Sam Sodano, former North American Latin Champion, is the organizer of the Ohio Star Ball Championships, the largest and one of the most prestigious dance competitions in the United States.
Wayne Crowder is a professional ballroom dancer, with his partner and wife Marie Crowder former 4 time USA Dance Amateur International Latin Champions and 3 time USA representatives to the IDSF World Latin Championships held in Belgium, Spain, and Italy.
Wendi Davies is a former professional ballroom dancer, specialize in International Style Standard, Latin and 10 Dance. Wendi was the winner of "Championship Ballroom Dancing" the popular show on PBS, finalist at the French Open, Blackpool Dance Festival and U.S. Open Championships. Was owner and operator of "Ballroom on Fifth" studio in NYC for 10 years. Also Wendi is co-organizer of the NJ DanceSport Classic - Summer Sizzler.
Salvatore Todaro is a former Ballroom dancer specializing in International Style Standard. He is a 11-time Bulgarian National Amateur Standard Champion, a WDSF World Standard Championship Finalist, a 2-time IWGA World Games Finalist, and a WDSF Amateur Standard World Cup Champion. Currently, Salvatore is a dance Instructor, choreographer, as well as a Licensed Adjudicator for the World DanceSport Federation (WDSF) and a National Adjudicator for the Bulgarian Dance Sport Federation.
Wendy Johnson is a former New Zealand Ballroom and Latin Champion. She is now a World Dance Council (WDC) Professional pursuing a career as a prestigious coach, choreographer and adjudicator throughout the entire world. She specializes in the styles of International Style Standard and Latin as well as American Smooth and American Rhythm.
Renata Shvarts is a former Professional Ballroom dancer as well as a certified WDSF World Class Adjudicator. Not only is Renata the Chair of Judges with USA Dance and the World DanceSport Federation, but she is also the owner of her own dance studio, Basic Ballroom (2 locations), as well as the co-organizer of Islanders DanceSport Challenge and the Liberty Ball.
Yelena Nikon is a former Amateur and Professional Ballroom Dancer specializing in International Style Standard and Latin. Yelena is a co-owner of the "Dance Mania DanceSport School" in Toronto, Canada and an organizer of the "Toronto Grand Cup". Yelena is also a Canada DanceSport National Adjudicator as well as an adjudicator for the World DanceSport Federation.
Yuehwern Yih is a Professional Ballroom Dancer, coach, choreographer, and adjudicator with over 20 years of dance experience. Yuehwern founded the Purdue Latin & Ballroom Dance Team at Purdue University in Indiana in 1996, now of which she is the head coach. She is also the co-organizer of the Purdue Ballroom Classic Competition which has attracted more than 400 collegiate competitors from over 20 universities in the Midwest area in the last two decades.
Yuriy Simakov, originally from Ukraine, is a former Professional Ballroom Dancer specializing in American Smooth. With over 30 years of dance experience, Yuriy is a former Fred Astaire World American Smooth Finalist as well as a Fred Astaire World Rising Star American Smooth Champion. Owner of the Fred Astaire Dance Studio of Durham, North Carolina, Yuriy is also on the National Dance Board for Fred Astaire Dance Studios, Inc.
Ray Rivers's dancing career has spanned over 60 years as an Amateur and Professional competitor, instructor, adjudicator and dance promoter. A protégé of Walter Laird, Ray was a recipient of the J. Sandy Award of Australia, a Lifetime Achievement Award in the Pursuit of Excellence in Ballroom Dancing.
