Tami Krause has over 30 years of dance training and experience.   Tami was named Mrs. Minnesota America in 2003 and finishing in the top ten at Mrs. America.  She is a national award winning collegiate and high school dance team choreographer and dance team coach.  She is a sought after resource and consultant for dance programs, teams and studios around the world.  Krause has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Minnesota, in Dance.  She was nominated, by her peers from the Minnesota Association of Dance Team Coaches into their Hall of Fame and was also honored to be inducted into the United Performing Association Hall of Fame.  She is a certified dance judge – sharing her expertise on local, national and international judging panels for dance team, dance studio and pageant competition circuits.  Tami served many years as the Vice President, Director and as a consultant for major dance catalog companies and also dance education/ camp and special event production companies.  During that time she assisted with three major bowl game halftime productions.    Tami has been coaching professionally since the inaugural season as the Head Coach and Coordinator of the Minnesota Swarm (NLL) Performance Team and for over a decade as the Head Coach and Coordinator for the Minnesota Vikings (NFL) Cheerleaders.  Tami has been invited to be a featured presenter and keynote speaker at conferences and conventions nationally and internationally.  She is the owner and President of The Diamond Within, Inc.  Her most prized accomplishment is as wife and mother of three sons.