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Meet the CAA Staff!

 

 

                   Text Box: Pam Raisher-Owner, Dance Instructor Pam has trained thousands of northland dancers and gymnasts over her 37 years in business. She enjoys her role as owner and business woman but she is a dancer at heart. Over the years she has trained with such dance legends as Lugi, Gus Giordano, Charles Kelly, Frank Hachett and most recently Wade Robson. She has also been a local actress and model for over 25 years. She has performed in radio and television commercials for such companies as McDonalds, Hallmark Cards, Wal-Mart and Sprint just to name a few. Pam has two sons, Colden and Jordan that she is extremely proud of and she loves Mexican food and the beach!

 

                            Text Box: Ryan Fearing “Mr Ryan”- Gymnastics Coach Ryan started his gymnastics career at CAA as a gymnast many moons ago. He has been with CAA ever since! He has been coaching since 1993. Ryan has coached a little bit of everything but currently coaches levels 1and 2. Ryan is a USA Gymnastics Pro Member and is safety and CPR certified. Ryan has a bachelor’s degree from UMKC in Psychology and a bachelor’s degree from Park University in Early Childhood Education. He also holds a Masters Degree in Teaching from University of Saint Mary. In addition to coaching Mr. Ryan also teaches Kindergarten in the North Kansas City School District. He also created and maintains this nifty website. How does he have time?!

                                         

 

 

                           Text Box: Karen Burec- Gymnastics Coach Karen teaches levels 4 and 5, including tumbling and our tumble team. She was a competitive gymnast for 5 years. Karen also danced for her high school and college dance teams, and was a member of the Kansas City Comets Galaxy girl dance team for 5 years. Karen is currently a Marketing Manager for John Knox Village and has been in marketing for over 10 years. Karen loves to travel. She just recently returned from Africa where she climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro. She loves the outdoors and would love to reach all 7 summits (the highest peaks on each continent) with her son, 3 year old husky chow mix, Spencer! He even has his own backpack!

 

 

 

                           Text Box: Jessica Cohick-Gymnastics Coach Jessica has been with CAA since she was 6 years old. She was a gymnast here for 7 years. She began her competitive career at 7 and competed until she was 13. She retired as a Level 7. Her favorite event is beam. Jessica is a full time student and Maplewoods Community College. She loves working with children and would like to be a nurse. In her free time she loves camping, going to the lake and eating Mexican food. We are fortunate to have her on staff!

 

 

 

 

                          Text Box: Stephanie Mueller- Gymnastics Coach Stephanie was born in St. Louis, and lived in Nashville Tennessee and Jacksonville Florida. She now calls the northland home. Stephanie teaches level 1 at CAA. She works with preschool through school age. She was a gymnast for 10 years, including competing at CAA for 4! She still tumbles on our performance tumbling team. She is currently a junior at St. Pius and interns at a local law firm. Stephanie volunteers weekly at the Harvesters Food Bank. Stephanie’s favorite food is toasted raviolis. Her favorite part about working at CAA is the great coworkers and kids.

 

 

 

 

 

                         Text Box: Niesha Tardie-Dance Instructor Niesha has been with CAA since she was only 3 years old! She danced for 15 years before deciding to share her talents with other aspiring dancers. She has studied dance with Wade Robson and Mandy Moore. She has been teaching for 2 years. Niesha graduated in 2004 from Winnetonka in the top 10% of her class. She was also on the pom squad for 3 years. Niesha graduated from Maple Woods with honors and now attends UMKC where she is currently the captain of the dance team. In her free time she enjoys rhinestoning and shopping.

 

 

 

 

 

                         Text Box: Rachel Folsom-Dance Instructor/Preschool Teacher Rachel not only teaches a variety of dance classes she is also a teacher in CAA’s academic preschool. She grew up in Kansas City. She began her dance career at CAA at the age of 9. She was on Winnetonka’s dance team for 3 years. She was voted pommie of the year and was the co-captain of the dance team. Her squad brought back a 1st place at state for 4A jazz. That has been Winnetonka’s only 1st place in pom! Rachel and her husband Jonathan have 2 dogs, Frank and Fetch. She has also been a hairstylist for 4 years.

 

 

 

                              Text Box: Mandy Pruett – Dance Instructor Mandy’s life has been all about dance in every capacity. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Dance, with a minor in Performing Arts from Lindenwood University in St. Louis, Missouri. In 2000, she was honored as the Dance Student of the Year at Lindenwood. Mandy danced on LU’s nationally ranked Lion Line Dance Team for three years and served as a captain and nationals choreographer. She also danced professionally with the Mid America Dance Company in St. Louis, Missouri. She is thrilled to be the current Head Coach for the University of Kansas Rock Chalk Dancers, one of the top 5 competitive collegiate teams in the country!

 

 

 

                                               Text Box: Macayla Witt – Dance Instructor Macayla or Mac for short, is a dance assistant and has been involved with our summer camps. Mac has been dancing for 10 years and competing for 4. She has dance in her blood. Her grandparents and dad were competitive dancers. She has a dog named Lady. Mac loves chicken and spending time with friends and family. She loves CAA for the amazing staff and friends.

 

 

 

                       Text Box: JoAnn Ross- Preschool Teacher JoAnn has been teaching young children for 19 years. CAA has been lucky to have her since 2006. JoAnn is married and has 24year old twins Chris and Andrea. She enjoys shopping, going out to eat, and taking walks. If she had the chance to go anywhere (all expenses paid) she would take her family to Europe. She loves Mexican food and Christmas is her favorite holiday.

 

 

 

 

 

 

                       Text Box: Diane Bruce – Office Staff Diane has been working in the CAA office for 2 years. She enjoys the opportunity to work with all the students and their parents. She enjoys working with the terrific staff too. She has been married to Carl for 41 years. They have two children Carl and Lyn and 3 grandchildren, 9 year old Madison and 2 year old twins Luke and Nina! Diane grew up in New Jersey and moved to Missouri in 1984. She now resides in Liberty. She enjoys a good pizza and in her free time she loves to read, travel, and of course babysit her grandkids!