Our Vision

Jennie Norris is the President & CEO of Stagedhomes.com and is excited to be at the helm to help take the company into the future. Her passion for the industry, success of colleagues, and dedication to the Stagedhomes mission is her daily focus. Jennie is known as a high-energy individual, with a mind that engages quickly and a passion for helping people. Her goal is to keep Stagedhomes.com as the industry leader for Home Staging education and business success throughout the world. Jennie and her husband, John, are the majority owners of the parent corporation that houses Stagedhomes and IAHSP^®.

Jennie has been trained personally by Barb Schwarz, the Creator of Home Staging^®, earning her ASP^® Designation in 2002 and her ASPM^® Designation in 2004. In 2003-2005 Jennie was the ASP^® Business Coach, and in 2005-06 served as the Director of Training for Stagedhomes.com. Jennie is part of Staging features on ABC’s 20/20, NBC’s Today Show and HGTV television and online segments, national and local publications, and radio. She is the only 2-Time Winner of the Staging Award of Excellence and the first recipient of the IAHSP Spirit Award, voted on by peers in the Home Staging industry. Jennie has earned her ASP-REO™ (Real Estate Owned & Investor Properties), ASP-SRS™ (Senior Relocation Specialist) Designations, ASP-BTS™ (Buyer Trends Specialist) Designation, IAHSP-Color Basics, and IAHSP-LHS – Luxury Home Specialist Designations, and has attended and spoken at every IAHSP^® Conference held to date.

Since 2005, she has presented the Accredited Staging Professional^® (ASP^®) Course as a Certified ASP^® Course Trainer throughout North America, currently teaching the monthly webinars and ASPM^® Course. She has shared with and educated thousands of real estate industry professionals and Stagers about Home Staging and has helped mentor Home Stager colleagues as a Business Coach, Trainer and colleague. In 2012, Jennie wrote the book, “Marketing Made Simple” to help ASP^® and ASPM^® graduates better navigate through marketing that is essential for business growth.

Jennie is also the Chairwoman for the International Association of Home Staging Professionals^® (IAHSP^®) International, helping to guide the Home Staging industry and providing leadership worldwide. In 2003, she started the first IAHSP^® Regional Chapter and helped launch over 150 member chapters to date.

In late 2009, after running a successful Staging business in Sacramento for seven years, Jennie and her family moved to the Denver area where she launched a new Staging business and has grown the company to include five ASP^® Stagers to handle business volume and clients. To date Jennie has personally Staged over 5,100 properties and over $4 Billion in real estate.

Jennie received a degree in Psychology with a Biology emphasis from UCLA and provided Marketing and Sales for large environmental engineering companies that oversaw the remediation of some of the nation’s largest Superfund sites. When she had the first of four children (a girl and 3 boys), she left the corporate world and found her way into Staging through a desire to earn income doing something using her creative talents while also giving her flexibility to raise her family. Jennie and her husband of nearly 32 years, John, currently live in Littleton, CO with their 4 children living at home or nearby.

John Norris is the Senior Executive VP for Stagedhomes.com and IAHSP, and co-owner of the parent corporation. John studied architecture, business and history at UCLA and was always fascinated by houses. His parents could be considered the original “house flippers” back in the 1970’s as they bought and rehabbed properties on the side, with John helping his Dad lay flooring and paint walls. After graduating with a degree in Business/History from UCLA, John entered the high-tech industry in corporate sales. Wherever he worked in the high-tech industry, John was always one of the top salespersons in the organization, winning many awards, quota club trips and accolades from his company and colleagues. He has a strong background in training, process, coaching and sales strategies.

In 2004, John followed his love of houses and architecture and became a REALTOR®. He found his niche with helping residential Buyers and Sellers successfully find a home or sell their house. He is referred to by his clients as “the Negotiator” as he skillfully applies his expertise from over 26 years in high-tech industry Fortune 500 sales to successfully negotiate offers for his clients. As a REALTOR®, John was a Top 10% Producer in the Sacramento market where he was recognized as part of the Master Club Achievers, is currently a Realtor in the Denver region, and has been received awards for his production. John earned his ASP-RE® Designation in 2006. As part of his real estate services, John includes Staging as a key listing and marketing tool for his sellers and has worked closely with Jennie to support her business from assisting with vacant properties, business management and marketing advice.

