Don Mitchell (Director)

Don competed with his sister, Lorene, and trained under Peter Burrows and Ron Ludington, both World and Olympic coaches. In Junior Pairs, they won the North Atlantics Regional Championships, Eastern Sectional Championships and the United States National Championships all in the same year. After being the number 1 ranked Junior Pair team in the country, they were selected by the United States Figure Association to represent the United States in the Junior World Championships, which were held in France, they won the silver medal. In Senior Pairs they won North Atlantics, Easterns and placed 4th in the United States Nationals Championships. They then performed for three years as the pair soloist of Ice Capades.

Don then went to law school and practiced as an attorney in New York City. He has taught figure skating for 25 years with his students qualifying to compete in the State Games of America, Eastern Sectional Championships, and the United States Junior National Championships. He has implemented and directed the skating school programs at Niagara University Ice Complex and Hockey Outlet Ice Complex for the last 11 years.

Sue Mitchell

Sue trained under Ellen Burka and Bernard Ford, both World and Olympic coaches. Sue is a triple Canadian Gold Medalist, as she has obtained her gold medal in dance, figures and freestyle. Sue was a member of the Canada Games Team. She performed with Ice Capades for four years, and was the understudy for Dorothy Hamill. Sue was a guest performer on two television shows, Stars on Ice and Dorothy Hamill Spectacular

Sue has taught figure skating for 25 years and has had students compete in North Atlantics, Easterns, United States Nationals and Junior Nationals.

Chelsee Cwalina

Chelsee has been skating since she was 6 years old. She has reached the Novice freeskating level and the intermediate level in pairs. Chelsee was a 3 time Junior Olympic competitor, ranking as high as 4th in pairs and 10th in singles. She has been coaching for 4 years and is a member of the Professional Skaters' Association.

Some of Chelsee's amateur achievements are as follows:
-North Atlantic competitor from 1995-2002
-1995 Juvenile Pairs North Atlantic Regional Champioships(hereinafter"North Atlantic") 3rd place
-1996 Open Juvenile Pairs North Atlantic Champion
-1998 Juvenile Ladies North Atlantic Champion
-1998 Intermediate Pairs North Atlantic Champion
-1999 Empire State Games Intermediate Champion
 

Dawn Cassell

Dawn has been skating since she was 3 years old. She has achieved the United States Figure Association Gold Medal in Freestyle and Moves in the Field. She has also achieved the Canadian Figure Skating Association Gold Medal in Freestyle. Dawn has coached for 3 years and is a member of the Professional Skaters' Association.

Some of Dawn's amateur achievements are as follows:
-2003-2005 North Atlantic Senior Ladies competitor
-2005 United States Collegiate Championships competitor
-2006 Empire State Games Open Senior Ladies 2nd place
-2005 Empire State Games Senior Ladies 3rd Place
-2003 Empire State Games Senior Ladies 5th Place
-2002 Empire State Games Novice Ladies Final Round