumental in the growth of diPietro Todd Salon's five locations.

In 2004, Shelley partnered with Kim and Andrew Todd, along with Amita Moticka, to create the diPietro Todd Academy. As Director of Color Education for diPietro Todd's professional academy, Shelley has developed a color curriculum that covers all aspects of color training and involves visual, written, and practical applications. She has also helped produce hair and fashion events representing L'Oreal Professionnel, Kérastase and Shu Uemura, as well as seasonal collections and photo shoots for diPietro Todd.

One of Shelley Mohr's major achievements to date has been her involvement in the L'Oreal Professionnel Creative Team as one of their featured Portfolio Artists. She has had the honor of working on multiple national collections and the opportunity to travel all over the country educating at salons and V.I.P. events, including trade shows and, most notably, Intercoiffure and The International Hair Color Exchange. Most recently, Shelley has been asked to teach on the Master's Stage, showcasing L'Oreal Professionnel's new premier color line, INOA.

Shelley has also been featured in professional industry magazines such as HairColor & Design, Modern Salon, Launchpad, and American Salon, covering topics ranging from salon business to color education and creativity.

When Shelley is not teaching or traveling, she is in the salon working with her clients, continuing to further her exploration of and passion for redheads, power blondes, rich brunettes, and corrective color.

Amita Moticka started her hairdressing career at the age of seventeen. She completed her apprenticeship at Vidal Sassoon in Los Angeles. Upon completion, she began the teacher training program while working for Vidal Sassoon. After just a couple of years, Amita was fortunate enough to travel around the world to teach and work as a Platform Artist for Vidal Sassoon.

Amita came to diPietro Todd salon in 1997, where she lended her expertise in helping create Development, the assistant training program she would later become the Director of. Once the Development program began to thrive, Amita moved to New York to pursue her creative outlets such as film, videos, photo shoots, and numerous runway shows for designers such as Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, Tula, and Betsey Johnson. Amita continued to travel to California on a regular basis to maintain her clientele on the west coast.

Over the years, Amita has had the pleasure of styling the rock n' roll locks of James Hetfeild (Metallica), Sammy Hagar (Van Halen), members of Wilco, Cake, Dieselhead, and Jolie Holland just to name a few. Amita also toured with the legendary band, Journey, as their personal hairstylist.

In 2004, Amita reunited with her partners at diPietro Todd, Shelley Mohr, Kim and Andrew Todd, and created the diPietro Todd Academy. Several years later, she now spends most of her time in San Francisco. When she is not traveling as an educator and diPietro Todd Academy Director of Haircutting, she divides her time between the five different diPietro Todd Salon locations working on her devoted clients.

Yureesh's creativity began at a very young age in mid-town Manhattan as a multi-talented musician and artist. His perpetual appreciation for art became the window into his mind, heart, and soul, which encouraged his move to the Bay Area in 2001. Through his passion of visual arts and connection with people, he began his journey with diPietro Todd as an assistant in the Development program and after only a couple of years he landed on the floor at our Mill Valley location as a Stylist.

Yureesh, known for his warm and energetic personality, has built a solid following during his four years with diPietro Todd and is now an educator to our Academy. Yureesh continues to stay passionate about his role as a stylist and educator knowing that his only limit in this art form truly is his imagination.

Michael always knew what he wanted and to the surprise of no one achieved it in record time. One month out of high school he started as a colorists' apprentice at our Mill Valley location and four years later, after having trained in all salons, became a staff member at Palo Alto in 2005. While assisting in Palo Alto, Michael connected quickly with the staff and clients. He spends his time behind the chair working on the many of the Penninsula's top Venture Capitalists, Philanthropists, executives, professors, doctors, lawyers, dot coms, and many lovely housewives. Having spent the majority of his time with diPietro Todd in Palo Alto, there is no doubt that Michael feels at home here.

Just a few years after building a demanding clientele, Michael joined the Development Program as a color teacher and now oversees Palo Alto as the Department Head for Color. Michael enjoys wearing many hats at diPietro Todd. Michael is well versed in corrections, creatives, foil work, tinting, relaxers, and balayage services, but is known most well for his power blondes, and soft brunettes, natural redheads.

Michael thrives on working in a teaching salon such as diPietro Todd and draws inspiration from his peers as well as pop culture, high end fashion, and music. He simply loves this constantly evolving industry.

Even though Chris David grew up with 80's new wave hair on his mind,it was not where he thought life would take this Detroit native. Not until he had moved to Washington DC and started to date a hairdresser did Chris David realize there might be something to this 'hair' thing. When the salon needed a part ­time receptionist he filled the position, and realized he had found his home. Spending the next seven years working behind the desk and managing the salon, Chris mastered all of the inner workings to ensure this boutique salon ran smoothly.

After much encouragement and after-work teaching from the staff, Chris moved to San Francisco and progressed through the diPietro Todd training program. He fulfilled his dream of getting out from behind the desk and onto the cutting floor behind a chair. Kim and Andrew Todd took notice of his professionalism and organization skills, along with his eye for detail in his work and asked Chris to join them as their partner in the Palo Alto location in 2010.

Growing up in Alaska gave Jeffrey inspiration and an appreciation for design from nature. He fell in love with San Francisco and the Bay Area and has made it his home for 30 years. For 15 years he worked in the food industry, developing an appreciation for food and cuisine styles, and loves the fusion of food and design. This led Jeffrey to study hairdressing and joined diPietro Todd in 1995, first at the Union Square salon and then as part of the team opening the Palo Alto salon in June 1998.

