2020 Coaches

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Stephanie Brown

Head Coach & Selector
Aspen Team Divaettes Coach

Hometown Methven
Home Resort Snowmass
Nationality Kiwi
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​Years Coached 2005-Present
Teaching Qualifications/Experience

• Ski Instructor Northern and Southern Hemisphere winters 1982- Present
• Retired PSIA Examiner
• Aspen Ski Co Trainer
• NZSIA Examiner 1988 – Present
• NZSIA Course Manager 2007-Present
• NZSIA Interski Teams 2003, 2007 & 2011

Synchro Experience

• Competed at World Syncro Ski Champs 1990,1992, 1993
• Aspen Team Diva Coach 2005-Present

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Dave Grogan

Technical Advisor
Aspen Team Divaettes Coach
AWSC Chief of Course

Hometown Methven
Home Resort Snowmass
Nationality Kiwi

Years Coached 2017-Present
Teaching Qualifications & Experience

• CSIA level 3 CSCF 2, CSIA children examiner, NZSIA Level 3, Coach, National TD
• 25 years of teaching in USA ,Canada and NZ

​Synchro Experience

• AWSC Chief of Course for 10 years
• Technical Advisor to the Aspen Divas, 2011-Present

Other Stuff

• Dreams of one day building a deck

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Karina Alder

Aspen Team Diva Coach

Hometown San Martin de los Andes, Argentina. Now Aspen.
Home resort Chapelco, Argentina, now Aspen Snowmass, CO
Nationality Argentina-Austria

Years Coached 2018, 2019
Teaching Qualifications & Experience

• ​Full Cert/Examiner AADIDES and PSIA
• Teachine since 1985, in Aspen since 1997

Synchro Experience

• Former Arg. Demo team member
• Chapelco Demo Team, National Champs. 
• Member of the original Divas, skied with the team since its creation in 1997 till 2013.

Other Stuff

• Love mtn biking, hiking, and almost every sport out there !

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Jana Nohejlova

Aspen Team Diva Coach

Years a Diva 2016-2019
Hometown Prague, Czech Republic
Home Resort Pec pod Snezkou
Nationality Czech

​Teaching Qualifications & Experience

• Full cert ISIA Card, APUL and LSIA trainer/examiner, Aspen Snowmass Trainer.
• 23 seasons of teaching.

Synchro Experience

• First started synchro skiing in 2007
• 2012 Czech and Tirolean Synchronized Skiing Champion
• Since 2014 Interski Demo team member
• Telluride National Synchro Championships 2017
• AWSC 2016-2019

Other Stuff

• ​Jana fell in love with skiing and teaching and started chasing the snow all year round around the world. She also loves dancing, baking, mountain biking and her friends&family :-)

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Lucas Guinazu

Aspen Team Divaettes Coach

Hometown Mendoza
Home Resort Snowmass / Las Lenas
Nationality Argentina

Teaching Qualifications/Experience

• AADIDES LEVEL 3
• PSIA LEVEL 2
• IFSA Freeride Coach 1
• IFSA Freeride Judge 1

Synchro Experience

• ARGENTEAM Synchro Team - Competed at World Synchro Ski Championship 2016,2017,2018. 1st and 2nd place
• Aspen Team Diva Coach

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