Board of Governors Nominees MIDWEST Lee Cabell / Andrea Kunz-Williamson / Jessica Mills Kincade WEST Brock Huddleston / Stacie Kuglin / Russ Scott
MIDWEST LEE CABELL
Ratings: MFF
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What do you believe should be the main focus of the PSA Board of Governors? I believe that the main foci of the PSA Board of Governors are: Being good stewards of the membership resources. Supporting the membership through volunteerism and shared knowledge. Setting the standard for ethical character in coaching. Planning carefully for the future to sustain the organization for generations of coaches to come. Establishing, maintaining, and nurturing professional relationships between PSA and other sport related organizations to expand knowledge and experience offered to members.
What do you believe the PSA can achieve in the next three years? Having been an PSA member for 37 years, I have seen the organization grow to serve the needs of more people and many different groups within the skating industry. However, with growth comes challenges. Facing these challenges and turning them into opportunities is something I believe the PSA has a great capacity for. As the industry changes, the PSA must adapt and change as well. While I cannot predict the future, I can plan and strive to put the organization in a position to stay ahead of change, and in many cases be the catalyst for change. This is still a “pandemic” time and hopefully soon to be “post-pandemic”. What do you believe are the three most important issues the PSA must address? 1. Keep exploring education processes at every level of figure skating, i.e., seminars, clinics, webinars, annual summit, super site, etc. 2. Bridge a gap between sport science theory and practicality of figure skating.
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3. Update the questions for the PSA rating exams more frequently with the current issues. 4. Keeping their members updated on the latest IJS. Do you have any additional ideas or goals that you would like to pursue if elected to the PSA Board? If elected to the PSA Board of Governors, my vision will be to assist the organization in maintaining and broadening its nationwide and worldwide authority on figure skating. Achieved and sustained through research dissemination, coaching assistance, best practices, and safety and health guidelines, I will be an active participant in advising, overseeing, assisting, leading, supporting, and promoting these and all aspects of the PSA. As a sport researcher and biomechanist, and ambassador of the PSA, I will continue to work with sport and exercise research scientists and sport and performance coaches to bridge the gap between research outcomes and practical performance coaching. In constant pursuit of excellence in best practices for performance training, I will network to gain and share information with other performance coaches, sport coaches, sports medicine personnel, and athletes for the betterment of the PSA and our profession.
ANDREA KUNZWILLIAMSON
Ratings: MFS, MM, MPD, MG What do you believe should be the main focus of the PSA Board of Governors? I believe the focus of the PSA Board of Governors is to promote and provide affordable continuing education to its members, strengthen and nurture relations with USFS, ISU, and ISI, and continually search for avenues of future growth and development of the organization.
What do you believe the PSA can achieve in the next three years? • Increase their utilization of advanced technology to provide more affordable and accessible educational opportunities for all coaches, grassroots through elite levels. • Continue to improve the standardization of the ratings process through examiner training, to provide a positive and beneficial experience for the candidate and examiners. • Promote membership involvement in all areas of the organization, to encourage greater investment in the growth and success of PSA What do you believe are the three most important issues the PSA must address? 1. Affordable and accessible educational opportunities to our members 2. Increasing membership, worldwide recognition of the organization 3. Keeping members updated and current with our ever-changing sport/rules Do you have any additional ideas or goals that you would like to pursue if elected to the PSA Board? I would like to further expand the educational opportunities for Skating/Program Directors in our industry.
JESSICA MILLS KINCADE
Ratings: MFS, CG Ranking: Level III
What do you believe should be the main focus of the PSA Board of Governors? The BOG is responsible for the management, administration and vision of the organization. They must act in a way that is fiscally responsible and place the best interest of its members in the forefront of every decision. Every member of the BOG should be responsible for contributing to the Board’s function.
