The SOIT ~ Faculty

Virginia Tingley

Ginny Tingley is Co-Director of our school and the lead instructor of our Massage Therapy
Certification Program. Her involvement in health care spans over 30 years. Ginny earned a
Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and Sociology with a minor in French Education from the
University of Charleston. After receiving her degree in nursing (R.N.), Ginny held various
positions in the medical field for over 20 years. She entered the massage field in 1996,
training under Mona Schreck in basic Swedish Massage. Ginny later joined Mona’s team,
bringing her academic background to that massage vocational program. Continuing
education is a priority for Ginny, and she has studied with some of the masters of the field
in such modalities as in such myofascial release, neuromuscular therapy, medical in such
massage, eastern modalities, prenatal massage, active isolated stretching, Reiki,
aromatherapy, structural integration, ethics, applied kinesiology, therapeutic hot stone work
and teaching for the adult student.

As an active member of the NJ AMTA chapter, Ginny is involved with their sports massage
team, and local recruitment to promote chapter involvement. Four years ago, Ginny began
her volunteer work promoting alternative modalities with end-of-life care through the
hospice Care Alternatives. Ginny has an active medical massage business, and enjoys
extensive community involvement with and regular referrals from health care practitioners,
including osteopaths, chiropractors, physicians, physical therapists, fitness programs and
community health programs. Ginny blends her massage skills, anatomical knowledge, and
psychology of the mind and body, to present a comprehensive program that she has
developed for the entry level massage therapist.

ginny@thesoit.com

Charles Carpenter

Chuck Carpenter is a Co-Director of our school and the lead instructor of our Structural
Integration Certification Program. After studying Political Science at Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey, he attended the Rolf Institute in Boulder, Colorado, and became a
Certified Rolfer® in 1988. He continued his studies there, and achieved his position as a
Certified Advanced Rolfer® in 1990. During his time at the Rolf Institute, where his
instructors had been trained directly by Dr. Ida P. Rolf, he studied with some of the finest
instructors in the bodywork profession, such as:

Jan Sultan, Senior Instructor at the Rolf Institute
Tom Myers, founder of Kinesis Myofascial Integration, author of Anatomy Trains
Emmett Hutchins, founder of the Guild for Structural Integration
Jim Asher, founder of the Colorado Cranial Institute
Jeffrey Maitland, Senior Instructor at the Rolf Institute, author of Spinal Manipulation Made
Simple and Spacious Body: Explorations in Somatic Ontology

Over the next several years, as he developed his private practice in New Jersey, he was a
part-time Assistant Instructor at the Rolf Institute in Boulder, and traveled to Europe to
further his bodywork education. He studied Visceral Manipulation with Jean-Pierre Barral,
and Cranial Sacral Therapy at both the Upledger Institute and the Colorado Cranial Institute.
As he started a family, he stayed closer to home, enjoying a thriving private practice and
various instructional opportunities. He has offices in New Jersey and Manhattan.

An active member of the Rolf Institute, and the newly formed International Association of
Structural Integrators, Chuck has developed our Structural Integration Training Program
dedicated to the teachings of Dr. Ida P. Rolf. His superior style of touch honed over more
than 15 years of private practice, and his clear explanations of the anatomical and
physiological processes involved in SI provide our students with the opportunity to learn
from a true craftsman in the bodywork field.

chuck@thesoit.com

Elizabeth Aerts

Elizabeth Aerts is a Co-Director of our school and attends to most of the administrative
functions required to run the school and therapy clinic. In addition to teaching
aromatherapy, marketing and business practices, she enjoys her role as an assistant in our
Therapeutic Massage Certification Program. After receiving a B.S. degree in Computer
Information Systems, she attended Rutgers University Graduate School of Management,
completing her M.B.A. in 1993. She worked in commercial real estate banking, mortgage
banking and the legal field for many years before applying her organization skills as Office
Manager of AeroChem Research Laboratories, Inc., where she was responsible for all
financial and administrative operations, including compliance with Defense Contract Audit
Agency regulations. Her natural curiosity led her to expand her role in this small research
company, and she became involved in the scientific operations as a Research Data Analyst
and Technical Editor, where she prepared dozens of articles for journal publications and
materials for symposium presentations. She was instrumental in the successful acquisition
of AeroChem by a large international firm, following which she left to start a family in 1997.
Since then, she has worked part-time as a consultant to small businesses. After
experiencing the many benefits of massage and bodywork, she decided to attend massage
school in 2002. She is NCBTMB certified, and a Certified Member of ABMP. She has
taken continuing education courses in Prenatal Massage, Segment Reflex Massage, and
Principles of Structural Integration. She has been studying aromatherapy for several years,
and enjoys creating her own essential oil blends for use in massage oils and therapeutic bath
salts. Her love of learning and bodywork combined with her managerial skills make her
uniquely suited to our school.

elizabeth@thesoit.com

Richard Tempsick

Rich Tempsick is our Instructor of Anatomy and Physiology. He received his B.S. Degree in
Biology from Georgian Court College in 1990. He then became certified in Autotransfusion
technology, a technique for saving a patient’s blood cells during major surgical procedures,
working in operating rooms of several area hospitals. In September of 1991, he attended
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS), conducting research in the Department of
Pharmacology. During his time there, Rich co-authored published papers in the Journal of
Biochemistry on Nitric Oxide synthase, a brain enzyme. It was during this time that he
discovered a love for teaching and decided on a teaching career in Biology. He has been a
full time full instructor at the Academy of Allied Health, part of the Monmouth County
Vocational School District, since its opening in September of 1993. There he teaches
Anatomy & Physiology, Biology and Pathophysiology to students in the 9th through 12th
grades. During the summer, Rich teaches Introduction to Molecular Biology to the students
in the 7th and 8th grades. He is currently a graduate student at RWJMS in Cell and
Developmental Biology. He has been teaching Anatomy and Physiology to massage therapy
students for 8 years. Rich’s enthusiasm for his topic, his intellectual expertise, and his ability
to convey complex material in a simple manner make him a valued member of our
instructional team.

rich@thesoit.com