The real estate companies John has worked with provided solid training on business success, and he brings this expertise to the ownership of Stagedhomes.com. Working alongside Jennie, John will be providing business direction and planning, sales program oversight, and program development support with the goal of helping increase educational resources for ASPs.

In his younger years, John lived in the Chicago area, then Littleton, CO and eventually to the Bay Area where he spent most of his childhood and teenage years. He met Jennie at UCLA and got married after she graduated, and they moved to San Francisco. After living in the East Bay and the Sacramento area, they moved to Littleton in late 2009. John is a life-long skier and learned on the slopes of Breckenridge, CO when he was 6 years old, and was also a competitive skier in high school, ranked in the State of California for slalom. He has enjoyed introducing the sport to his children and also enjoys hiking, biking, and being outdoors in general.

Sandra Holmes is Accredited Staging Professional Master® (ASPM®) and the President of Luxe Home Staging and Design, the Premiere Home Staging Company in South Florida. Sandra and her team have staged over $1 Billion dollars in real estate since she created her business in 2005. She continues her education in real estate and in the staging industry to keep current with the trends of today’s market. Sandra currently serves as Executive Vice President for Stagedhomes.com and IAHSP® Vendor Program. She has held other board positions within IAHSP for several years. In 2016, she was invited to join the Leadership Team as a minority investor and contributes ideas, vision and expertise. She was also the Founder of the South Florida International Association of Home Staging Professionals Chapter and has held various board positions. Sandra believes that continuing education is the key to success in the staging industry. Sandra’s philosophy is that together we can do more!

Sandra has earned several designations over the years as an ASPM® such as the ASP-SRS™ (Accredited Staging Professional – Senior Relocation Specialist) ASP REO™ (Accredited Staging Professional – Real Estate Owned) ASP BTS™ (Accredited Staging Professional Buyer Trend Specialist) and IAHSP®-LHS (Luxury Home Specialist). In 2014, She received the Barb Schwarz Staging Excellence Award. Sandra became a Certified ASP® Trainer for Stagedhomes.com in 2014 and her passion is to teach new students about how to run and operate a home staging business and become outstanding Accredited Staging Professionals.

Before starting her own career in the staging industry, Sandra was a Sales Manager for the B2B division of AT&T Wireless Services for 15 years in both sales and management positions. She is a true professional with standout success in sales, leadership, relationship management, marketing, and training. She is highly motivated, reliable, confident, and committed to professional standards of performance with the ability to prioritize and execute goals. Sandra is a results driven catalyst and respected decision maker. She resides in Fort Lauderdale, Florida where she has two beautiful grown daughters with whom she enjoys spending her time.

Sandra also works closely with many charitable organizations in her community. She knows that giving back is what makes us all what we are and can become in the future.

Leslie and Lee Ann Kramer are the owner of Staged2Buy, where they provide consulting services for professional home stagers who want to sell their companies. They are also minority owners and Executive VP’s on the Leadership Team for the parent corporation that houses Stagedhomes.com and IAHSP^®, and Leslie serves as Treasurer for the Advisory Board.

As a Certified Business Broker and CPA, Leslie has the expertise and resources necessary to navigate this often time consuming and confusing process and advises clients on the steps they need to take now in order to have a viable business to sell in the future. He and Lee Ann sold their home staging company, Transformations Home Staging, for a substantial sum after working for two years to get their company prepared for buyers. Traditions Interiors is one of Central & South Texas' premier home staging companies. Based out of San Antonio, Traditions Interiors offers home staging, decorating and interior design services from their 16,000+ square foot warehouse. Traditions Interiors staged over 300 houses in San Antonio, Austin, Waco, Houston, Dallas and Ft Worth in 2019.

Lee Ann is an ASP Master from IAHSP® and an AASID designer. She has been in retail helping people with their home decor for over 30 years. Lee Ann is an entrepreneur and the creative force behind their former company. Lee Ann continues to work in design and interior decorating for select clients.

Leslie is an ASP Master^® and a CPA and has been a CFO for over 35 years. He runs the administrative and operation functions of Staged2Buy.

