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eddie Gomez
MAIN STAGE TIME
sunday 10:00AM - 10:40AM
MONDAY 10:00AM - 10:40AM
Eddie “Stainer954” Gomez is El Patron’s elite international platform artist. Mr. Gomez is a native of Hollywood,
Florida. His immense passion for barbering began as early as middle school and later led him to orchestrating
free haircuts to his peers and classmates. Immediately following High School graduation, he enrolled himself
in Hollywood Institute of Beauty Careers, where he obtained a Master Barber License.
In 2011, he founded Florida’s Greatest Barbershop in Davie, Florida where he hosts an elite clientele of NFL,
NBA and MLB players, in addition to some of the hottest artists in the music industry. When he isn’t busy blazing
the globe with El Patron, Mr. Gomez hosts and judges barbering battles throughout the United States.
J DILLARD
MAIN STAGE TIME
sunday 11:00AM - 11:40AM
MONDAY 11:00AM - 11:40AM
JD calls himself the ‘barberprenuer’ which spins from his life of being a barber and an entrepreneur. He is former
shop owner and Managing Partner of ConAllegiance, which is a consulting firm based out of Atlanta, GA.
JD is a master barber, a certified consultant and industry leader with fresh edge cutting ideas that will continue
to help the fast growing barbering industry.
John Dillard, known as “JD” in the industry, started cutting his own hair at the age of 10 after getting haircuts
from his mother. After trials and tribulations JD started to professionally cut hair in 1999 and became a shop
owner while attending college at Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, Alabama shortly after that.
YANCEY EDWARDS
MAIN STAGE TIME
sunday 12:00PM - 12:40PM
MONDAY 12:00PM - 12:40PM
Emmy Nominated Yancey Edwards knows hair. From braids to weaves and color in between, this man with
the gifted hands lights up the room with his creative energy upon entry.
Since 1997, Yancey has been trained by some of the leaders in the hair industry such as Paul Mitchell, Farouk
and Aveda, while also specializing in hair replacement. He has also been mentored by industry greats such as
Andrea Cheese, Barry Fletcher, Daniel Green, Eric Von Lockhart, Mary Swann, Olive Benson and Q Hardy.
Yancey has also lent his expertise while traveling the country teaching other stylists in all major hair show
arenas and cosmetology students his signature weaving and cutting techniques.
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