Lisa Butler comes to IHWC from Sport Plus Cincinnati bringing with her over a decade of teaching experience and 20 years of skating experience. She has competed in many competitions throughout her career. Upon leaving her competitive career, Lisa was working on her intermediate level freestyle test, and had just completed her silver dance tests, as well as having passed her intermediate moves in the field. Lisa earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Communications from the University of Cincinnati with several honors.

She is multi lingual being fluent in three languages. She has several years of experience in Human Resources and recruiting for well-known companies here in Cincinnati. Lisa enjoys spending her free time with her husband and their two girls, Natalie and Lydia. She believes that skating is a sport that provides an individual with a strong foundation for tackling other challenges in life. This philosophy greatly influences her teaching style. She believes that paying attention to details and technique are essential to developing superior skating skills. Lisa is available Thursday and Saturday for private lessons.

Barbara Fisher comes to the IHWC from The Skating Club of Taos in Taos, New Mexico where she was the Program Director. Prior to living in New Mexico, she was a Skating Director/Instructor at the Summit Skating Club in Breckenridge, Colorado. Barbara has had many skaters pass Pre-Preliminary through Intermediate USFS tests. She has passed the 4th Figure and is working on completing the Pre-Silver Dance Test. Barbara has experience teaching classes focusing on Moves in the Field, Edges, Dance, Synchro, and Hockey. She has a PSA Ratings in Freestyle and Moves in the Field, has been a skating professional for 16 years and has had a 23 year career a Mental Health Therapist. Barbara is available for Private lessons M-Th afternoons and some Saturday mornings.

Katie Knisely comes to the IHWC from the Lou and Gibb Reese Ice Arena in Newark, Ohio where she worked as a Skating Instructor for two years. Prior to this she skated competitively with the Northern Kentucky and Queen City Figure Skating Clubs. Katie graduated in May 2008 from Denison University with a Bachelor’s Degree in both Music and Theatre. Katie has been skating for 16 years and passed her Senior Moves in the Field and Novice Freestyle tests with U.S. Figure Skating. She is a member of the Professional Skaters Association and U.S. Figure Skating. Katie has experience teaching group and private lessons in Moves in the Field, Freestyle, Stroking Classes and Synchronized Skating. She is pursing PSA ratings while continuing her education as a Pre-Med Student at Xavier University. Katie is available to instruct private lessons Tuesday through Thursday and Saturday mornings.

Bethany Vondran comes to the IHWC with a wealth of teaching and competitive experience. Under the guidance of Skating Pro Donald Adair, Bethany and her ice dancing partner trained in Novice Dance. She has also competed successfully in numerous Tri-State and Regional competitions. In addition to on-ice training with world-class skaters, she and here partner trained off-ice with two of Russia’s premier ballet instructors. Bethany also served as the Captain of the Bowling Green Horizonettes Synchronized Skating Team. In this role, she led the team to a fourth place finish at Nationals. She has attained the USFS Junior Freestyle, 7th Figure Test and will complete her USFS Gold Dance Test with one more dance. An experienced Skating Instructor for Learn to Skate Cincinnati, Bethany has coached many skaters participating in local Basic Skills Competitions. After earning her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Cincinnati’s College Conservatory of Music, she worked for ten years as one of Cincinnati’s top television advertising sales professionals. Now a stay-at-home Mom to Chase and Sasha, she looks forward to helping IHWC skaters succeed in local competitions. Bethany is available Monday through Thursday afternoons as well as some Saturday mornings.