Meet Our Coaching Staff

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Jodee Viola is an elite coach and highly respected leader in artistic roller skating. A three-time World Dance Champion, two-time Olympic Sports Festival Champion, Pan American Dance Champion, and World Games Silver Medalist, she ranks among the most accomplished athletes in roller sports history.

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Jodee was named the 1990 U.S. Olympic Committee Female Athlete of the Year and received the 1991 U.S. Roller Sports Sportsmanship Award. She is an inductee into the U.S. Athlete Hall of Fame and the Northeast Hall of Fame.

​Beyond competition, Jodee has devoted decades to service and leadership, including nine years on the FSC and ten years as Northeast Regional Chairwoman. Today, she continues to inspire the next generation as an elite coach, leaving a lasting legacy through mentorship, excellence, and dedication to the sport.

Robin Orcutt began her coaching career in 1981 after retiring from competitive skating. She is a Level 3 Advanced Certified Coach specializing in dance and figures and has been a member of the All-Star coaching staff since 2022. Robin also is still a competitive skater and since returning to competition in 2013, Robin has achieved remarkable success in the Adult events at the U.S. National Championships, earning more than 30 national medals.

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Her coaching philosophy is centered on coaching not only skating, but helping skaters become confident, disciplined, and resilient with valuable life skills. She believes that those lessons can extend far beyond the skating floor and can shape a skater’s future long after their skating lessons stop. She does not have a cookie cutter approach to coaching. She takes the time to get to know her students and coaches them from a positive reinforcement perspective focusing on their strengths and helping them overcome their personal challenges.

She comes from a family who has very deep roots in the sport of roller skating. She is a member in good standing of USA Roller Sports, the Roller Skating Association, and the Northeast Region Hall of Fame, Robin is a national panel judge and serves as the Northeast Region Coaches’ Representative on the committee that reports to the Artistic Sport Committee.

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Skating is in Lisa Barsalona’s blood. A former 15-time National Champion originally from New York, Lisa relocated to Massachusetts to reach the peak of her competitive career.

She upholds a prestigious family legacy established by her parents—performers in the iconic Skating Vanities at Madison Square Garden in the 1940’s—and her brother, who is also a National Champion. Now a SafeSport-certified professional, Lisa serves as a coach and judge for both the USA Roller Sports (USARS) and American Artistic Roller Skating (AARS) associations.

In just four seasons of coaching, she has already guided a skater to a national title, effectively passing her expertise to the next generation.

Raymond Simas started his skating journey at the age of nine years old. His success as a youth led him to his career as a level two advanced safe sports certified professional. 

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For over 45 years, he became a strong, successful leader for youth and adults producing state national regional champions, leading them to the world stage of rollerskating.

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Throughout his professional/adult amateur competitive years 2004 to 2018. He has won well over 50 titles. With this and his years of service and dedication he was inducted into the Northeast regional Hall of Fame.

Raymond is a member in good standing with the Roller Skating Association (RSA), serves as a coach/achievement test judge for USA Roller Sports (USARS) and American Artistic Rollerskating (AARS).

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