CO Director

Elena Strong has over 25 years of skating experience, and over 10 years of coaching experience. Elena’s coaching expertise includes freestyle, moves in the field, choreography, and synchronized skating. As a skater, Elena was an accomplished synchronized skater, and was a member of Team USA 1 (The Haydenettes) in 2002 and 2003. Elena attended The University of Michigan where she was a member of their Senior Synchronized Skating team.

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Kristen (Roth) Paulson has been coaching figure skating for the past 17 years. She is a former Senior Pairs National competitor, Jr. World’s Pairs Bronze medalist, Junior Pairs National Silver Medalist, and Novice Pairs National Champion. She has coached skaters of all levels and ages ranging from beginner to Senior Level in freestyle and moves. Kristen previously coached at the Detroit Skating Club in Bloomfield Hills, MI, Copper County Figure Skating Club in Houghton, MI, and the Foothills Figure Skating Club in Littleton, Colorado.

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Karen started skating at 8 years old and loved it. She skated on a Precision Team as well as individual. As an adult, she skated on Synchronized Skating teams and on a Theatre on Ice team. She was a National Champion on both teams and represented Team USA in Spain. She pursued skating tests as a child, but also went thru all the adult tests plus a few dances! She loves skating and enjoyed watching both of her kids skate too. Her whole family skates! Karen says, “I’m very happy to be a part of the Livingston Skate Club, where everyone is welcome and everyone has a place here.”

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Holly has skated since she was nine years old and is a Livingston Skate Club alum. Throughout her skating career she participated in freestyle competitions, Michigan Showcase, synchronized skating, Theatre On Ice, Brighton High School’s figure skating team, and Michigan State University’s figure skating team. Her most notable accomplishments are competing at Nationals and Worlds with Harmony Theatre Company and she is a Gold Medalist in Moves in the Field. Holly has a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan State University. She could not stay away from the ice after graduating college, so she joined the coaching staff of the club where she grew up and fell in love with skating. Holly loves sharing her passion for skating with younger skaters and watching them grow within the sport.

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Olivia started skating at 4 years old and has since enjoyed a fulfilling career in the sport. Her dedication led her to notable achievements, winning the French National Championship in Solo Ice Dance in 2015. She also had the opportunity to represent the UK in Ice Dance nationally and internationally, and placed 4th at the Senior British National Championship with her partner in 2013 and 2015. She has also competed in Theater on Ice and synchronized skating at the Senior level. She started coaching Learn to Skate at a young age while competing. After retiring from her competitive career, she transitioned into coaching Learn to Skate, Moves in the Field, basic skills and Ice dance in France, Chicago, and now in Howell.

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Allison Phillips is from Brighton, MI and has been skating for over 18 years. She has competed up to the Intermediate level in freestyle and the Senior level in synchronized skating. She was a member of Team USA for 5 years, has competed internationally 9x, and competed at the Synchronized Skating World Championships in both 2018 and 2019 with Skyliners Senior. She is currently coaching the Michigan State University Collegiate Synchronized Skating team and is going into her third season with the team.

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Alissa first stepped foot on ice at two years old and quickly preferred laced skates to tied shoes! Alissa has experience in Ice Dance, Moves in the Field, Freestyle skating, Showcase, Theatre on Ice (Novice, Junior, and Senior teams), Brighton High School Skate Team (captain, 2 years) performing in ice shows and coaching skating. Alissa’s most notable skating experiences are competing as a member of Team USA with the Harmony Theatre on Ice Company at TOI Worlds in Spain and performing at Central Park in New York City. Alissa graduated from the Lee Honors College at Western Michigan University with a degree in Political Science. As a young skater Alissa fell in love with the athleticism and artistry of figure skating and she is so excited to share this beautiful sport with her students!

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Jamie began skating at Livingston Skate Club at 5 years old. Jamie competed individually, on synchronized skating teams and the Howell High School figure skating team. She began synchronized skating with LSC’s Rhapsody On Ice for 6 years under Coach Elena, until joining Allegro! Synchronized Skating Teams, where she skated for 3 more years. After graduating Jamie continued her skating career at the collegiate level with Trine University as a part of the varsity synchronized and intercollegiate teams. Jamie is grateful to be able to give back to the skating community by coaching where she learned to love the sport and hopes to be able to instill the same love into the skaters at LSC.--

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Kim started skating at Grand Oaks at the age of 3 and has around 12 years of coaching experience. She has always loved preforming in the ice show and has participated in many competitions throughout her skating career. Skating runs in her family and she’s excited to be coaching at her home rink.

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Lizzy began skating at Grand Oaks at the age of 12 and instantly fell in love with the sport. She has participated in many competitions, both individual and team, through out her skating career. She has been coaching on and off for the past 15 years, first starting as a junior assistant coach and working her way up. She took a brief break from the skating world after high school to focus on other interests, but is back and ready to coach!

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Carli started skating at Livingston Skate Club at 5 years old. At age 6 she began competing. Carli competed individually, on the Hartland High School figure skating team and on synchronized skating teams. She first competed on LSC’s synchronized skating team, Rhapsody On Ice for 5 years before she joined Hockettes synchronized skating team and skated with the Hockettes for a shortened year due to an injury. Carli is currently enrolled at Washtenaw Community College. Carli is excited to share her love of skating through coaching and is grateful to be able to coach where her love for skating was created, at LSC.

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Jenna Vartoogian has been skating for her whole life, and actually began at LSC. She has passed her senior moves in the field and is working on finishing her dances. Jenna was on Crystallettes Senior team and was a member of team USA from 2020-2022.

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Anna started skating at the age of 6 by joining a Learn to Skate class. From there, her love of skating grew and for the next 12 years she competed in freestyle competitions, showcase competitions, synchronized skating, Theatre on Ice, and on Brighton High School’s figure skating team. She also passed her Senior Moves in the Field and Novice Freestyle tests. Some of Anna’s favorite skating memories include competing in Spain and France for Team USA and coaching Special Olympics skaters. After a brief break from skating while attending Michigan State, Anna is now a special education teacher in Howell and SO excited to be back to coach at LSC!

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Rachael Razor is a member of the USFSA and has been teaching for 20 years. She is a USFS certified coach and is qualified to teach all levels of Freestyle, Moves in the Field and Basic Skills. She has taught skaters through Senior Moves in the Field and Novice Freestyle. Rachael was a USFS competitive skater for 10 years and has a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts with a concentration in Graphic Design.