How Committees are Chosen
The Association’s Committees are work groups established by the Board of Directors that serve as an advisory group and are selected from a slate of volunteers.  The Association’s Committees are comprised of individuals with pertinent skills, knowledge and expertise, selected by the Chairperson.

• The Chair of the Committee presents the Committee’s final report to the Board of Directors via the Executive Director or the Commitee Chair, recommendations are presented to the Board of Directors, (no decisions are made by a Committee, since it is the role of the Board of Directors to make the final decision.)
• Committee members are approved at the first Board meeting after each AGM.
• All committees end when work is completed

2023/24 COMMITTEES

1. FINANCE COMMITTEE (Standing Committee)

• Pat Twast (Chair)
• Dana Sharkey (Executive Director)
• Gail Slaunwhite (Financial Administrator)
• Cameron DeBaie
• Tracy Samson

2. HR COMMITTEE (Standing Committee)

• Pat Twast
• Angela Burns
• Tracy Samson
• Tanya Baker D'Arcy

3. DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE

4. REVIEW COMMITTEE

5. NATURAL TEXTURED HAIR COMMITTEE 
Currently not active.

• Tracey Crawley - (Co-Chair - Board Director)
• Tara Taylor
• Pearl Ejelike
• Kelly Simmonds
• Martina Brooks
• Bannita Farmer
• Princess Octavious

6. CLINICAL ESTHETICS COMMITTEE 

• TBD

7. NOMINATING COMMITTEE

• Jocelyn Melanson
• Dana Sharkey
• Tracy Samson
• Kayln Dwyer
• Kenny Malcolm-MacAulay
• Olivia Belliveau

8. TAC COMMITTEE (Trade Advisory Committee - NS Apprenticeship Agency)

• Jon MacNeil (Chair) - Cape Breton
• Tanya D'Arcy Baker – HRM
• Tracey Crawley – HRM
• Angela Burns - NSCC, Pictou
• Pat Twast - Apprenticeship Instructor
• Dana Sharkey - Cosmetology Association
• Bobbi Brooks - Cosmetology Association
• Lisa Silliker - New Minas
• Apprenticeship Personnel

In 2016, the Cosmetology Association formed a partnership with the Nova Scotia Apprenticeship Agency. Subsequently, a Hairstylist Apprenticeship TAC was formed in 2017, with the Hairstylist Apprenticeship pilot project beginning in March 2018. The program continued until 2020 (the program is now closed to new apprentices). There were 8 apprentices working towards certification in 8 salons through the two-year period. 

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Update 2021 - The partnership continues with a 2nd Apprenticeship Hairstylist pilot program. https://www.nscosmetology.ca/students/apprenticeship-pilot
Registration closed March 31, 2021.