Santee on Skates

Dr. Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleave is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at Brown University and an affiliated faculty with the American Bar Foundation in Chicago, Illinois, She is the award-winning author of the book, "Crook County: Racism and Injustice in America's Largest Criminal Court." She is a Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University and is a...

Liz Mangelsdorf is the Managing Director of Ice Sports Industries (ISI)

Janice Forbes is the first woman President of Ice Sports Industries (ISI)

Jenni N. Meno is an American former competitive pair skater. With her husband Todd Sand, she is the 1998 World silver medalist, a two-time World bronze medalist (1995, 1996), and a three-time U.S. national champion (1994–96). Meno first partnered with Scott Wendland and won two medals at the U.S. Championships. She began skating with her future husband Todd Sand in April 1992. They competed in two...

Sinead Houston Kerr is a Scottish former competitive ice dancer who represented Great Britain. She teamed up with her brother John Kerr in 2000. They are two-time (2009, 2011) European bronze medalists and the 2004–2010 British national champions. They placed 10th at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, and 8th at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Grant W. Marsh...

Michael Santee is David’s younger son, a former Captain in the U.S. Army, and played hockey for several minor league teams and West Point.

Christopher Santee is David’s older son and an analytical scientist for Aquestive Therapeutics.

Michael Mersch, Jr. is an American professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing with the Rochester Americans in the American Hockey League (AHL). He was selected by the Los Angeles Kings in the 4th round (110th overall) of the 2011 NHL Entry Draft. Mersch previously played collegiate hockey for the Wisconsin Badgers in the NCAA Men's Division I Big Ten Conference. In his senior year, M...

Eric Levine is an American hockey player. He is a journeyman goalie who has played for 16 teams in 8 years as a professional. Eric also owns the Midwest Goalie Academy.

Max Aaron is an American former figure skater. He is the 2013 U.S. national champion, the 2015 Skate America champion, the 2011 U.S. national junior champion, and a three-time U.S. International Classic champion (2012, 2013, and 2014).

Rockne Brubaker, II is an American former competitive pair skater. With Keauna McLaughlin, he is the 2010 Four Continents silver medalist, the 2007 World Junior champion, and a two-time (2008–2009) U.S. national champion. With Mary Beth Marley, he is the 2012 Four Continents bronze medalist and 2012 U.S. silver medalist. Stefania Berton is an Italian former competitive pair skater. With partner On...

Elyse Matsumoto is Chair of the Dance Development and Technical Committee of U.S. Figure Skating, an International Ice Dance Judge, and Senior Marketing Coordinator for the New England Sports Network (NESN).

Charlie Cyr is an ISU Championship judge in singles, pairs, and ice dance, and an ISU Technical Controller in singles and pairs.

The Kwan Sisters - Michelle Kwan is an American retired figure skater. She is a two-time Olympic medalist (silver in 1998, bronze in 2002), a five-time World champion (1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003) and a nine-time U.S. champion (1996, 1998–2005). She is tied with Maribel Vinson for the all-time National Championship record. She competed at the senior level for over a decade and is the most decorat...

Philip Hersh spent 28 years as Olympic sports writer for the Chicago Tribune and has gone on to write about the Olympics and figure skating for icenetwork and NBC Olympics. He has covered 19 Olympics -- 11 Winter and 8 Summer -- seven soccer World Cups (four men, three women), 35 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, 20 World Figure Skating Championships, 12 World Track and Field Championships, two P...

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Mark Ladwig is an American former competitive pair skater. He is best known for his partnership with Amanda Evora, with whom he competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics, placing tenth. They won bronze at an ISU Grand Prix event, the 2010 Cup of Russia, and two U.S. national silver medals. He later skated with Lindsay Davis for one season.

Linda Fratianne is an American former figure skater known for winning two World Championship titles (1977, 1979), four consecutive U.S. Championships (1977–1980), and a silver medal in the 1980 Winter Olympics. After the 1980 season, Fratianne retired from competitive skating and performed in touring shows, including ten years as a lead skater of Disney on Ice. In 1993, she was inducted into the U...

Patrick Chan is a Canadian former competitive figure skater. He is a 2018 Olympic gold medallist in the team event, 2014 Olympic silver medallist in the men's and team events, a three-time World champion (2011, 2012, 2013), a two-time Grand Prix Final champion (2010 and 2011), a three-time Four Continents champion (2009, 2012, 2016), and a ten-time Canadian national champion (2008–2014, 2016–2018)...

Jordan Mann is a former figure skater and a nationally-certified coach for figure skating, speed skating, and hockey. He is the Facility Supervisor at the Oakton Sports Complex in Park Ridge, Illinois. He is the 8U Hockey Director for the Northern Express Hockey Association, as well as the head coach for the Express 2012 CSDHL team. He has won two AA state titles as an assistant coach focusing on...

Todd Eldredge is an American former competitive figure skater. He is the 1996 World champion, a six-time U.S. national champion (1990, 1991, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2002), a three-time Olympian (1992, 1998, 2002), and a six-time World medalist.

Christopher Knierim is an American former pair skater. With his wife, Alexa Scimeca Knierim, he is a 2018 Olympic bronze medalist in the figure skating team event, a two-time Four Continents medalist (2016 silver, 2014 bronze), a three-time Grand Prix medalist, and a three-time U.S. National Champion (2015, 2018, 2020). At the 2018 Winter Olympics, the Knierims became the first American pair, and...

John Misha Petkevich is an American former figure skater. He is the 1971 U.S. national champion and North American champion. He placed 6th at the 1968 Winter Olympics and 5th at the 1972 Winter Olympics. His best finish at the World Championships was 4th in 1972; he placed 5th in 1969, 1970, and 1971. In 1972, he won the gold medal at the World University Games. He was composer-in-residence at Eli...

Sarah Kawahara is a Canadian figure skater and choreographer who has won two Emmy Awards. She joined the Ice Capades at age 17 and skated with them for seven years. In 1997, she became the first skater to win the Best Choreography Emmy Award, receiving the award for Scott Hamilton Upside Down. She won her second Emmy in 2002 for choreographing the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2002 Winter...

Carol Heiss Jenkins and Hayes Jenkins. Heiss is an American former figure skater and actress. Competing in ladies' singles, she became the 1960 Olympic champion, the 1956 Olympic silver medalist, and a five-time World champion (1956–1960). Between 1957 and 1960, Heiss dominated women's figure skating. She was the World and U.S. Champion each year, and at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, C...