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Inspire Coaches

Meet Our Coaches

We have an excellent coaching staff with many different backgrounds and skill sets. 

Emily Dehmer

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  • Founder and Director of Madison Ice Diamonds Synchronized Skating Program, 2010 - Present
  • National Synchronized Skating Competitor on senior and collegiate IJS level teams
  • Coach and choreographer of nationally ranked team for Wisconsin Inspire
  • Head coach and choreographer of 6.0 and IJS level Synchronized Skating Teams
  • Head coach and choreographer of Regional Individual Competitors
  • Supplemental Coach and Pole Harness Coach
  • Former Program Director, Madison Ice Skating School 2014 - 2019
  • PSA and USFS member, CER certified level A coach
  • B.S. UW-Madison, Special Education

Megan Edison

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  • Wisconsin Inspire Junior Coach 2021-22
  • 2019 Collegiate Synchronized Skating National Champion
  • 3x Synchronized Skating National medalist and 7x National competitior
  • USFSA Gold medalist in Moves in the Field and Ice Dance
  • Master's of Science in Clinical Nutrition

​Christi Wenger

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  • Former National level judge in Synchronized Skating
  • IJS Technical Specialist (NQ) and former National level Synchronized Skating Judge. 
  • Former Gold Test and Regional Singles Competition judge
  • Coach of nationally ranked teams for Wisconsin Inspire, SwanSyncSation, and University of Wisconsin Madison.
  • Selected by US Figure Skating as 2014 Project WIN coach for Worlds Synchronized Skating Championships
  • PSA rated in Synchronized Skating and Moves in the Field
  • USFS Gold Medalist in Dance
  • Masters degree in Business Communications from Northwestern University.  

Michelle Riederer

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  • Coach of Synchro skills teams for 8 years
  • Coach of Pre-Juv teams for 2 years
  • Coach of Prelim teams for 1 year
  • ​Over 30 Years of Coaching experience with beginners through Senior level

Lisa Henning

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  • ​Skating instructor, Northwest Sports Center in Baltimore, MD 1982-86· Skating instructor and Synchronized Coach, Waupun FSC, 1992-2008
  • Skating instructor, SCIS 1993 – present
  • Synchronized coach, SCIS from 2004 – present
  • SCIS Skate Director, Synchronized Head coach from 2010 – present
  • PSA Accredited instructor, member of US Figure skating, CER certified Level A Coach
  • Coach of Individual Regional and  Junior National level competitors, Pre-Pre to Novice
  • Coach of numerous gold medalists in Moves and Freeskate
  • Private lesson and Synchro coach of numerous skaters competing at the Collegiate and Senior levels with Adrian, Miami University, Crystallettes, and Skyliners
  • Head coach and choreographer of Synchronized Sectional Teams, Preliminary-Novice, Adult, Open Collegiate and Collegiate
  • Head coach of 2013 Sectional Novice bronze medalists and National competitors, 2014 national novice competitors, 2015 intermediate sectional pewter medalists and national competitors, 2015 novice sectional pewter medalists and national competitors
  • Associates Degree in Psychology from Essex Community College
Associated Coaches & Off-ice Trainers
​Bri Lear
Momentum Fitness

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