Kim is a graduate of Drexel University with a Bachelor's degree in business with concentrations in marketing and finance. She has been happily married for twenty-four years, has two adult children and knows how much work and commitment is needed through all of life's ups and down to sustain a lasting relationship. Kim has known the Wards for many years and is considered family. "I have always admired the natural instinct that JoAnn and Steven have for matching people so successfully.” In the past fourteen years Kim has worked closely with hundreds of clients to bring them into the committed relationships they have sought after. "I feel so happy to be a part of these matchmaking miracles. I can say with all my heart that I love going to work every day; it's such an adrenaline rush to help people find their soul mates."

Ariel has a passion for Love. She has a relationship-focused education with a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Central Florida and continued to pursue her passion by earning her Master’s degree at Nova Southeastern University in Marriage and Family Therapy. She has always enjoyed working with and helping guide people through tough times in matters of the heart. Her broad perspective and down-to-earth attitude has been crucial to her ability to create lasting introductions. In addition to her experience as a matchmaker, she is also a certified Life Coach! Ariel has been dedicated to helping people find themselves in order to find love her entire adult life. With open minds and open hearts, Ariel is confident that everyone can find happiness and success in life.

Danielle lives in Northern New Jersey and is a graduate of Montclair State University. She has her bachelor’s degree in Family and Child Studies with a concentration in Family Services and a minor in Psychology. Through her educational experience in conjunction with her eclectic human service experience, Danielle has learned the different dynamics of relationships and what aspects make a relationship successful. She is committed to having a positive effect on the individuals she serves and is committed to helping individuals achieve healthy, happy, and fulfilling relationships. She is excited to help JoAnn, Steve, and the rest of the team make successful matches!

Trish grew up in Jupiter, Florida and attended Florida Atlantic University where she pursued a BA in History. After college she spent time living in New York and San Francisco utilizing her creativity and outgoing personality in various client facing roles over the years. Throughout her career she’s always enjoyed organizing fun, social, and entertaining events using her passion and communication skills to bring people together.

After many years of happy marriage Trish went through a divorce, and knows first-hand how difficult it can be to get back in the singles’ scene. She is eager to make romantic matches because she also knows that true love can be found again, at any age. Trish is now enjoying the next chapter of her life in Texas with her partner and soulmate Gerald, her teenage son and their two adorable dogs.

Amber is bi-coastal, born and raised in California and Connecticut with a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts from the University of Connecticut, Storrs. She’s had many successes in life from being an award winning graphic designer, to changing hundreds of peoples lives in the fitness industry as a personal trainer and group fitness instructor. She’s also matched many with the right career paths in addition to making many successful love matches; including her sister to her husband. Amber has an innate ability to connect with people and intuitively understand what individuals need along with a passion and objective to match compatible souls and find love. Amber is a single mother to a 3 year old boy and loves to teach barre and spin classes to stay healthy and connected to her community.

Kathleen has always enjoyed helping friends and family navigate through their relationships and ultimately find happiness. She is an honors graduate of Kean University with a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology. She has many years of networking experience, having worked with people from all over the country. Learning many facets of business has been extremely valuable to further her career, but ultimately helping others find a partner in life has always been top of her mind. Kathleen was born and raised at the Jersey Shore, where she met her husband of 9 years–where they reside with their 2 young children. She is beyond thrilled to be joining the Master Matchmakers team and vows to help others find lifelong happiness and love.

Candice is a highly skilled and accomplished entrepreneur, sales specialist, designer, and customer relations expert.  She has a wide range of expertise working with VIP clients, which she gained while working at The RealReal for 5 years as a Luxury Client Manager and then at Gemma, as a VIP Client Manager. While in these roles, Candice established expertise in product development, styling, customer relations, extensive research to identify trends, and client sourcing.  In addition, Candice gained expertise in public relations, marketing, and publishing while working at Conde Nast Publications and PR Consulting, a prestigious boutique fashion PR company. She also worked as a Fashion Editor and Television Spokesperson for Glamour Magazine. Her wealth of experience allows Candice to take a big-picture approach to problem-solving and business growth opportunities. Candice is also highly creative and turned her design hobby into a successful clothing line featured exclusively at the luxury retailer, Barney’s NY.  Candice continues to design one-of-a-kind fashions made from vintage and antique textiles for herself, friends, and family and finds this both fulfilling as a creative outlet as well as environmentally conscientious. Candice was raised in Short Hills, NJ, and spent much of her youth in New York City.  She graduated Magna Cum Laude and earned the prestigious Founder’s Day Award for Academic Excellence at New York University.  She has lived in Greenwich CT with her children since 2011 and is active in the community. 

Carol brings a unique and whole picture perspective to the art of personal relationships with a blend of a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work from the University of Kentucky, a Master’s degree in Public Health from Western Kentucky University, and post graduate work in Nutritional Sciences and Health Education. In addition, she is a Certified Wellness Specialist and Certified Health Education Specialist. As a former Wellness Director, she produced award winning programs, curricula, and publications for college students and faculty. Her teaching passion and expertise in dating, relationships, and sexual health issues thrives on bringing people toward healthy relationships and has a “tell it like it is” philosophy that fits in well with Master Matchmakers.

