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In the Field!


New Field Reps Eager to Share the Benefits and Joy of ISI


We are pleased to announce our new field representatives, who will serve as resources for our existing members and educate potential members on the value of ISI programs and services: Lauren Hunt, Shanley Pascal and Mandy Whitacre. They are excited to be the voice of ISI in their regions and to help grow ISI membership.


Lauren Hunt


Skating Coach Ford Ice Arena Nashville, Tenn.


Lauren recently relocated from her hometown of New York City — where she served as the World Ice Arena skating director for nine years — to Tennes- see to coach at Ford Ice Arena in Nashville. She has 16 years’ experience in the industry, which includes eight years of directing programs and 16 years of coaching. Early in her career, she coached a synchro team that became the 2009 U.S. Figure Skating champions. She also moonlights as a professional musician (singer and guitarist).


Lauren was eager to be an ISI field representative because the organization helped her find so much success with her own programs and, therefore, she wanted to share that knowledge with other program directors and managers.


“I think a lot of people don’t know how many resources ISI has to offer,” she says. “I love the rink industry and connecting with the people who make it run. I’m excited to meet ice rink professionals all over the United States, learn about their own unique challenges and help them find new ways to apply ISI resources for success.”


ISI programs were Lauren’s introduction to skating. “I still remember passing through the basics and sewing patches on my jacket,” she says. “The rink I grew up in had a strong ISI program that kept us social and having a blast in group classes all the way into advanced freestyle levels, and I have so many great memories of that.”


As a director, Lauren loved using ISI programs. “They provided me with all the resources I needed for success, the ISI treated us like members of their family and my skaters and coaches loved it!”


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Lauren Hunt


Shanley Pascal


Most importantly, according to Lauren, ISI has pro- vided a wide array of educational programs that have fostered her professional growth. “As a coach, ISI has provided me with an amazing variety of ways to keep my skaters engaged and having fun. As a new director, ISI was invaluable to me for so many reasons. I learned how to run successful programs through ISI educational programs and from spending time on the phone with members of the patient and generous ISI staff. The ISI Membership Rewards program also gave me the resources I needed to take full advantage of everything they have to offer.”


Lauren will serve as a resource for ISI districts 2-5 and 18. She can be reached at Lauren@skateisi.org.


More Lauren


Education: Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre, New School University, New York City


Favorite Off-Ice Activities: Running, yoga, hiking, camping, making music and trying new recipes


Homefront: Lauren and her boyfriend, Anthony, and toy poodle, Lennon, recently made the move south from her hometown of New York City to Nashville, Tenn., and they are loving their new home.


Shanley Pascal


Director of Programing Lakeside Brooklyn Brooklyn, N.Y.


As director of programming for the past two-and- a-half years at Lakeside Brooklyn in Brooklyn, N.Y., Shanley Pascal oversees all programs, including skate school, figure skating, hockey, curling and broomball, and handles rink scheduling and contract negotiation for rink rentals. She also serves as pro- ject manager for multiple seasonal rinks on the West Coast. Previous positions include: distribu- tion coordinator for broadcast events, ISI District 3


Mandy Whitacre


associate district director, City Ice Pavilion skating director and a skating instructor for various rinks. She resides in Los Angeles.


“Lakeside became an ISI facility under my manage- ment, and the significant growth it experienced since then earned it the Outstanding Facility Award this past May for registering the most ISI Individual skater memberships,” says Shanley.


She desired to be an ISI field representative because she wanted to see her favorite sports flourish. “It is my firm belief that supporting the rink industry is key in supporting all ice sports,” she says. “The more opportunities people have to skate, the more opportunities they have to become fans of skating and of the ice. I am most looking forward to swap- ping stories and seeing how different rinks operate, the challenges they face and how those challenges are addressed.”


Shanley loves how ISI focuses on inclusivity rather than exclusivity at every level of the ice sports industry, from participants to instructors, managers/ operators and facilities.


“For the development of the sports that we love, it is pivotal that attention be paid to the recreational participants who make up the bulk of the clientele,” she says. “ISI does this by cultivating a very healthy mindset in the recreational participant, teaching them that success can be measured in many ways. Perhaps more importantly than that, ISI recognizes that the success of the industry is reliant on its facilities and provides unparalleled support to them as a result.”


Shanley, who grew up with the ISI skating program, credits the organization for encouraging her to con- tinue skating — something she loves to do — even though she wasn’t Olympic-bound. She also attri- butes her successful career to the ISI.


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