NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR
REFLEXOLOGY EDUCATORS
ABOUT NCRE DIRECTORS
Jan Weal-Grubb, President
Jan Weal-Grubb, BSN, RN, LMT, NCREd and ARCB Certified Reflexologist. Believing reflexology connects people and our furry friends in a profound, caring, healing and balancing way. Practicing reflexology since 1996 and then ARCB Certified in 2005. A RAA member since 2008. A member of the Ohio Reflexology Association and serve as Ohio’s delegate on the Delegate Assembly. Received the Full Reflexology Certification (foot, hand and ear) from the American Academy of Reflexology. She has taught clinical and/or academia for reflexology, massage therapy, paramedic and nursing. Currently an educator for the World Reflexology Foundation (bringing self-help to people). Mentors have been many: Miss Finzel was my first in High School, Mrs. Wescott, an RN who was married to a Lutheran Pastor and next in the non-reflexology world Annie Tamargo, all these women inspired her to be her best and that she could do anything she put her mind to. In the world of reflexology there are also many,to name a few: Dr.Manzanares, Bill Flocco, Ko Tan, Dr. Martine Faure-Alderson, Sue Ricks, Touchpoint and Sally Kay. She is passionate about learning, teaching and sharing.
Sarah Preusker Gallagher, Treasurer
Sarah Preusker, NBCR, NCREd, received her reflexology certification from the New York Open Center in 2001, and the American Reflexology Certification Board (ARCB), shortly thereafter. In 2013, she achieved proficiency in the Manzanares Method and in 2017, her Masters Certificate. She is the first reflexologist authorized to teach this method which she currently teaches in Chicago. Sarah has had a long career as a full-time reflexologist in New York City and Chicago. During a twelve year period ending in 2020, she was involved as lead reflexologist in three National Institutes of Health randomized clinical trials. These studies were headed by Dr. Gwen Wyatt, MSU, as Principal Investigator and resulted in statistical significance for reflexology. Sarah was a professional classical ballet dancer from 1981 to 1998. It was a natural transition to reflexology for Sarah as she went from working with her feet to working on feet. That transition also included her passion. She is equally as passionate about reflexology as she was about her former life in ballet. To know more about Sarah, visit her website: ReflexFeet.
Donna Favilla, Director
Donna Favilla NCREd, ARCB Reflexologist, LMT, CLD, CCE completed her certification through the American Reflexology Certification Board and received National Certification for Massage Therapy in 2000. Donna was a co-owner of the Haddonfield Massage & Wellness Center in Haddonfield. This was the first wellness center in Southern New Jersey offering foot reflexology and prenatal massage therapy to pregnant women. Donna currently owns Perinatal Health LLC in Haddonfield, NJ, where she provides childbirth education for women, labor doula services, perinatal massage therapy, reflexology and professional training. Donna has regularly appeared as a guest on the WVLT 92.0 FM “Let’s Talk About It” program and on the RVNTV wellness cable channel and was a presenter for a 2009 “Finding Your Balance” seminar and for the 2017 Midwifery Conference (Reflexology for the Birth Worker). Donna is passionate about working with women and families to help them through their journey.
To know more about Donna, visit her website at Perinatal Health LLC
Mary Ellen Schupert, Director
Mary Ellen Shupert, BSN, RN, NCREd, NBCR is a national board-certified reflexologist and reflexology educator. She received her clinical reflexology certification in 1998 from the Ohio Institute of Holistic Health in Dayton, Oh. She is an active member of Reflexology Association of Ohio and Reflexology
Association of America. She is a past president and board member of the RAO. Her teaching background includes over 10 years as a nursing instructor in a holistic nursing program as well as the lead educator for the clinical reflexology certification program at Institute of Holistic Leadership in Dayton, OH. Mary Ellen has a full-time holistic practice in the Dayton, OH area offering reflexology, Reiki, and energy balancing. My goal and passion working with and teaching others to pursue optimal health using a variety of modalities. She continues her studies in holistic health, including workshops on reflexology, herbalism, and energy techniques.
Jasmin Jamal, Director
Jasmin Jahal, NCREd, RAA professional, received her initial reflexology certification in 2018 by the Healthy Soles School of Reflexology and is ARCB certified in both foot and hand reflexology. Jasmin’s first career and passion was dance, having been a professional performer, choreographer, producer, and instructor throughout Europe and North America for 40 years. She owned and operated her own dance studio in Chicago for 25 years. This background provided a solid groundwork for understanding body mechanics, alignment, recovery, and the appreciation of healthy feet. After a major injury that required surgery, Jasmin discovered Larry Clemmons and fell in love with the healing benefits of reflexology. He inspired and guided her reflexology training. Since 2019, Jasmin specializes in reflexology for cancer patients, working at the Cancer Wellness Center and the Cancer Survivorship Center of Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, IL. Jasmin also runs a thriving private practice in Norridge, Illinois. She is a popular speaker about reflexology throughout Chicagoland at libraries, health expos, women’s organizations, schools, and senior centers. Realizing that since Covid the Chicagoland area had no professional reflexology school, Jasmin’s passion for teaching drove her to establish the only professional reflexology school in Illinois which matches the high standards of approval by the NCRE. Jasmin puts her passion and her soul to all the soles she encounters. To know more about Jasmin, visit her website at Jasmin Reflexology. To more about Jasmin visit: www.JasminReflexology.com