Our Coaches

Paige has been involved in the sport of skating for over 25 years. She is a double gold medalist in Moves in the Field and Dance, and passed her Pre-Silver Freestyle, and Silver Solo Free Dance. She grew up in the Greater Cincinnati area and competed in singles and solo dance throughout her childhood. In high school, Paige joined the Oxford Ice Crystals synchro team and discovered her passion for the discipline. Upon graduating high school, she attended Miami University and was a member of the Junior and Collegiate Varsity Synchronized Skating Teams. During her senior year, Paige began coaching and started with the Intro to Synchro team at Goggin. After graduating from Miami in 2019, Paige became a teacher full-time and continued coaching on nights and weekends. She has coached synchro teams ranging in levels from Aspire to Intermediate for 6 years with both Miami Skating Academy and the Indian Hill Winter Club. Paige is excited to continue to see the TPE family grow and succeed!  

Maria has been involved in skating for about 20 years! She is a gold medalist in moves in the field, partnered pattern ice dance, and solo free dance. She grew up skating in the Washington DC area as a member of National Blades, Capitol Steps, and Team Delaware. Maria attended Miami University earning degrees in Mathematics and Mathematics Education in 2020 and a Masters of Arts in Teaching in 2023. During her undergraduate years, she was a member of the Junior and Collegiate Varsity Synchronized Skating teams. She is a two time bronze medalist and 2019 national champion. After graduating, Maria began teaching at Talawanda High School and coaching Miami’s Open Collegiate Synchronized Skating team. During her tenure the team has won 3 Midwestern Championships. Last season Maria guest coached with TPE and is looking forward to transitioning to being a full time coach this season and continue to grow with the team!

Dorothi grew up on the west coast in Scottsdale, Arizona and migrated here to the Midwest about 35 years ago. She has been involved in many of the areas of figure skating, including competing as an elite skater, touring with professional ice shows, running skating schools and coaching many skaters through testing and competitions.

Dorothi was a National and International Partnered Ice Dance competitor. She has her U.S. Figure Skating Gold Medals in Figures, Partnered Pattern Dance, Partnered Free Dance as well as Partnered International Dances. She has been coaching since 1989 and also skated in professional ice shows performing as a principal adagio (pair) skater. Dorothi has her Master Ratings in Moves in the Field (now Skating Skills), Partnered Dance, Partnered Free Dance, Figures, Group Instruction and Program Director. While working through her ratings she also acquired her PSA Level III Ranking and has served on the Professional Skater’s Association Board’s Executive Committee as Second Vice President. During her tenure with PSA she also served as the chair for Dance on the Ratings Committee as well as PSA State Workshops.

Dorothi has always loved the process of learning more to help her skaters become better athletes and give them quality instruction.

Always a strong advocate of a positive training environment, Dorothi strives to make sure coaches, skaters and skater’s parents work together to create a foundation of trust and work toward what is best for each skater and their needs.