Judges and Officials 2025

Artem Plakhotnyi and Inna Berlizyeva

Your Organizers

Artem Plakhotnyi and Inna Berlizyeva

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Gary McDonald

Master of Ceremony

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Oksana Tsydinska

Event Coordinator

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Suzanne Nyemchek

Registrar of Event

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Roland Kyle

Ballroom Coordinator

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Ginny Walters

Front Office Coordinator

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Sam Fisher

Music Director

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Cathy Youngberry

Accounting

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Yolanda Vargas

Deck Captain

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Kenneth Kuo

Event Scrutineer

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Stephan Krauel

Chairman

Bill Sparks

Adjudicator

Igor Suvorov

Igor Suvorov

Adjudicator

Inessa Strelnikova

Inessa Strelnikova

Adjudicator

Alina Gimaev

Adjudicator

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Olga Faraponova Wright

Adjudicator

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Katusha Demidova

Adjudicator

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Dawid Schulz

Adjudicator

Agita Baranovska

Agita Baranovska

Adjudicator

Olga Ginzburg

Olga Ginzburg

Adjudicator

Jason Daly

Adjudicator

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David Nyemchek 

Adjudicator

Marina Semerdjian

Marina Semerdjian

Adjudicator

Emma Manukyan

Emma Manukyan

Adjudicator

Igor Litvinov

Igor Litvinov

Adjudicator

Sam Sodano

Adjudicator

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Katusha Spasitel

Adjudicator

John DePalma

John DePalma

Master of Ceremony

Arun Garg

Awards

Marat Gimaev

Marat Gimaev

Adjudicator

Natalie Schulz 

Adjudicator

Sveta Daly

Adjudicator