Lilian Tibshraeny-Morten

Lilian was born and raised in Pretoria, South Africa. She started her career as an Occupational Therapist. In 1984, she received her certification in Reflexology through the International Institute of Reflexology. Lilian was the South African Director for the Institute from 1986 to 1998. Through the years, she has worked with Dwight Byers and taught Reflexology in the UK, USA, Europe, Singapore and Kuwait. In 1998, she immigrated to the USA to become the Director of Education for the International Institute of Reflexology in St. Petersburg, Florida. Lilian held this position until December 2001, and then founded JLM Educational Training. In 1994, Lilian completed her training in Acupuncture at the Acupuncture Training Institute South Africa, and was privileged to further her studies in China at the China Beijing International Training Center. She was fortunate to have gained valuable experience training under the doctors at the Beijing Acupuncture Hospital. This Acupuncture experience enabled Lilian to develop a training program for the Twelve Meridians and Five Elements Workshops, which she has taught in South Africa, USA, Zimbabwe and the UK. Lilian is also a Licensed Massage Therapist.

Kathy Ungerecht

Kathy lives and has a successful full time private practice in Anchorage, Alaska. She was first introduced to reflexology while recovering from a serious automobile accident in 1993. She was then reintroduced while attending The Canadian Acupressure College in British Columbia and went on to train with the Reflexology Association of Canada in 1998. Kathy travels frequently seeking continuing educational opportunities throughout the world.

In addition to being a full time reflexologist Kathy is also a Registered Jin Shin Do® Acupressurist and teacher. Kathy is presently working at the state level to pass a law exempting reflexology from massage licensure. She is also focusing her attention on starting an Alaska Reflexology Association.

One of Kathy’s many goals is to help educate the general public about the benefits of reflexology. Kathy is often called upon to speak at the University of Alaska and other professional organizations. She has been featured on local television news programs extolling the virtues of reflexology.

Her passion is to empower others by sharing the work with people of all abilities and from all walks of life, allowing them to bring better health and wellness into their lives and the lives of their family and friends.

In addition to being a member of RAA she has been a member of the International Council of Reflexologists since 1999 and the Jin Shin Do® Foundation since 1996.

Tom Marziale, Akron, Ohio

Director ACARET Board; Certified Reflexologist since 1990 (Edward Hanania, instructor); ARCB Certified 1994; studied with Sandi Rogers of Australia, Inge Dougans of South Africa, Bill Runquist of California; two-term president of Associated Reflexologists of Colorado; Reiki Master/Teacher since 1996; Opened Bridges to Health in Akron, Ohio in 1997 (herbs, supplements, music, metaphysical and spiritual items and Healing Center); Licensed Massage Practitioner, Carnegie Institute of Massotherapy (OH) 2000. 

Linda Chollar

Linda is a Clinical Reflexologist, an ARCB approved educational provider and serves on the Board of Directors of her state association, the Reflexology Association of CA. In private practice as a Certified Wellness Coach and Holistic Health Practitioner, she specializes in pain management with an emphasis on clinical reflexology for fibromyalgia. She has been profiled in print and media, and has published articles on reflexology as a complementary therapy.

Her career in reflexology has spanned 17 years in which she has developed and taught reflexology courses across the U.S for reflexologists, the spa industry, the fibromyalgia community, nursing colleges, hospitals, cancer center and hospice care. Linda has served as staff reflexology instructor for several massage schools and currently for Torrance Memorial Medical Center in CA. She has owned and directed a reflexology wellness center and a reflexology school.

Linda’s desire in serving on the ACARET board is to help our profession move forward with higher educational standards to prepare for new opportunities in the field of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM).

Kayte Nickelson

Born in St. Joseph, Missouri and residing in various places in Missouri, Kansas, New York, Florida and Georgia, Kayte returned to, once again, live in St. Louis. Having education and experience in entertainment and Public Relations, Advertising Design, Commercial Art and Graphic Design, Kayte has had an interest in various alternative medicine venues, becoming attuned into Reiki in the ‘80’s. As an infant of three months, she battled the Polio fever epidemic and with a family history of Diabetes became involved with The Native American Women’s Care Circle, a voluntary service organization whose many areas of focus include Diabetes. Kayte has since been an invitational speaker on those subjects.

In association with the NAWCC, Kayte became a Certified Diabetic Foot Care Technician with Neuro Care in 2004. It was her fortune to have the opportunity to meet and receive sessions from Paula Stone (owner and founder of Soft Touch Massage & Reflexology and The Stone Institute) who expanded her interest in CAM therapies. Eventually, with the gracious special permission of Dwight Byers of The International Institute of Reflexology, Ms Stone (a former graduate of that program) instructed Kayte in the Eunice Ingham Method of Reflexology. She continued her training and became Certified in both Reflexology (210-hour program in August 2006) and Therapeutic Reflexology (170-hour program in Feb 2007) at The Stone Institute, where she is in the process of being certified as an Instructor. She completed Emotional & Internal Aromatic Touch Training in 2006.

Kayte is currently working with various Certified Reflexologists to establish a professional Missouri organization, lending her skills, along with Ms Stone, to establish Public Relations and Communications Standards. Her business, Sweet Medicine Village has excelled in carpal tunnel syndrome, plantar faciitis and diabetic needs therapies, among others, and Sweet Medicine Reflexology is slated to become Sweet Medicine Massage and Reflexology within the next two years.