Lyn Spaeth has been in the real estate business for 17 years as a professional Home Stager and is owner of Luxe Home Staging and Design in South Florida. Lyn is a minority owner in the parent corporation that houses Stagedhomes.com and IAHSP®, and serves as Executive VP, and is President-Elect of IAHSP®. She formerly owned Transformations, a full service Staging and Organizing company serving the Boston area. Lyn has built and remodeled many properties and enjoys all things real estate. As a lover of good home design, Lyn was drawn to creating beautiful spaces in the residential marketplace. Lyn gains great satisfaction creating beautiful homes for her clients, and this progression led her to starting Transformations. Due to her success and ease with clients, her design business grew into helping those same clients move into new properties, and other clients refresh their current living spaces. Lyn is proficient in managing space and is expert on de-cluttering strategies. She knows that using one service provider for de-cluttering, Staging, move management and setting up a new home provides a sense of security; especially for her elder clients and their children.

Lyn earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Communications, with a Minor in Training and Professional Development from Emerson College. Prior to starting her Staging business, Lyn was a corporate Account Executive at Communications Management International and Digital Equipment Corporation. In those roles, Lyn sold and developed marketing tools. Lyn had great success meeting her clients goals, and increasing their profit.

Lyn left high-tech, and determined her next career would incorporate her creative side and she discovered Home Staging, earning her ASP® Stager Designation in 2005. In 2014, Lyn became a licensed real estate agent, and the same year earned her Accredited Staging Professional Master® (ASPM®), Buyer Trend Specialist (BTS), and a Color Trend Specialist (CTS). She is affiliated with many industry organizations and serves on the Board of the Boston IAHSP Regional Chapter and the International Association of Home Staging Professionals® Board. Lyn also belongs to local charitable organizations serving the Lincoln area and enjoys giving back to her community.

Lyn and her husband have three daughters, all schooled in Lincoln. The home team includes a dog-named Max, and cats Freddy and Misty. Lyn is a faithful cheer and dance Mom and spends many weekends at competitions. Lyn is a Zumba junkie, a Patriots season ticket holder, enjoys musical theatre, dancing, traveling, her big, loud Italian family, gardening, reading, and her musical husband.

Kathryn Swan is Executive VP on the Leadership Team and the Public Relations Director for IAHSP^®. As one of the minority investors in the parent company that houses Stagedhomes.com and IAHSP^®, she and daughter, Kimberly, have the distinction of being Oklahoma’s first Accredited Staging Professional Masters^® and are lifetime members of IAHSP^®.

Kathryn became an Accredited Staging Professional^® in 2009 and launched 2 Swans A-Staging which was rebranded in 2018 to Staging Oklahoma. Kathryn’s designations include ASP-SRS™ (Senior Relocation Specialist), ASP-REO™ (Real Estate Owned Specialist), ASP-BTS™ (Buyer Trend Specialist), IAHSP^® -LHS (Luxury Home Staging), and IAHSP^® -Color Confident. She was also nominated for the 2018 and 2019 IAHSP^® Trifecta Awards for Staging Excellence, Customer Service and Industry Leadership.

Before discovering her passion for the Staging Industry, Kathryn spent 30 years as a Human Resources professional with a Fortune 500 Company. Believing in giving back to her community, Kathryn is affiliated with numerous civic boards and organizations. She is a published writer, a newspaper correspondent, and creator of an award-wining historical society newsletter. Most recently, Kathryn was invited to co-edit Staging Creator Barb Schwarz’s book, Staging the World™!

While the majority of her Staging endeavors are in the Oklahoma City metro area, Kathryn loves to spend quality time with her husband of 54 years at their ranch in Pawhuska, OK. The couple has two children. Pete is a renowned Dentist in Oklahoma City. Kimberly (her Home Staging partner) is also the owner of Black Swan Boutique in the Nichols Hills Plaza, just five miles from downtown Oklahoma City, OK. They have three grandchildren. Asher is 15 and twins, Finley and Noah, are 13. The twins became Junior Staging Assistants when they were 6 years old.

Kimberly Swan is an Executive VP on the Leadership Team for Stagedhomes.com and IAHSP® and is a minority investor in the parent company that houses Stagedhomes.com and IAHSP®. She serves as IAHSP® Marketing Director and is one of Oklahoma’s first Accredited Staging Professional Masters® and IAHSP®-Premier /Lifetime members.

Kimberly discovered the fascinating world of Home Staging in early 2009. The United States was nearing the end of the recession, and many companies were struggling to keep afloat. When her employer announced it was cutting back employee hours, she began researching available opportunities. Her creativity and Marketing major seemed to be a perfect fit with the Staging Industry!

