The United States Twirling Association is a national, nonprofit youth sports organization dedicated to positive youth development through the sport of baton twirling.
As the nation's leading sport baton twirling organization, USTA serves a national membership of athletes, parents, coaches, club and studio directors, competition directors, judges and other twirling supporters through a wide range of recreational, educational and competitive programs. USTA offers a number of educational programs for recreational and competitive twirling athletes, as well as comprehensive training and certification programs for coaches and judges. USTA also serves as the official United States representative to the World Baton Twirling Federation.
USTA is led by a seven-member Board of Directors, elected by USTA's Professional members. The Board of Directors is responsible for:
The Board of Directors consists of five sector representatives who live in the sector they represent (unless there were no candidates from that sector) and two at-large board members who may live in any sector. The current members of the USTA Board of Directors are:
Karen Cammer, President
At-Large Representative
John Chamberlain, Vice President
Sector 4 (Southeast Region)
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee
Thomas Breuckman, Secretary
Sector 1 (Western Region)
Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington
Sheri Carter
Sector 2 (Central Region)
Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming
Jason Lee
Sector 3 (Northeast Region)
Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, Vermont, Washington D.C., West Virginia
Jonathan Burkin
Sector 5 (Mideast Region)
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin
Jennifer Marcus Schwartz
At-Large Representative
Savannah Miller is 24 years old and lives in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. In December 2019, she graduated from the University of Arkansas, where she was a feature twirler for the Razorback Marching Band. She currently works for Garage Barre and Bike as a fitness instructor teaching barre, bike and bounce fitness forms. She has been twirling for 22 years.
Bower Sarra is 22 years old, currently lives in Tempe, Arizona, but is originally from Orbisonia, Pennsylvania. This Fall, he will complete his final semester at Arizona State University, where he is pursuing a major in Mechanical Engineering. He has been twirling for 14 years.
Kylie Cates is 20 years old and hails from Canton, Ohio. She attends Arizona State University, where she is a feature twirler and is pursuing a major in Environmental Engineering. She has been twirling for 18 years.
The USTA Hall of Fame recognizes professionals who have made a significant and enduring contribution to the sport of baton twirling and growth of USTA. Without these inductees and their contributions, our sport and organization would not be the same. We owe these leaders our gratitude for inspiring us and laying the foundation for what is yet to come.
Former member of the USTA Board of Directors and USTA World Team coordinator, and current USTA Master Judge.
Former athlete, USTA judge, commission member, PreTrials director, and founder of the Karen Ogden Studio.
Founder and director of the Huntington Thunderers, which won multiple Grand National Championships and the World Show Corp Championship.
Founded the longest-running twirling program in USTA history, which lives on as Tennessee Twirlers, Inc.
USTA sponsors a number of philanthropic programs to give back to our local communities and support the growth of our sport and organization.
This includes providing cash scholarship awards to athletes based on their placement at our U.S. National Baton Twirling Championships and Festival of the Future, as well as grants to fund new ideas and activities that promote the sport of baton twirling. Learn more about these programs at the links below.