Meet Bela

Starting Smart Dating Academy is the best decision I’ve made (besides picking my husband of over 20 years)! I love love, and love helping people find love - or as I am famous for saying, “finding the lid to your pot.” I had helped so many people find love as my ‘passion project’ that I knew beyond the shadow of a doubt that this was my purpose on Earth. In 2009, I took the risk, officially unveiled the ‘process’ to the world as Smart Dating Academy, and have never looked back. There is no other work I ever want to do - and if you’ve listened to the podcast, my Instagram Lives or the hundreds of national media segments I’ve done, you know how enthusiastic my love for love is! A statistic I am so proud of; of our clients that have gotten married, we have had ZERO divorces. Our process is unique, with clear steps, and it works. It doesn’t matter what gender, sexual preference, race, religion, or ethnicity. Love is love and I couldn’t be happier to help anyone and everyone that wants the help. My heart is big, my experience is vast and I know the best answer for your situation - which is why Steve Harvey proclaimed me to be “Fairy Godmother of Love.”

So back to me – I finished college with two degrees, in Finance and German – and worked in Mergers & Acquisitions for one year, and then joined my dad’s business (he made Teflon for pots and pans – if you want to know more, ask me and I’ll share).  This is how I obtained my phD in Entrepreneurship (just kidding, I mean it figuratively).  All the while, I kept matchmaking people.  I couldn’t stop.  It was a thing.  In 2001, our company was bought by Akzo Nobel (the world’s largest coatings company) – and the rest of my family happily retired.  I loved my work there, and they wanted me to stay forever.  Forever ended in 2006, because I couldn’t shake this idea of building a NEW process that would help people find love.