National Appointments for 2022

The Board of Directors have made the following appointments and ratifications for 2022.


Chairs/Directors




• Patti Panebianco (College Network Director)




• Margot Garnick (Membership Director )



• Phil Sisk (Chapter Relations Director)




• Ruslan Wilder (Marketing and Communications Committee Chair )



• Jane Baginski (Youth K-12 Outreach Committee Chair )



• Mike Lynch (Nominations & Election Committee Chair )



• Louis Van Amstel and Carol Davis (Co-Chairs of the Special Olympics Committee )




Voting members of the Professional Ballroom Dance Council



Fiorenza Todaro (Certifications Director), Renata Shvarts (Chair of Education Committee), Viktoriya Drubetskaya (Chair of Examiners Committee), Irina Trebunskaya (Chair of Officials Committee), Sharon Ann Durocher (Chair of Organizers Committee), Donovan
 Kirrane (Chair of Professional Athletes Committee) 

Voting members of the Ballroom DanceSport Council


Andrea Mirenda (Chair of Gender Neutral Committee), Inna Brayer (Chair of Junior Athlete Committee), Sterling Sightler (Chair of the Rules Committee), Lev Vesnovskiy (Chair of Eligibility & Discipline Committee), and Sima Sadykhov (Chair of Elite Athletes
 Committee)

Voting members of the Breaking DanceSport Council


Tyquan Hodac (Chair of Communications Committee); Jerry "Flomaster" Randolph (Chair of Education Committee); Omar Davilla (Chair of Marketing & Development Committee), Jacob "Kujo" Lyons (Chair of Officials Committee), Nathalie "NatyLite" Kanda (Chair
 of Organizers Committee), Richard "Rich Nyce" Marshall (Chair of Rules Committee); and Jamal "Nemesis" Warren (Chair of Sanctioning Committee)


Social Dance Council District Directors




 Bonnie Burton (District 2), Maureen Cleary (District 4), Ken Pandozzi (District 5), Herb McGuirk (District 6), Diane Montgomery (District 7), Lori Maggs (District 8), Rebecca Kelley Fournier (District 9 & Interim District 10)

Voting members of the Collegiate Network Committee


 Daniel O’Connell, Michael Murphy, Ross Pearce, Katusha Wilder, Kay Teague, and Christina Zona


Voting members of the Marketing and Communications Committee


Myra Coffield, Daniel O’Connell, Nikita Lylyk, Fiorenza Todaro, Alessandro Scalora, Rose-Ann Lynch, and Slavik Legkovenko

Voting members of the Nomination and Elections Committee


James DiCecca and Stan Andrews

Voting members of the Special Olympics Committee


Linda Succi and Chris Williams 

Voting members of the Audit, Budget, and Finance Committee


Damian Pataluna, Lydia Scardina, and Carson Zullinger  

NGB Task Force

Ken Richards, Todd Kirrane, Zack Slussr, Zahra "JeSkilz" Hamani, Ben "Boxwon" Banes-McGee, Lydia Scardina, Jill Smith, Chester Wheeler, Ellen Zavian