About
The Professional Skaters Association International is dedicated to providing continuing education and accreditation to ice skating professionals in a safe and ethical environment. Our worldwide membership and educational offerings help to make us the largest and most recognized figure skating coach’s organization.
History
The PSA was founded on August 10, 1938 in Lake Placid, New York as the American Skaters Guild, just two years (1936) after the Ice Teachers Guild was formed in England by Jacques Gerschwiler, Howard Nicholson, Gladys Hogg, and Eric Van De Weyden.
On January 21, 1950, at the Broadmoor World Arena in Colorado Springs, Colorado, the American Skaters Guild was reorganized and renamed the Professional Skaters Guild of America.
In May 1995, the PSGA once again changed its identity to the Professional Skaters Association, International (PSA). With this new name, the association took on a renewed role in the sport of figure skating, but vowed to remain rooted in its 57-year history and ideals. The “birth” of the PSA reflected the changing scope of this organization’s activities and of the worldwide skating industry. The Board of Directors felt it was time to adopt this new name, acknowledging that the PSA is the world’s premier professional skating organization.
Our offices were moved from New York to Rochester, Minnesota in 1984, and in 2000 we built our beautiful, award-winning headquarters at 3006 Allegro Park SW. The exterior granite was mined at Cold Spring, Minnesota and transported to Rochester during construction in the summer of 2000.
Our membership consists of coaching members who train skaters from grassroots to elite levels of competition, as well as judges and fans of the sport.
Education and safety are the main focus of our organization. We organize many educational events each year. Accreditation is also important to our organization. We offer multiple disciplines of examination for our members who desire to be board certified in one of four levels from registered to master. Currently we have a membership of approximately 5,000 coaches worldwide, a staff of employees, and volunteers nationwide.
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Professional Skaters Association
3006 Allegro Park Lane SW
Rochester, MN 55902
Hours
Monday-Friday
8:00am-5:00pm CST
Staff
Executive Director
Events & Marketing Director
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Barb Yackel joined the PSA in 2007 as the Events Coordinator. She organizes all PSA event logistics for live events such as conference and seminars, as well as online webinars. Barb completed the programming certification and management certification with iAIM, and skating director certification with ISI University. She was awarded the ISI Erika Amundsen Award in 2013. Barb is a home-grown Minnesotan and a former Upper Great Lakes intermediate champion. Her skating career has encompassed many phases and her passion and love of the sport has led her to a life-long commitment of directing, organizing and developing skating. She has two wonderful children and grandchildren who bring joy to her life each and every day!
Coach Programs and Education Coordinator
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Daniel is PSA’s Coordinator of Coach Programs and Education. He has spent the last 20 years in the sport as a competitive athlete, professional athlete, coach, skate technician, ice maintenance technician, arena facility staff, and staff member of U.S. Figure Skating. He loves serving the figure skating community, and in particular is passionate about making technology simple to understand and use. As coaching education transitions to U.S. Figure Skating he hopes to ease the difficulties of the change by providing intuitive platforms and helpful support. In his free time he loves hiking and climbing the mountains of Colorado’s Sangre de Cristo range with his wife.
Membership Experience Coordinator
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Charmayne is PSA's Membership Experience Specialist and comes from an extensive background in hospitality and sales. Born and raised an Iowa farm girl, she moved with her family to SE Wyoming where they continued to farm and ranch. Having been back in Minnesota for the past thirty years, Charmayne enjoys traveling throughout SE Minnesota in addition to cooking, baking, reading, walleye fishing, and spending time with her family and cats Ole and Cy.
Finance Coordinator
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Donna Eggenberger is PSA’s Finance Coordinator. She worked for PSA between 2010 to 2014, left for four years, and has now happily returned to be on the PSA team again. Her duties cover all aspects of accounting including accounts payable, invoicing, cash monitoring and financial reporting. Donna has an MBA with a major in Accounting, Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology, a Diploma in Accounting, and 25 years accounting experience. When not in the office, you can find her exploring the small towns in SE Minnesota and SW Wisconsin. She enjoys golfing and motorcycling in the summer and skiing during the winter months.
Communication & Media Director
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Amanda Taylor has enjoyed her time with the PSA since joining us as an intern in 2005. She devotes her time to designing visuals such as PS Magazine and educational and promotional materials. In addition to design, she enjoys photography, embroidery, and reading. Amanda lives on a small hobby farm with her husband, three young daughters, and myriad of pets. Outside of PSA she is actively involved with refugee support, local animal rescues, rec volleyball, and tackling the never-ending to-do list on the farm.
Board of Governors
President
First Vice President
Second Vice President
Third Vice President
BOARD OF GOVERNORS
West
Phillip DiGuglielmo
Russ Scott
Mid-West
Andrea Kunz-Williamson
Jonathan Hayward
East
Jill Stewart
Kimberlie Wheeland
Members at Large
Peter Cain
Nicole Zawojski
Roxanne Tyler
Education
Denise Williamson
Ratings Chair
Cheryl Faust
Events Chair
Danny Tate
ISI Rep to PSA
Jane Schaber
U.S. Figure Skating Rep to PSA
Heather Paige
Summit Chair
Teri Hooper
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Darlene Lewis
Committees
COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Awards
Ashley Wyatt
Coaches Hall of Fame
Alex Chang
Professional Standards
Kelley Morris Adair
PSA Rep to U.S. Figure Skating
Kelley Morris Adair
Area Representatives
Gloria Leous
Hockey Skating
Dianah Klatt
Sport Science
Garrett Lucash
Endorsements
Executive
Alex Chang
Executive Nominating
Alex Chang
Finance
Lisa Hernand
Nominating
Alex Chang
Accelerated Coaching Partnerships
Deborah Leitner Jones
PSA Rep to ISI
Gerry Lane
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Darlene Lewis
Adaptive Skating
Mary Johanson
PSA AREA REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE (arc)
ARC Committee Chair: Gloria Leous
ARC Vice Chair: Lisa Reibly
Area 1
Tracey Seliga-O’Brien
Area 2
Kimberlie Wheeland
Area 3
Andrea Kunz-Williamson
Area 4
Jill Stewart
Area 5
Angela Roesch-Davis
Area 6
Maude White
Area 7
Nicole Gaboury
Area 8
Jackie Timm
Area 9
Mary Anne Williamson
Area 10
Francesca Supple
Area 11
Charmin Savoy
Area 12
Roxanne Tyler
Area 13
Liz Egetoe
Area 14
Marylill Elbe
Area 15
Tiffany McNeil
Area 16
Russ Scott
Area 17
Martha Harding
Past PSA Presidents
