2025 staff 

Teaching Staff 
Leveled Workshops:
Ben Morris and Victoria Henk
Gary McIntyre and Susan Kirklin
Thibault and Nicole Ramirez
Markus Smith and Tren Veal
Ben and Cameo McHenry
KP Rutland and Bryn Anderson
Joel Torgeson and Chantelle Pianetta
Emily Huang
Matt Auclair
Demetre Souliotes
Tara Trafzer
Arjay Centeno and Malia Jameson
John Kirkconnell and Lisa Picard
Leo Lorenzo and Maria Bileychik 
and more to come! 

MCs: Sheven Kekoolani, Deon Harrell, Tara Trafzer and Joel Torgeson

DJ Staff: 
Ruby Lair - Head DJ
Aidan Keith-Hynes
Chris Singley
Liz Ravdin
Koichi Tsunoda
Jula Palenga
Khayree Jones
Forrest Hanson
Helen Tocco

Judging Staff:
Estelle Bonnaire - Head Judge
Debbie Figueroa - Secondary Head Judge
Demery Leyva
Kris Swearingen 
Jerome Subey
Lara Deni
Kay Newhouse
Nicole Zwerlein
Mia Primavera
Beata Howe
David Appel
Eric Byers


Scoring
SwingDancer.org
Alex Brand - Scorer

Contest Coordinator
Haley Hauglum

College Workshops:
Elizabeth Spann
Joel and Amanda Gorman

All-Star Intermediate Mentorship Program
Lisa Picard
Keerigan Rudd

Event Staff

Videography Team
Demetre Souliotes
Jerome Subey
Harold Baker 

Photography Team
Dan Sweet
Tien Khieu
Miquel Menéndez 
Philip Piersol

Social Media Team
Casey Margules
Rachel Lai 

Registration Coordinator
Kamela Carter

Work-Dance exchange (Volunteer) Coordinators 
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Jen Ferreira
Amanda Vasquez

Merchandise Coordinator
Paige Sandness

Hospitality Coordinators
Rachel Martino - Lead
Isabella Denise Espinosa 
Betty Garlington

Event Directors: Tracy Wang, Jay Tsai and CJ Caraway