Double Gold USFS Medalist from the Classic Skating Era. Marie comes from a long family line of skaters, (competitors, coaches & judges) training 5-7 hours per day in New York, New Jersey & surrounding areas where she trained with Peter Burrows (NYC), Fritz Dietl (at the rink he built “Fritz’s”), her mother Joan, who grew up & skated at Detroit FSC, Oleg, her step-father, from SC of New York & Princeton and a USFSA National Judge, her step-brother Andrew (1976 Olympics Ice Dance) and others.  

Marie represented NJFSC and Princeton FSC and competed thru Senior (Gold) Ladies Freestyle locally, regionally, & internationally. Her step-father had a stroke while judging Nationals in Colorado Springs and the family moved to Arizona in 1979. There she represented AZFSC (AZ Coyotes FSC) completed her USFSA Gold Dance Test w/ Bob Horen (in CA).  While attending Arizona State University, Marie began coaching at Tempe’s Oceanside Ice Arena where she began a Dance Training Program which included travel to LA to share her students w/ renowned Coach, Darlene Gilbert. This produced several U.S. Dance Champ &, concurrently, she studied, then later taught as Faculty Associate, at ASU— English Comp & Poetry. Marie received her BA in Eng Lit, 1990 & MFA: Creative Writing: POETRY in 1994 and cont’d to coach at Oceanside, till 1999 when hired by Polar Ice as Peoria’s 1st Skating Director while the rink was being built.  In 2005, she switched to only coaching.  

Marie has conducted US FIGURE SKATING sanctioned/ PSA and other U.S. seminars from 1999 to the present in the Phoenix Area and Santa Fe, New Mexico, had a long running TV commercial for Polar Ice along with publishing an article in US Figure Skating Magazine on skaters with adaptive needs. She’s also coaches the AZ Adult Skate Camp / Valley of the Sun Adult Skate Camp. 

Marie coaches Ice Dance and Skating Skills for figure skaters of all ages and levels, focusing on building strong fundamentals and confident performance quality. She emphasizes proper technique, including flow, body alignment, and edge control, to help skaters move efficiently and expressively across the ice. Her approach supports improved competition results and steady progress through U.S. Figure Skating test levels. Marie works across a variety of disciplines, including solo and partnered dance, free dance, skating skills, choreography, and freestyle, helping skaters develop into well-rounded athletes and performers.

• HILLSDALE, NJ 1971—1979