Before she discovered Stagedhomes.com’s amazing program, Kimberly signed up for an HGTV vendor-sponsored company. She quickly learned that was not the right path. Deciding to make lemonade out of lemons, Kimberly stumbled upon the book, “Building a Successful Home Staging Business.” She was elated to learn that the ASP® class was coming to Oklahoma City. Kimberly became an Accredited Staging Professional® in 2009 and launched 2 Swans A-Staging (Staging Oklahoma).

Kimberly’s designations include ASP-SRS™ (Senior Relocation Specialist), ASP-REO™ (Real Estate Owned Specialist), ASP-BTS™ (Buyer Trend Specialist), IAHSP® -LHS (Luxury Home Staging), and IAHSP®-CB (Color Basics). Her peers also nominated her for the 2018 and 2019 IAHSP ® Trifecta Awards for Staging Excellence, Customer Service, and Industry Leadership.

Kimberly graduated from Pawhuska High School in 2001 as Valedictorian. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) with Marketing as her Major in December of 2005 from Oklahoma State University. From a young age, Kimberly has been giving back to the communities where she has lived. She has served in numerous leadership capacities throughout her youth and adulthood, including Assistant Director, Executive Director, and Student Advisor of OSU’s Up ‘til Dawn, the college-level fundraising organization for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Kimberly is very creative and proficient with assorted computer programs. She has received numerous awards and is affiliated with Junior League of Oklahoma City and OKC Alumnae Chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta.

Prior to becoming an ASP®, Kimberly worked in retail, oil and gas, real estate development, and insurance companies. In October of 2018, she launched the first storefront for Black Swan Boutique in the heart of Nichols Hills – just five miles from downtown Oklahoma City, OK. Her goal is to “Stage the Stager” with trendy, affordable fashions both in store and online.

Bette Vos-Fant has been part of the Stagedhomes.com family since 2005 when she began training the ASP^® Course regularly throughout North America. Bette is a minority owner of the parent corporation housing Stagedomes.com and IAHSP^® and is Executive VP on the Leadership Team. She is the President of IAHSP^® International helping provide leadership and guidance to our members worldwide. Bette left a successful 27-year career in the corporate world of telecommunications in sales and marketing to become an ASP^® Stager. Bette gained valuable knowledge working in the corporate environment first as a National Accounts Representative, then Sales Manager and eventually a Sales Trainer. With Bette’s Master’s Degree in Education, she has found her passion for educating and training. Bette says “I believe education and passion are paramount to a successful business and in life itself”. Bette received her undergraduate degree from Louisiana Tech University and her Master’s from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Bette is one of only several hundred Accredited Staging Professional Masters^® (ASPM^®) in the world and to date has staged over 2000 properties. Bette launched her home staging business in 2004 in Dallas, TX and was one of the first successful home stagers in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. In 2005, Bette became the Founder and President of the Dallas IAHSP chapter. She has also held several different roles on the International Board, including Director of Operations, Director of Ambassadors, and currently serves on the Board as Secretary of the International Association of Home Staging Professionals^® (IAHSP^®).

After leaving Dallas, Bette moved to Illinois and once again launch her staging business. Never one to stay “just because I have to”, Bette decided to move back to the Birmingham, AL area and continues working with realtors and homeowners there today.

While running her own home staging business, Bette became a Certified ASP^® Course Trainer for Stagedhomes in 2005. Her true joy comes from the passion she feels from helping to educate others about home staging and what it takes to run a successful home staging business. Home staging has been a “life changing” experience for Bette and she wants to share this with others.

During the past years, Bette has earned several other designations including the ASP-SRS™ (Accredited Staging Professional-Senior Relocation Specialist), ASP REO™ (Accredited Staging Professional – Real Estate Owned), and the ASP BTS™ (Accredited Staging Professional Buyer Trend Specialist), and IAHSP^® CB (Color Basics) and IAHSP^®-LHS (Luxury Home Specialist). Staying current and relevant in this business is important and continuing education courses is one way to make sure this happens.

Bette, originally a Louisiana girl, currently resides in Pelham, AL with her grown children and grandchildren. Besides spending time with family and friends, Bette is also active in her church and community.

