Joanne Powers is the founder and serves as President of Shear Art Salon & Spa. She is the chair of the Florida Association of Beauty Professionals and CEO of Summit Salon Academy. Summit Salon Academy is a cosmetology school with the objective to produce highly trained and well prepared graduates for salons. The Academy is a Redken Premier School.

Joanne travels throughout the United States and Europe completing continuing education, including The Redken Exchange in New York. She holds a teachers training certification, is certified in advanced cutting, coloring and business management, and is a graduate of The Summit. She is a member of the Summit Salon Network, Professional Beauty Association, and The National Cosmetology Association.