Jennifer Lindsey-Kilburn

Jennifer Lindsey Kilburn's Charmed Circle seeks to destroy the myth that "beauty is fleeting and charm is deceiving". Inner beauty is her focus and sincere and genuine networking is her drive.
She was born and raised in the inner city projects of Rochester and was educated in the affluent suburbs of Pittsford. This dichotomy or contrast of environments throughout her life has given her an understanding that "the ghetto means only where you live but gutter is how you act". The effects of residential segregation still remains today and many respectable, refined, professional and educated people reside in the inner city by choice. Negative behaviors cross all ethnicities, cultures, and socio-economic boundaries.
Lindsey-Kilburn opened Charmed Circle, Rochester's first privately owned charm school, March 23, 2003. She teaches others the appropriate behaviors required for particular environments.
As the creator of this Image Awareness, Attitude Refinement and Etiquette Consultant Company, Lindsey-Kilburn has traveled extensively and gained a sophisticated world view of life. She has successfully created and developed a customized curricula to engage youth, adults, students and professionals in the art and process of lifelong refinement manners and good taste required for the achievement of ones greater purpose.
Never a moralist or a criticizer of other people's standards for behavior, she uses professional interactive activities and instructive formats to teach and inform groups in relative terms.
Lindsey-Kilburn obtained her Bachelor of Arts in Fashion Merchandising from Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta, Ga. During her college matriculation, she began her first entrepreneurial endeavor in Rochester, NY, opening Golddiggers Exclusive Nail Salon, the first of only 1 of two nail salons in the city at that time. She later married and has four children.
Jennifer Lindsey- Kilburn has over 10 years of self study and research in the areas of etiquette, image awareness and attitude refinement (conflict resolution). She has read well over 300 books in these areas by such authors as Dale Carnegie, Napoleon Hill, Dennis Kimbro, Norman Vincent Peele, Harriet Cole, Emily Post and the Bible to name few.
She is a 2007 graduate of the United Way's African-American Leadership Development program (AALDP "Class of Destiny"). She has served as president of the ABC, Inc. Jefferson Avenue Parent Head Start committee.
She has well over 15 years of retail management experience and has received numerous corporate awards from companies such as Express, The Limited Inc. "Triathalon Sales Manager" award and Sterling Inc. ( Kay Jewelers/JBRobinson) "2007 Total Package" sales award. She is also a Certified Diamontologist.
Lindsey- Kilburn also has won pageantry awards; Ms New Attitude 1987 Rochester, NY and 1st Attendant to Ms. Freshman at Clark Atlanta University.
Her workshops have been conducted for such organizations as the National Council of Negro Women Inc.'s Metropolitan Women's Network, Urban League of Rochester's Kodak Youth Leadership Academy (KYLA), DreamKidz Leadership Academy @ Charlotte H.S. and Rochester After School Academy at Wilson Magnet H.S.
She is a member of STAR Polishers Community Coalition, has served on the board for RochesterAbove and attends the local TNT meetings (True Networking Thursdays). Her hobbies include fencing at the Rochester Fencing Club and Argentine Tango dancing which she has done for 3 years. She has also entertained the company of such notables as Sen. Hillary R. Clinton and the late Tupac Shakur.
One of her most motivating quotes for teaching the importance for learning self-refinement is as follows:
"Talent is cheap, you can buy it and you can recruit it. It is everywhere. The world is full of talented alcoholics. Education is not cheap but it's for sale and for hire if you have the time and the money. You can get your B.S., MBA or PH D. You can panel your den with diplomas. But the world is full of educated derelicts unable to relate to supportive roles with others. Attitude not aptitude (natural talent or ability, something quickly and easily learned) is the criterion for success". Dr. Denis Waitley