2025 U.S. & World Judges
The following judges are confirmed as of this time; more to come soon.
U.S. Judges
Alina Basyuk
Heidi Burns
Michael Chapman
Riccardo Cocchi
Charles Danza
Katusha Demidova
Rufus Dustin
Nadia Eftedal
David Elkin
Andrea Faraci
Olga Foraponova
Victor Fung
Garry Gekhman
Olga Ginzburg
Nadia Goulina
David Hamilton
Rauno Ilo
Shirley Johnson
Wendy Johnson
Donald Johnson
Stephen Knight
Lena Kosovich
Kasia Kozak
Elena Kryuchkova
Martin Lamb
Vard Margaryan
Larinda McCraven
Gary McDonald
Michael Mead
Anna Mikhed
Kimberly Mitchell
Anastasia Muravyeva
Mary Murphy
Natalie Paramonov
Emmanuel Pierre-Antoine
Luann Pulliam
Victoria Regan
Ray Rivers
Heather Smith
Sam Sodano
Bill Sparks
Marzena Stachura
Erminio Stefano
Olga Sukachov
Igor Suvorov
JT Thomas
Vibeke Toft
Joe Trovato
Victor Veyrasset
Linda Wakefield
Glenn Weiss
Yulia Zagoruychenko
Invigilators
Rosendo Fumero
Dennis Rogers
Chairman of the Judges (Amatuer Ballroom)
Edward Simon
Lori Woods-Gay
International Judges
Donnie Burns, MBE
United Kingdom
John Elsbury
United Kingdom
Strelinikova Inessa
Canada
Spasitel Katusha
Ukraine
Meryem Pearson
Canada
2025 Officials
The following officials are confirmed as of this time; more to come soon.
Chairman of Judges
Richard Booth
Jacqueline Rogers
Lee Wakefield
(Amateur Ballroom)
Master of Ceremonies
John DePalma
Tommy DiTommaso
(Amateur Ballroom)
Dan Messenger
Registrar
Amanda Ashcraft
Cassandra Schneider
Scrutineer
Sam Gordon
Kenneth Kuo
Marie Roberts
Deck Captain
Melissa Cyr
Lisa Dean
Gigi LaValle
Music Director
Sam (Neff) Fisher
Rosendo Fumero
(Amateur Ballroom)
Brent Mills
Awards
Arun Garg
Runner
Ellen Cullivan
Chandra Johnson
Registration
Pam DiTommaso
Barbara Hill
Ashley Melville
Ashley Novak
Richard Roberts
JT Thomas
Ballroom Liason
Gitte Svendsen
Operations Assistant
Siamak Arghami
Roland Kyle
