Since l985, Dr. Joyce M. Knudsen, Ph.D., AICI CIM, Founder/President of The ImageMaker, Inc. has been an International Trainer, Author, and Mentor. She is internationally known for originating and developing the First International Home Study Mentoring Certification Program for Image Consultants, Worldwide. She is the author of several books, and has written and all seminar material on www.businesspresentationsplus.com

Joyce M. Knudsen was the first consultant to be awarded Certified Image Master (AICI CIM) in July, 2000 from The Association of Image Consultants, International, The Premier Association for Image Consultants, Worldwide. She is an accredited member of DETC (Distance Education Training Commission), and is qualified to serve as a member of Accrediting Commissions Examining Committees appointed to examine and evaluate Distance Study Institutions. She holds the coveted distinction of earning the IMMIE (Image Makers Merit of Industry Excellence) award 2001, the most prestigious award in the Image Industry, for Excellence in the Image Profession and The Award of Excellence for Education in 2004.

Joyce holds a Bachelors of Arts in Communications, a Master of Science in Business Administration with a minor in Communications, and a Ph.D. in Human Services/Psychology, with an emphasis on the Self-image. She holds certifications in New Directions, Inc., Myers-Briggs:MBTI, Inscape (DiSC)distributor, and Innermetrix (Hartman Index)and Distance Education Training Council (DETC).

Joyce has been featured in USA Today, Insight Magazine, Glamour Magazine, The New York Times Magazine, The South China Morning Press, Florida Today, and Women's World. She also runs two other sister sites http://www.imagemaker1.com
and http://www.personalstyleanalysis.com