Carol believes that a healthy relationship can provide every person with a true sense of well-being and self-actualization in life. As a testament to this belief, she has been married for over 24 years, has a 18 year old son and focuses on being a student in life, listening to others and offering her years of experience in a holistic life-balance approach. Carol lives in California outside of Silicon Valley and loves to hike, bike, run and is the support crew for her husband’s ultra-marathon training and competitions. It is through these experiences of being part of a spousal team she has an innate ability to provide individuals the knowledge, skills and tools to be in a happy and successful relationship.

Stephanie has helped clients achieve success in love, life, and business through her insightful approach to self-improvement. As a well-established professional coach, working with clients nationwide, Stephanie gets to the heart of the problem quickly and offers inspirational, motivational and practical advice. Her clients realize their personal goals from this direct approach. Stephanie knows how to make “relationship work” fun. She draws from a diverse education and background; including a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology and Communications from Hofstra University, an affiliation with Columbia University and the American Association of Drugless Practitioners, and a graduate from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition as a Holistic Health Counselor. Stephanie has been notably recognized by the media through her contributions in books, publications and magazines. Her advice has been featured on Fox, NBC, Better TV, Newsday, The Denver Post and In Touch Weekly as well as various lifestyle websites. Stephanie is most passionate about teaching people how to have a healthy and happy relationship with themselves because she knows it is the starting point for developing a meaningful and rewarding relationship with another.

Tatoya discovered early in life that her passion was motivating people to discover their purpose and empowering them to maximize their potential. During undergrad, she gained valuable experience, serving as a counselor to both women and adolescence at various youth programs and non-profit organizations. She earned her bachelor’s degrees in Sociology and Criminal Justice from Rutgers University and a Master of Education in Counseling from Angelo State University.

Tatoya believes that the only way to reach true happiness and success is through the process of self-evaluation and introspection. She knows that the more we understand ourselves, the better chance we have at attracting our perfect match. She enjoys facilitating self-help groups and aims to support people in establishing and maintaining healthy relationships.

Though she will always be a Jersey girl, Tatoya now resides in the greater Atlanta area. There, she cohosts networking events dedicated to women and men who want to improve their love life and develop lifelong relationships. As a Coach with Master Matchmakers, Tatoya looks forward to assisting clients through dating challenges and supporting them through their journey to true love.

Jen earned her bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Sociology from Auburn University and a Master’s of Counseling Psychology from The University of Alabama Birmingham. She is a Master Certified Coach and focuses her coaching philosophy around the importance of personal development and mindset. She works with clients on understanding the power of their thoughts and how they can actually challenge them and change them. Jen is a devoted wife to her husband and mother to her three children as well as a tennis fanatic. Jen uses a heart centered and head forward approach, coaching others with compassion and understanding, helping them achieve happiness and fulfillment.

Masha is one of the many success stories of Master Matchmakers. In 2018 she was introduced to her soul mate who she is now happily married to and living with in Palm Beach, Florida. She is forever grateful for her own experience and wants to assist others in finding their true love.

Masha speaks seven languages and has had the privilege of living and traveling all over the world. She graduated from The University of Law and The University of Tourism in Slovenia. She always had an immense passion for both health and personal growth, so she went on to earn a certification in Nutrition and a license as a Personal Trainer and Aerobics instructor. To better understand how to motivate others Masha went on to earn a certification as a Master Coach from The Academy of Modern Applied Psychology in the United Kingdom and also studied personally under the world renowned life coach, Tony Robbins. Her life experience, outlook and dedication to personal growth and self-awareness has always enabled her to enable her clients to achieve greater levels of insight and self-actualization.

Jules has been a personal development coach for 14 years, helping clients achieve success in both business and love. Originally from outside of Washington, D.C, she received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology and Music at Connecticut College, and then moved to New York City for a successful 12-year career as a Broadway singer in musicals and operettas. After relocating to Sarasota, FL with her husband Jeremy, (whom she met online), she started a marketing business which opened up an unexpected worldwide platform for her to voice her down-to-earth, relatable advice. Her coaching style is inspirational, humorous, and practical, which she feels is the best way for people to learn and effect change in their lives. She published her first book in 2010 to help people with relationships in business, and her 2nd book in 2019, which is a humorous book for “Women Only” about dating and relationships called “Don’t Eat the Scraps.” She has been featured numerous times on ABC as a dating expert, as well as on lifestyle websites and dating podcasts. Jules is passionate about helping others to “listen to life,” and get out of their own way.

Jonanda is passionate about equipping people to be the best version of themselves, to realize their true worth, potential and opportunities while challenging people to grow and develop in mind, spirit and body towards the future self they want. She has 18 years of experience as a counselor and professional life coach. In her career she has seen over 400 clients, especially relationship focused. She has volunteered at numerous non profit organizations, developing wholeness programs and building it from the ground by equipping people to serve clients in need. Here her love and knowledge for wholeness, productivity and influence grew even more. 

She earned her bachelor’s degree in Psychology at North West University of South Africa and a Master Professional Life Coach certification at Certified Life Coach Institute (ICF certified). She is also certified as a Wellness and Nutrition life coach, Emotional Intelligence life coach, Neuro Linguistic practitioner, Career coach, Parent coach, Mindfulness Cognitive Behavioral coach and Diversity and Inclusion facilitator.

She loves calling out the gold in people while also challenging them to take ownership and create the life they desire. She believes the best practices for transformation is to challenge the self-sabotaging believes that are holding you back and exchange it for the thoughts that will create the future you desire.