Jennie Norris is the President & CEO of Stagedhomes.com and is excited to be at the helm to help take the company into the future. Her passion for the industry, success of colleagues, and dedication to the Stagedhomes mission is her daily focus. Jennie is known as a high-energy individual, with a mind that engages quickly and a passion for helping people. Her goal is to keep Stagedhomes.com as the industry leader for Home Staging education and business success throughout the world. Jennie and her husband, John, are the majority owners of the parent corporation that houses Stagedhomes and IAHSP^®.

Jennie has been trained personally by Barb Schwarz, the Creator of Home Staging^®, earning her ASP^® Designation in 2002 and her ASPM^® Designation in 2004. In 2003-2005 Jennie was the ASP^® Business Coach, and in 2005-06 served as the Director of Training for Stagedhomes.com. Jennie is part of Staging features on ABC’s 20/20, NBC’s Today Show and HGTV television and online segments, national and local publications, and radio. She is the only 2-Time Winner of the Staging Award of Excellence and the first recipient of the IAHSP Spirit Award, voted on by peers in the Home Staging industry. Jennie has earned her ASP-REO™ (Real Estate Owned & Investor Properties), ASP-SRS™ (Senior Relocation Specialist) Designations, ASP-BTS™ (Buyer Trends Specialist) Designation, IAHSP-Color Basics, and IAHSP-LHS – Luxury Home Specialist Designations, and has attended and spoken at every IAHSP^® Conference held to date.

Since 2005, she has presented the Accredited Staging Professional^® (ASP^®) Course as a Certified ASP^® Course Trainer throughout North America, currently teaching the monthly webinars and ASPM^® Course. She has shared with and educated thousands of real estate industry professionals and Stagers about Home Staging and has helped mentor Home Stager colleagues as a Business Coach, Trainer and colleague. In 2012, Jennie wrote the book, “Marketing Made Simple” to help ASP^® and ASPM^® graduates better navigate through marketing that is essential for business growth.

Jennie is also the Chairwoman for the International Association of Home Staging Professionals^® (IAHSP^®) International, helping to guide the Home Staging industry and providing leadership worldwide. In 2003, she started the first IAHSP^® Regional Chapter and helped launch over 150 member chapters to date.

In late 2009, after running a successful Staging business in Sacramento for seven years, Jennie and her family moved to the Denver area where she launched a new Staging business and has grown the company to include five ASP^® Stagers to handle business volume and clients. To date Jennie has personally Staged over 5,100 properties and over $4 Billion in real estate.

Jennie received a degree in Psychology with a Biology emphasis from UCLA and provided Marketing and Sales for large environmental engineering companies that oversaw the remediation of some of the nation’s largest Superfund sites. When she had the first of four children (a girl and 3 boys), she left the corporate world and found her way into Staging through a desire to earn income doing something using her creative talents while also giving her flexibility to raise her family. Jennie and her husband of nearly 32 years, John, currently live in Littleton, CO with their 4 children living at home or nearby.

Sandra Holmes is Accredited Staging Professional Master® (ASPM®) and the President of Luxe Home Staging and Design, the Premiere Home Staging Company in South Florida. Sandra and her team have staged over $1 Billion dollars in real estate since she created her business in 2005. She continues her education in real estate and in the staging industry to keep current with the trends of today’s market. Sandra currently serves as Executive Vice President for Stagedhomes.com and IAHSP® Vendor Program. She has held other board positions within IAHSP for several years. In 2016, she was invited to join the Leadership Team as a minority investor and contributes ideas, vision and expertise. She was also the Founder of the South Florida International Association of Home Staging Professionals Chapter and has held various board positions. Sandra believes that continuing education is the key to success in the staging industry. Sandra’s philosophy is that together we can do more!

Sandra has earned several designations over the years as an ASPM® such as the ASP-SRS™ (Accredited Staging Professional – Senior Relocation Specialist) ASP REO™ (Accredited Staging Professional – Real Estate Owned) ASP BTS™ (Accredited Staging Professional Buyer Trend Specialist) and IAHSP®-LHS (Luxury Home Specialist). In 2014, She received the Barb Schwarz Staging Excellence Award. Sandra became a Certified ASP® Trainer for Stagedhomes.com in 2014 and her passion is to teach new students about how to run and operate a home staging business and become outstanding Accredited Staging Professionals.

