Our Coaches
Daniela Hewison
Director of Group Programs
Contact: headcoach@cranbrookskating.com
- Certified Regional Coach (Working toward Provincial coaching status)
- CanPowerSkate Certified
- Star 1-5 Assessor in all disciplines
- Star 6-GOLD Skills Assessor
- Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) through the Yoga Alliance
- Tests Passed: Gold Freeskate, Gold Dances, 7th Figure Test, Senior Silver Skills, Bronze Interpretive, Novice Competitive Singles test.
- Former Competitive Skater (Novice Ladies)
- 29+ Years of coaching experience
- Mentor Coach
Jessica Grajczyk
Director of Figure Skating
Contact: directorofskating@cranbrookskating.com
- Bachelor of Kinesiology- Human Kinetics with a concentration in high performance training
- Working towards M.OMSc (Masters of Osteopathic Manual Sciences)
- Canadian Society of Exercise Physiology- Certified Personal Trainer
- Certified Regional Coach (Working toward Provincial coaching), CanPowerSkate trained coach, Special Olympics trained Coach
- Star 1-5 Assessor in all disciplines
- Tests Passed: Gold FreeSkate, Gold Skills, Gold Artistic, Gold Dance
- Former Competitive Skater (Junior Ladies)
- 6+ Years of coaching experience
- Mentor Coach
Rosie Pallone
Trained Regional Coach

- Trained CanSkate Coach (working towards full certification)
- Trained Regional Coach (working towards full certification)
- 16 years of skating experience
- Tests Passed: Star 5 FreeSkate, Gold Skills, Gold Dance, Gold Artistic
- 3+ years of coaching experience
- Former competitor in the StarSkate Program
- Working towards an Associate of Science degree at the College of the Rockies
Lyla Bates
Trained CanSkate Coach

- Trained CanSkate Coach (working towards full certification)
- 13 years of skating experience
- 5+ Years of Program Assistant Experience
- Tests Passed: Star 5 Artistic, Star 5 Skills, Star 3 FreeSkate, Star 5A Dance
- Competes in Star 5 FreeSkate and Star 7 Artistic