Long Island Barber Institute

Specialties

This institution specializes in and is committed to the training of individuals who will become professionals in Barbering and Appearance Enhancement to the millions in New York and throughout the World.

History

Established in 2006.

Christopher D. Felder, Founder of The Long Island Barber Institute, Inc. (LIBI), registered his enterprise as a New York State corporation in May 2004. By December 2006, all planning and development was in order and licensing as a private career school in the Barber trade was received from the New York State Department of Education.

LIBI is the only licensed proprietary school on Long Island offering state board practical training in Barbering.

Enrollments for LIBI increase every year. Accreditation statistics report 85% of LIBI students complete their required education prepared for immediate employment. May 2014, LIBI will celebrate its seventh annual graduation and to date all LIBI graduates taking the State Board Examination pass successfully — giving LIBI a 100% licensure rate.

Meet the Business Owner

Christopher F.

Business Owner

Christopher D. Felder, Founder of The Long Island Barber Institute, Inc. (LIBI), had come from three generations of master barbers and barber shop owners and had family members to learn from. Ironically, He never saw himself in the profession — Education and Business were his academic pursuits with teaching as a career goal. However, his learned barber skills, kept him financially afloat in college.

Receiving a BA in Secondary Education, Felder taught high school History and Social Studies but was soon disillusioned by curriculum limitations imposed in the classroom. He left secondary education but quickly found his niche.

For the next 15 years Felder worked as a Master Barber and part-​owner of Upscale Haircutters Barbershop in Hempstead, New York. Upscale Haircutters Barbershop placed well within the industry, winning The Best Barbershop of the Year — 2004 Choice Award by 98.7 KISS FM, one the most popular radio stations in New York.