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.
We are actively working on selecting our 2026 Staff.
We hope to bring back many of your favorites!
Instructional, Competition, Emcee & Judging Staff
We will update this Section as we confirm our CWF’26 Staff.
Until then we are leaving our 2025 Staff info on this page for general reference,
as we hope to welcome back many of those who were here in 2025 —
as well as others, both familiar and new, to CWF in 2026!
We are actively working to finalize our 2026 Staff and will continue to update this Section as we confirm who will be here in 2026. Preliminary confirmed staff below. We will continue to update this page as remaining staff are confirmed. Stay tuned!
Our 2026 “Carolina-based” Team
Patty Vo * Michael Kiehm * Debbie Ramsey-Boz * Robin Smith * Jennifer DeLuca
Malia Jameson * Jason & Annmarie Marker * Stephanie Risser * Jason Barnes
Sharole Lashe-Negrete * Debbie Tuttle-Steffanina * Scott Campbell (Shag) * Nicole Zwerlein
Ryan Boz * Paul & Marta Canfield * Ryan Pflumm
Skylar Pritchard * Jenna Shimek * Alaina Rogozhin * Abigail Baker
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
Hailey Toro * PJ Turner * Bonnie Cannon * Gary Jobst * Kay Newhouse
Erica Smith * Jeff Mumford * Alyssa Lundgren * Lara Deni * Margie Tuttle * Abi Jennings
Alan Annicella * Sheven Kekoolani * Jennifer Norris & Derek Leyva * Steve Wilder * Reginald Beason
And, we are excited to welcome back again this year ....
Laurie Schwimmer * Robert Cordoba * Bryan Jordan * Matt Auclair
Arjay Centeno * Sophy Kdep & Jason Miklic * Tommy Gibbs
Macie Sandlin (Hip Hop) * Guigo Sortica (Zouk for WCS) * Janie Craft Deroche (Belly Dancing/Isolations)
We are working to bring back additional favorites — from 2025 and years past, as well as a number of All-Stars!
Deejays
Ruby Lair * Katie Fallon * Josh Angel * Beth Bellamy * Joe Mahoney * Kristen Shaw
Jasson Phillips * Ron Glickman * Andrew Hsu * Kevin Davis * Kaeshini Shepard
Stay tuned as we continue to build out the CWF ’26 DJ team with additional local, regional and national talent!
Event Management Team
Competition, Scoring & Contest Management Team
Demery Leyva * Leah Noparstak * Tracy Wang
Susan Brown * Vivian Glucksman-Weiss * Elizabeth Minneci
Event Leadership Team
Tammy Davis * Britni Weaver * Allison Bennett * Betty Garlington * Jenaleigh Bankston * Jackie Cohen
Media Team
Ivana Woodcock * Kathy Kroll Romana * Carl Lind * Dan Sweet
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!!!!!!