Coaches

Kerri Brauner

National Coach Certified

  • Over 30 years of coaching experience
  • Coach of Quad Gold Skaters & National Competitors
  • Coach of Provincial Champions
  • Gold Figure, Dance, Free Skate Tests
  • Junior Competitive & Novice Pairs Tests
  • Provincially recognized for achievement in Figures & artistic ability
  • Master of Education
 

Paul Thomas

National Coach Certified

  • Over 50 years experience
  • Coach of Quad Gold Skaters & National Competitors
  • Coach of Provincial Champions
  • European, British, and World Champion Ice Dancer
  • Highest Test Level – European Standards (Gold Level)

Candice Cambell-Behm

Chartered Professional Coach

National Coach Certified

  • 25 years of coaching experience
  • Certified with the National Speed and Explosive Association
  • Community of Practice Member for SafeSport Canada and Anti-Racism in Sport
  • Personal Fitness Trainer at the Glencoe Club since 2000
  • Winner of Coaching Awards from SkateCanada and Skate AB-NWT
  • Coach of Quad Gold Skaters & National Competitors
  • Coach of Provincial Medalist & Alberta Winter Games Champion
  • Team Coach for 2004 and 2006 Alberta Winter Games, Team Leader for Western Canada
  • 2010 SkateCanada Best of the Best CanSkate Coach and 2011 Calgary Region coaching award recipient
  • Hockey Skating, Edge and Agility Specialist
  • Bronze Dance Variations and Quad Gold Skater
  • Mentor coach with Skate Alberta and Skate Canada coaching certifications
  • Star 6 – Gold skills mentor assessment coach for Skate Canada coach’s
  • Presented to Team Alberta and Team Canada athletes
  • Responsible Coaching Movement Member
  • Member of True Sport Canada
  • Bachelor of Science, Diploma in Physical Education, Personal Fitness Trainer Certificate
  • Masters of Science (Major: Exercise Science and Sport Psychology)

Josh Brauner

National Coach Trained

PowerSkate Certified

  • 9 years of coaching experience
  • National trained
  • 26 years skating experience
  • Skated internationally, coached by several Olympians including Olympic Champion Bruno Massot
  • Quad gold skater with partial diamond dances
  • 2 time provincial pairs champion
  • National level competitor in singles, dance, and pairs
  • Bachelor of Health Sciences in Bioinformatics
  • Master of Science in Data Science and Analytics (in progress)

Ashley Nishihata

Regional Coach Certified

  • 7 years experience
  • Triple Gold Skater, Partial Diamond Dance, Junior Silver Free Skate
  • Bachelor of Communication and Culture
  • Bachelor of Education
 

Luke Arbib

Provincial Coach Trained

Brenda Burger

National Coach Certified

  • Over 30 years of coaching experience
  • Coach of Quad Gold Skaters & Skate Challenge Competitors
  • Coach of skaters who went on to National, World and Olympic level competitions
  • Coach of competitive & StarSkate Champions
  • Quad Gold Figure, Free, Dance, Skills and Junior Competitive Tests
  • 2X chosen for the SkateAB apprenticeship program @ Skate Challenge
  • BC 3M Coach of the Year award recipient
  • Attended many Provincial & National seminars for athletes as well as Coaches Conferences
  • Organized Okanagan Mainline Singles Seminar which still operates annually
  • Ran Kelowna’s summer camps while in BC, large Ice Shows in Kelowna, Penticton and Lethbridge, and continues to run the Winning Edge Summer Camp in Calgary
  • Bachelor of Theology Degree
 

Carlotta Edwards

PowerSkate Certified

Provincial Coach Trained

 

Justin St Cyr

Regional Coach Trained

 

Jamea Flores

Regional Coach Trained

 

Emilia Banos-Rivera

CanSkate Coach Trained

 

Mikaela Tsang

CanSkate Coach Trained

Neda Ljaljevic

CanSkate Coach Trained

  • 8 years of program assistant coaching experience;
  • NCCP CanSkate Coach
  • Completed Star 6 StarSkate
  • Certified First Aid/CPR
  • Dance Teacher
  • Sailing Coach