Before starting her own career in the staging industry, Sandra was a Sales Manager for the B2B division of AT&T Wireless Services for 15 years in both sales and management positions. She is a true professional with standout success in sales, leadership, relationship management, marketing, and training. She is highly motivated, reliable, confident, and committed to professional standards of performance with the ability to prioritize and execute goals. Sandra is a results driven catalyst and respected decision maker. She resides in Fort Lauderdale, Florida where she has two beautiful grown daughters with whom she enjoys spending her time.

Sandra also works closely with many charitable organizations in her community. She knows that giving back is what makes us all what we are and can become in the future.

Lyn Spaeth has been in the real estate business for 17 years as a professional Home Stager and is owner of Luxe Home Staging and Design in South Florida. Lyn is a minority owner in the parent corporation that houses Stagedhomes.com and IAHSP^®, and serves as Executive VP, and is President-Elect of IAHSP^®. She formerly owned Transformations, a full service Staging and Organizing company serving the Boston area. Lyn has built and remodeled many properties and enjoys all things real estate. As a lover of good home design, Lyn was drawn to creating beautiful spaces in the residential marketplace. Lyn gains great satisfaction creating beautiful homes for her clients, and this progression led her to starting Transformations. Due to her success and ease with clients, her design business grew into helping those same clients move into new properties, and other clients refresh their current living spaces. Lyn is proficient in managing space and is expert on de-cluttering strategies. She knows that using one service provider for de-cluttering, Staging, move management and setting up a new home provides a sense of security; especially for her elder clients and their children.

Lyn earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Communications, with a Minor in Training and Professional Development from Emerson College. Prior to starting her Staging business, Lyn was a corporate Account Executive at Communications Management International and Digital Equipment Corporation. In those roles, Lyn sold and developed marketing tools. Lyn had great success meeting her clients goals, and increasing their profit.

Lyn left high-tech, and determined her next career would incorporate her creative side and she discovered Home Staging, earning her ASP^® Stager Designation in 2005. In 2014, Lyn became a licensed real estate agent, and the same year earned her Accredited Staging Professional Master^® (ASPM^®), Buyer Trend Specialist (BTS), and a Color Trend Specialist (CTS). She is affiliated with many industry organizations and serves on the Board of the Boston IAHSP Regional Chapter and the International Association of Home Staging Professionals^® Board. Lyn also belongs to local charitable organizations serving the Lincoln area and enjoys giving back to her community.

Lyn and her husband have three daughters, all schooled in Lincoln. The home team includes a dog-named Max, and cats Freddy and Misty. Lyn is a faithful cheer and dance Mom and spends many weekends at competitions. Lyn is a Zumba junkie, a Patriots season ticket holder, enjoys musical theatre, dancing, traveling, her big, loud Italian family, gardening, reading, and her musical husband.

Bette Vos-Fant has been part of the Stagedhomes.com family since 2005 when she began training the ASP^® Course regularly throughout North America. Bette is a minority owner of the parent corporation housing Stagedomes.com and IAHSP^® and is Executive VP on the Leadership Team. She is the President of IAHSP^® International helping provide leadership and guidance to our members worldwide. Bette left a successful 27-year career in the corporate world of telecommunications in sales and marketing to become an ASP^® Stager. Bette gained valuable knowledge working in the corporate environment first as a National Accounts Representative, then Sales Manager and eventually a Sales Trainer. With Bette’s Master’s Degree in Education, she has found her passion for educating and training. Bette says “I believe education and passion are paramount to a successful business and in life itself”. Bette received her undergraduate degree from Louisiana Tech University and her Master’s from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Bette is one of only several hundred Accredited Staging Professional Masters^® (ASPM^®) in the world and to date has staged over 2000 properties. Bette launched her home staging business in 2004 in Dallas, TX and was one of the first successful home stagers in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. In 2005, Bette became the Founder and President of the Dallas IAHSP chapter. She has also held several different roles on the International Board, including Director of Operations, Director of Ambassadors, and currently serves on the Board as Secretary of the International Association of Home Staging Professionals^® (IAHSP^®).

After leaving Dallas, Bette moved to Illinois and once again launch her staging business. Never one to stay “just because I have to”, Bette decided to move back to the Birmingham, AL area and continues working with realtors and homeowners there today.

