Meet the Team
At Charlotte WestieFest, our goal is to create a swing experience to remember!
Each year, we feature our “Carolina-based” Team members, our “Regional” Team members, and feature a select group of fan-favorite guest staff members from across the US!
Our Deejays play the very best competition, bumper and social dancing music — all weekend long.
And the Emcees entertain and keep attendees informed throughout the entire event.
Professional Staff
Instructional, Competition, Emcee & Judging Staff
We are actively working on selecting our 2025 Staff.
We hope to bring back many of your favorites!
We will continue to update this Section as we confirm our CWF’25 Staff
We hope to welcome many of those who were here in 2024,
as well as others — both familiar and new — to CWF in 2025!
Our “Carolina-based” Team
Patty Vo * Michael Kiehm * Debbie Ramsey-Boz * Robin Smith * Jason Barnes
Malia Jameson * Jason & Annmarie Marker * Stephanie Risser * Ryan Boz * Nicole Zwerlein
Sharole Lashe-Negrete * Debbie Tuttle-Steffanina * Scott Campbell (Shag) * Michael Kielbasa
Skylar Pritchard * Jenna Shimek * Ryan Pflumm & Alaina Rogozhin * Natasha Smith
And, we are pleased to welcome to the Team….
As our Carolina WCS Community continues to grow, we look forward to introducing others as part of our Team!
Our “Regional Core” Team
Robert Cordoba * Hailey Toro * PJ Turner * Bonnie Cannon * Gary Jobst
Erica Smith * Jeff Mumford * Alyssa Lundgren * Lara Deni * Bryan Jordan * Kay Newhouse
Alan Annicella * Sheven Kekoolani * Jennifer Norris & Derek Leyva * Steve Wilder * Reginald Beason
And, we are excited to welcome back again this year ....
Robert Royston * Laurie Schwimmer * Matt Auclair * Yvonne Antonacci * Dani Canziani
Jennifer DeLuca * Mia Pastor * Austin Kois
Pam & Brian Bennett * Sophy Kdep & Jason Miklic * Janelle Guido
Joining us and teaching a workshop will be the the Winners of the 2023 Rising Star Tour:
Abi Schneider & Geoff Newell
Deejays
Ruby Lair * Katie Fallon * Josh Angel * Beth Bellamy * Joe Mahoney * Kristen Shaw
Jasson Phillips * Margie Tuttle * Virgil Breeden * Jalene Haramia * Ron Glickman * Andrew Hsu
Stay tuned!
We hope to invite a few more talented individuals that may be coming to CWF’25 to join us in the DJ booth!
Event Management Team
Competition, Scoring & Contest Management Team
Doug Rousar * Demery Leyva * Alex Brand
Vivian Glucksman-Weiss * Susan Brown * Dani Mullin Darasz
Event Leadership Team
Tammy Davis * Britni Weaver * Allison Bennett * Betty Garlington * Jerald Barbe * Jackie Cohen
Media Team
Ivana Woodcock * Carl Lind * Dan Sweet * Jeannette Senn * Kathy Kroll Romana
Event Directors
Rick Dauss (Executive Event Director)
Cindy Dauss (Co-Event Director & “Rick’s Boss”)
Charlotte WestieFest is a production of Carolina Westie Productions (CWP), LLC
Operations Support
Supported by the Dance Jam Productions team…and many others!
And more...!
We are continuing to work on bringing in some additional Staff…
Including some familiar names from previous years
As well as some familiar faces who would be new to our CWF Team!
Stay Tuned for Updates!!!!!!