Our Instructors
Get to know the instructors who lead our Monday night classes — reach out to any of them to book a private lesson.
Jessie Gregorio
Basic Class Instructor
Jessie teaches the Basic class for those new to partner dancing. Jessie Gregorio, a former student at DBDC in the pre-COVID times. Jessie started dancing at the age of 11 in Los Angeles CA, competing in the Emerald Ball as an amateur representative of Fred Astaire Studios. He taught dance for a year at A Touch of Rhythm in Redondo Beach CA before joining the USAF. Since retiring from the Air Force four years ago, he has returned to his first love and resumed teaching dance at Always Ballroom and VK Ballroom studios in the Dayton area. Jessie has already made an impact at DBDC, as his Basic dance class has been the largest class over the past several weeks.
Jeff Campbell
Bronze I & II Instructor
Jeff has been teaching since 1997. He taught 5 years with Fred Astaire and 6 years independently in DC and Florida. Jeff was born and raised in Fairfield, OH, has 2 grown children and enjoys riding his motorcycle and competitive fishing. He feels everyone should compete at least once. It forces them to learn the dance, not just the steps. His motto is “Stop thinking and just have fun.”
Jill Christy
Silver/Gold & Add-On Instructor
Jill is the instructor for the Silver/Gold and Add-On Classes each Monday. Jill first started teaching for the Dayton Ballroom Dance Club in 1983. She's been ballroom dancing since she was 18. That year she went into the local Fred Astaire Studio and applied to be trained as an instructor. She fell in love with it right away and three months later she was ready to teach, and has been teaching for 35 years. She's now a certified Bronze, Silver and Gold instructor. She has competed for five years and was once the Ohio State Champion, other notable awards to her credit she is a Country Dance Professional and is a UCWDC World Champion. For ten years she ran a dance studio in Dayton with Larry May.