PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

North Star Figure Skating Club Westborough, MA

December 2011-May 2021

Group and private lesson coach

Yoga teacher

Group Coordinator 2012-2017

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Sharper Edge Skating School

Acton, MA

December 2011-August 2012

Group lesson coach

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Extreme Ice Center        

Indian Trail, NC

September 2006-December 2011

Group and private lesson coach

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Ice House Rinks

Charlotte, NC and Pineville, NC

May 2003-September 2006

Group and private lesson coach

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Show Choreography at Pineville Ice House and NorthStar Ice Sports

Intern Coach May 2003- February 2004 at Eastland Ice House

Professional Coach February 2004-Present

Special Olympics 2004-2006 at Pineville Ice House

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QUALIFICATIONS

 

• Professional Skaters Association Master Sports Science

• PSA Senior Group

• PSA Certified Moves in the field

• PSA Registered Freestyle

• Competitive Figure Skater from 1992-1999

• Member of 2006 and 2007 Eastern Sectional Adult Open Synchronized Skating Champions

• Member of 2018 Eastern Sectional and US Synchronized Championship Colonial Masters

 

TRAINING AND COACHING EDUCATION

 

• PSA Continuing Education credit hours to date: 200+

• PSA Scholarship winner to attend Conference in 2006, 2009, 2012

• PSA Apprenticeship- Certified Freestyle (Debi Leeming 2007)

• PSA Apprenticeship- Certified Program Director (Jennifer Gwyn 2008)

• Grassroots to Champions Seminar with Audrey Weisinger April 2004 and 2014

• Greenville PSA Nationwide Workshop September 2004

• Knoxville PSA Seminar November 2004

• Hillsborough Basic Skills Workshop March 2005

• PACE/IN March 2005

• PSA Annual Conference 2006- Charleston

• Indian Trail PSA Nationwide Seminar September 2008

• PACE/NC 2009

• PSA Annual Conference 2009- Orlando

• NC New Moves in the field seminar 2010

• NC PSA Statewide Seminar 2011

• PSA Annual Conference 2012- Boston

• Boston PSA Workshops 2013, 2014, 2015

• Kids Yoga Teacher Certification August 2016

• 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training at Down Under Yoga February 2018

• PSA and US Figure Skating Webinars 2019

• PSA Virtual Summit 2020

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MEMBERSHIPS

• USFSA Member 1996-1999, 2003-present

• ISI Member 1993-2012

• PSA Member 2004- Present

 

EDUCATION 

• Masters in Sports Science in Sports Coaching with a minor in Sport Psychology from US Sports Academy- 2015

• BS in Sports Management from United States Sports Academy- 2008

• 300 hour mentorship in skating school director’s office for degree May 2007-February 2008

 

OTHER

• Yoga Teacher Training with Down Under Yoga

• Former ballet and modern dancer (Northwest School of the Arts middle school, North Carolina Dance Theater Nutcracker production, High School Dance Company)

• Yoga practitioner 2005-Present

• Group Coordinator (250+ skaters in winter sessions) at NorthStar Ice Sports August 2012-May 2017

• Assistant to Extreme Ice Center Skating School Director February 2008-September 2008

 

SKATER ACCOMPLISHMENTS 

• Regional competitors

• State Games of America 2009

• Senior Moves in the field test

• Novice Free Skate test

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