Mitchell Dane Sonnier Jr.
**** ******** #*** *******, ** 77096 Email: ********@*****.***
Professional Profile
Results-oriented manager/educator with a proven track record for success. Excellent
communication and team building skills. Tactful and professional with all customers and
associates. Motivated and flexible professionally and personally. I have experience in policy
compliance at both the local, state, and national levels.
• Proficient use of Microsoft Office suite
• Extensive business related use of Social Media such as Facebook
and Twitter
• Experienced educator and trainer
• State Licensed Massage Therapist
• State Licensed Massage Instructor
• Previous management experience
• Extensive hiring and interview experience
• Basic Life Support Instructor - American Heart Association
Professional Responsibilities:
Implement, manage and oversee all aspects of a massage school.
Serve as interim Assistant Director of Education
Cooperative management of other departments.
Served as interim director for two other programs.
Manage a staff of instructors
Responsible for a budget in excess of 1,500,000 annually
Schedule classes and InstructorsOversee and ensure quality education of over 200 students,
preparing students for the Massage and Bodywork Licensing Exam (MBLEx)Manage all aspects
of recruiting, training, education, licensure, and certification of all massage therapy
instructorsCompliance of educational governing bodies (Tx. Department of State Health,
ACCSC, ABHES)
Design direct mailer and all implements of recruiting for distribution to over 4,500 local massage
therapistsDevelop mutually beneficial relationships with Houston area massage schools
including presentations, lectures and job fairs to encourage employment with Massage
EnvyManage all aspect of recruiting, hiring, orientation and training of all massage
therapistsManage continued training, education, licensure and certification of therapists currently
employedDevelop and implement new bonus structures for therapists
Teach all classes (when necessary)
Work History:
Massage Therapy The College Of Health Care Professions
Program Director Houston, Tx 4/13 - 4/15
Multi – Unit Director
Massage Therapy
Instructor
Massage Heights, Houston, TX
Texas Center For Massage Therapy,
Houston, TX
7/12 – 2/13
3/13 - 4/13
Massage Therapy Program Director
ATI Career Training Center,
Houston, TX
7/09 – 8/12
Director of Therapist Recruiting/Training
Glover Interests, Houston, TX
7/08-7/09
Clinic Administrator – Multiple Locations
Massage Envy, Houston, TX
12/05-7/08
Assistant Store Manager/Sales Manager
Guitar Center, Inc., Houston, TX
12/01-11/05
Education
The European Institute for Massage Therapy (Houston, TX) 2004-2005
Avalon School of Massage (Houston, TX) MT Instructor License 2009
Personal Information:
I have 2 children, ages 17 and 14. I am a 1st degree Black Belt in Songahm Taekwondo. I have
been playing guitar for over 40 years. I was an original member of Galactic Cowboys
(Geffen/DGC) from 1988-1995. During that time, I was involved in recording two cds (Galactic
Cowboys and Space In Your Face), filming two videos which aired on MTV’s Headbanger’s
Ball, and appeared in one major motion picture (Airheads), starring Adam Sandler, Steve
Buchemi and Brenden Fraser. Occasionally, I play with my brother, Len, in the Sonnier Brothers’
Band. We have opened for such acts as: the Allman Brothers Band, Arcangels, Storyville,
Aerosmith, John Mellencamp, Omar and the Howlers, the Marshall Tucker Band, King’s X, and
countless others.
References
References are available upon request.