While running her own home staging business, Bette became a Certified ASP^® Course Trainer for Stagedhomes in 2005. Her true joy comes from the passion she feels from helping to educate others about home staging and what it takes to run a successful home staging business. Home staging has been a “life changing” experience for Bette and she wants to share this with others.

During the past years, Bette has earned several other designations including the ASP-SRS™ (Accredited Staging Professional-Senior Relocation Specialist), ASP REO™ (Accredited Staging Professional – Real Estate Owned), and the ASP BTS™ (Accredited Staging Professional Buyer Trend Specialist), and IAHSP^® CB (Color Basics) and IAHSP^®-LHS (Luxury Home Specialist). Staying current and relevant in this business is important and continuing education courses is one way to make sure this happens.

Bette, originally a Louisiana girl, currently resides in Pelham, AL with her grown children and grandchildren. Besides spending time with family and friends, Bette is also active in her church and community.

Karen B. Mendenhall, had been practicing real estate in the Charlotte region as a career for more than 15 years before opening a home staging company. Stage It! was established in 2005 and is Charlotte’s premiere accredited, home staging company. Making houses out shine the competition is her passion.

Karen has a “furniture moving” disease. She needs to see pieces in different places before she can decide which location is best for the camera, the traffic flow, and the use of the space. Staging is the only cure for her ailment. Having been personally trained by the Creator of Home Staging, Barb Schwarz, she is forever grateful to her for sharing all of her knowledge and expertise while at the same time caring enough to make sure she succeeded. The Stage It! Team has now staged more than 1000 properties!

Karen holds a degree in Sociology from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte; is a licensed agent in North and South Carolina; is a Lifetime Accredited Staging Professional Master; and, is an official Certified ASP Course Trainer for Stagedhomes.com

Karen and her husband, Dave, have two married sons, four grandchildren, three great- grandchildren, one dog and one cat.

Sanja is an Accredited Staging Professional Master^®, an Interior Designer and the founder of The Art of Staging.

She launched her staging business in 2013 in Chicago, Illinois and moved to Rome, Italy in 2016 where she currently lives and works.

Sanja is a certified ASP^® Trainer for StagedHomes.com and she also serves the IAHSP^® board as the European Director.

Her contribution was fundamental in the global expansion of IAHSP^®, in founding the sister association, IAHSP^® EUROPE, as well as in growing the industry International Affiliate Association network.

Her primary commitment as the President of IAHSP^® EUROPE is to obtain the deserved credibility and adequate recognition of our profession on the Old Continent.

Verena Mumford-Wolfensberger is an Accredited Staging Professional Master^®, ASPM^® and has been staging properties in Switzerland since 2009.

She is a remote member of the Minnesota and Boston IAHSP Chapters and continues her education in Home Staging through IAHSP Conferences and IAHSP Webinars.

Verena is Co-Founder of the Swiss National Home Staging Association, HSVS, of which she is currently also the president and is dedicated to promote Home Staging throughout Europe.

Verena holds degrees in librarianship, translation and interior design and was working in real estate when she discovered that Home Staging existed. After a few years staging her office’s properties, she decided to exclusively work in Home Staging in 2013. Since then, she has built up her company, MW Home Staging, which is located outside Zurich and works mostly in German-speaking Switzerland.

Verena is also co-owner of the newly founded Home Staging Company 3CB in Billings, Montana.

June is a Master ASP^® Home Stager and one of the valued members of our Stagedhomes.com Certified ASP Course Trainer Team. She is the IAHSP^® Business Coach, with multiple designations and credentials related to life and business coaching. June is an entrepreneur, founding Corporate Interior Solutions and GYST* Solutions. She has moved within the worlds of corporations and creativity. Her experience inside major corporations such as AIG, NBC, Steelcase, Knoll and 3form provided June the right forums for problem solving, design and sales. With a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Design, June’s years spent designing and planning corporate offices proved to be the cornerstone to Home Staging. June's career as a Home Staging professional is the result of the combined ability to be creative, increase productivity and finesse sales. Home Staging and Re-design combine all of June's background and experience and allows June to create beautiful spaces, get measurable results and close the sale. June and her family live in Fernandina Beach, Florida and love it! The beach, the weather, the people are all beautiful. The Carters are proud parents of a member of the Coast Guard and a happy rescue dog.