He draws his inspirations from nature, fashion and architecture, and is influenced by colors, shapes, modern and art deco styles. One of his great inspirations in the world of hair was being a network educator, training at Bumble & Bumble Academy in New York City at various times from 2003-2007. There he learned new techniques for razor and scissor cuts, providing unique hair design possibilities. In NYC, he also explored the fusion of fashion and hair and enjoys bringing a variety of choices and styles to clients. Jeffrey enjoys continued exploration of hair and design through ongoing courses at the diPietro Todd Academy, allowing him to bring fresh styles and a personal touch to make his clients look their best

Sergio began his exploration of hair cutting in high school at age 17. His influences came from his local barber who was very traditional in the art of barbering. Sergio's reputation as the class barber grew and he soon began cutting many of his fellow students. He decided to pursue a career in hairdressing in his early twenties and attended cosmetology school. Sergio worked and trained at a few Vidal Sasson based salons in San Francisco before coming to diPietro Todd in 2004.

Since joining diPietro Todd, he has become part of the elite teaching staff. Along with teaching precision cuts for the in house training program, he also co-teaches other stylists from around the country at diPietro Todd's Academy. He has lent his expertise in cutting and styling at countless photo shoots and fashion shows, and has taken classes from coast to coast training with some of the industry's top stylists. Because of Sergio's extensive background in hair, he has been able to build a thriving clientele and is the hairstylist to some of Silicon Valley's most prominent figures.

A bridal makeup artist since 2001, Diana saw the potential of expanding into hair and how cohesive the two industries are. She studied at The Paul Mitchell Institute and went on to complete the extensive apprenticeship program at diPietro Todd in 2008. Diana enjoys precision cutting and teaching her clients how to style their hair for any occasion

She specializes in classic, contemporary, men’s barbering and hairstyling. Traveling around the world has given her much appreciation and inspiration for the business and wanting to further her career. Most recently, Diana has become a Foundation teacher in our Development program.

San Francisco native Fiona Terranova has been with Di Pietro Todd salon for close to 9 years. After graduating from Di Pietro Todd's Development training program she quickly amassed a demanding clientele and works with some of Silicon Valley’s most beautiful and difficult hair. Her clientele base ranges from high profile executives, doctors and professors, to stay at home image conscious moms. Having trained with some of the bay area’s best stylists, she believes in the importance of a thorough consultation and constant education.

Fiona has graduated classes with: Vidal Sassoon Long Beach, trained personally with Vivian Mackinder in New York, Ryogi Shu Uemura in New Jersey along with many other diversified cutting and extension courses with DPT Academy. Fiona specializes in Juvexin smoothing treatments, Hot Heads Extensions, Mark Barrington Extensions and Wig work. Fiona is a passionate stylist with years of experience as Foundation Educator for our Development program. She loves and specializes in cutting and styling short, long, thick to fine, curly as well as Afro-texture.

Maggie was born and raised in Seoul, Korea and moved to Los Angeles when she was 15. She has always loved fashion and began her studies at a Los Angeles design school for fashion. There she learned her passion was for textiles, mixing prints, patterns and colors instead of design itself. She enrolled in the Vidal Sassoon Academy to learn more about styling and make-up to pursue a career as a stylist. There she discovered the world of hair color and fell in love..

She began her career in 1987 at Vidal Sassoon in Beverly Hills. After 10 years in Los Angeles, she moved to San Francisco and started her path at diPietro Todd. She quickly worked her way to becoming one of the lead colorists in the company and is now a partner at our Walnut Creek location.

Maggie is a true city girl and enjoys the hustle and bustle of big cities. She draws inspiration from people watching and has a strong sense of feel, good intuition and a sharp eye. Maggie brings these traits to her work and along with her 26 years of experience, she has a clear vision for her clients and combines different techniques to keep her work unique and special for each client. Maggie has seen the profession grow from once being a 'back of the salon service 'to becoming a leading specialty. She is proud and excited to be a colorist. Maggie also loves puppies.

Even back when Stacy was a young girl, if you asked her what she wanted to be when she grew up the answer was always "a cosmetologist". Throughout Stacy's childhood she had a affinity for hair and you could find her playing "beauty salon" with various dolls and friends. Stacy could hardly wait to become a cosmetologist and recieved her license before receiving her high school diploma. She knew color was her ultimate passion. Stacy began to work for di Pietro Todd in 2006 and found her home the minute she stepped though the downtown salon's elevator doors.

In 2009 she returned to her hometown when she transfered to the Walnut Creek location. The health, integrety, and shine of hair is of most importance to her. Stacy believes it is her love for nature and the out-doors that inspires her to use natural beautiful shades and tones that compliment the individual client. When Stacy is not in the salon coloring hair you can find her dining about the city or trying out new hobbies from tennis to paddle boarding.

Being a musician in high school means having an image to uphold. Mikey was always able to creatively express himself through numerous hairstyles and so it was that his journey with hair, began with music.

He draws much of his inspiration from the worlds of fashion, music and pop art and takes great pleasure in knowing people can walk out of his chair with their heads a little higher. Mikey "listens" to his clients' hair and helps them to look the way they feel.

Not one to be restricted by social norms, he finds ultimate satisfaction in expressing himself through crafting hair styles and creating music.

Dawn's aspiration to become a hairstylist began as a child, growing up in her mother's salon where she loved to watch her mother work. Following cosmetology school, Dawn apprenticed at diPietro Todd, where she worked closely with the Bay Area's top hairstylists. She has built a thriving clientele and has worked on numerous fashion shows and photo shoots.

The culmination of her experiences at diPietro Todd has created a desire for Dawn to share all she has learned over the years as an educator for the diPietro Todd Academy and as the Director of Cutting Education for the diPietro Todd Development Program.