Staff

It Takes
A Village...

Our very own Carolina community has an abundance of amazing talented dancers and instructors who come together to make all of our our events so memorable!

Carolina Summer Swing proudly features local “Carolina-based” and “Regional” team members, plus 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!

For 2026, we are excited to again feature our “Carolina-based” team members, many of our “Regional” team members, and a few fan-favorite guest staff members from across the US!

We will announce our upcoming Event Staff in early 2026. Until then, we’ll contine to show the list of 2025 Staff here for general reference.  We are so fortunate to be able to include many local and regional talented pros at our weekend events.

We are actively working to finalize and confirm our CSS’26 Staff. Check back for updates!

Instructional, Competition, Emcee & Judging Staff
(2026)

Our “Carolina's-based” Team

Michael Kiehm * Jen DeLuca * Patty Vo * Debbie Ramsey-Boz * Robin Smith * Jason Barnes

Malia Jameson * Skylar Pritchard * Jason & Annmarie Marker * Ryan Boz * Nicole Zwerlein

Stephanie Risser * Debbie Tuttle-Steffanina * Sharole Lashe-Negrete * Jenna Shimek

Ryan Pflumm * Paul & Marta Canfield * Alaina Rogozhin * Scott Campbell (Shag)

Regional Core Team & Invited Guests - including…

This section includes “Special Guests” with ties to the Carolinas, the Greenville WCS community, and other “Rick & Cindy Events”. We are excited to welcome the following individuals, and we continue to look to confirm additional Staff members and Special Guests!

Gary Jobst * Bonnie Cannon * Arjay Centeno * Hailey Toro * Jeff Mumford

Jérome Subey * Derek Leyva & Jennifer Norris * Reginald Beason * Margie Tuttle

Other “Surprise Guests”…to be announced as we confirm additional Staff

Deejays

We are excited to be bringing in fan-favorites from both near and far to Carolina Summer Swing!

This talented team allows us to ensure you will have exceptional music to dance to — for your competitions as well as for Social Dancing.
They will be rocking in both the Primary and Secondary Rooms all weekend long!

Confirmed so far:

Josh Angel * Ruby Lair * Katie Fallon * Ron Glickman

Jasson Phillips * Sammy Dewald * Kevin Davis * Silas Hawk

We are still working on adding another DJ (or two) with local ties … Stay Tuned!

Event Management Team

Competition, Scoring & Contest Management Team

Demery Leyva (Chief Judge)  * Leah Noparstak (Scorer)

Alan Annicella (MC) * Annmarie Marker (MC) * Sheven Kekoolani (MC)

Demery Leyva (Competition Coordinator) * Susan Brown (Contest Manager)

Katie Montgomery (Competition Coordinator) * Vivian Glucksman-Weiss (Competitor Review)

Registration, Front Desk & Attendee Support

Allison Bennett * Tammy Davis  *  Betty (Garlington) Cashion 

Media Team

Kathy Kroll Romana (Website) * Jackie Cohen (Promotion) * Johnathan Cagle (Photography)

Event Directors

Rick Dauss (Executive Event Director)
Cindy Dauss (Co-Event Director & “Rick’s Boss”)
Carolina Summer Swing is a production of Carolina Westie Productions (CWP), LLC

Operations Support

Supported by the Dance Jam Productions team…and many others!

...and More!

Stay tuned for updates to this page as additional staff and support are confirmed.