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2025-2026 Officer Board<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

President<\/strong>: James Foleno ’28
Vice President<\/strong>: Tosca Neumann ’26
Treasurer<\/strong>: Nokutenda Zuze ’28
Outreach Director & Alumni Relations<\/strong>: Greg Gentile ’28
Novice Director<\/strong>: Tanvir Thamid ’26<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Varsity Debaters:<\/strong> Tosca Neumann ’26, Tanvir Thamid ’26, Ari Hahn ’27, Manav Mittal ’27, James Foleno ’28, Greg Gentile ’28, Eddie Sidorenko ’28, Nokutenda Zuze, ’28<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Novice Debaters:<\/strong> Charlie Lechowicz ’29, Thierry Moss ’29, Ishan Reese ’29, Emily Shield ’29, Lorenz Soukup ’27, Amy Sun ’29, Arman Syed ’29<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2024-2025 Officer Board<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

President:<\/strong> Tosca Neumann ’26
Vice President:<\/strong> Manuel Machorro Gomez Pezuela ’25
Treasurer: <\/strong>Foy Ma ’25
Outreach Director & Alumni Relations: <\/strong>Manav Mittal ’27
Novice Director: <\/strong>Rafay Rafay ’25 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Varsity Debaters: <\/strong>Tosca Neumann ’26, Manuel Machorro Gomez Pezuela ’25, Foy Ma ’25, Manav Mittal ’27, Rafay Rafay ’25, Ari Hahn ’27, Robert Cropp ’26, Aleisha Martinez Sandoval ’26, Alan Pham ’26, Oyuka Lyndon ’25, Avi Konduri ’27, Diyor Kamalov ’27<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2019-2020 Officer Board<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

President:<\/strong> Jacob Nishimura ’21
Vice President:<\/strong> Dylan Gyauch-Lewis ’21
Director of Novice Affairs:<\/strong>  Maya Benziger ’22, Daniel Leizerman ’22
Director of PR & Alumni Affairs:<\/strong> J<\/span>‘von<\/span> Ortiz-Cedeno \u201922
Convener of Public Debates:<\/strong> Peter Riley ’22
Tournament Directors:<\/strong> Sam Melcher ’21, Peter Riley ’22
Equity Officer:<\/strong> Christina Wang ’22
Director of Operations:<\/strong> Natasha Kaluzynski ’22
Coach:<\/strong> Jan Hovden, Ph.D.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2018-2019 Officer Board<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

President:<\/strong> Abby Westberry ’19
Vice President:<\/strong> Katie Ziegler ’19
Director of Novice Affairs:<\/strong> Harry Meadows ’19, William Ebert-Borelli ’20
Director of PR & Alumni Affairs:<\/strong> Jacob Nishimura \u201921
Convener of Public Debates:<\/strong> Aidan Denahy ’21
Tournament Directors:<\/strong> Sam Melcher ’21, Phil Maniscalco ’21
Equity Officer:<\/strong> Trisha Kibugi ’21
Director of Operations:<\/strong> Jacob Nishimura ’21, William Ebert-Borelli ’20
Coach:<\/strong> Jan Hovden, Ph.D.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2017-2018 Officer Board<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

President:<\/strong> Matthew David ’18
Vice President:<\/strong> Abby Westberry ’19, Lillian Chang ’20
Director of Novice Affairs:<\/strong> Dylan Desjardins \u201918 & Kayla Jackson ’19, Cole Limbach ’18
Director of PR & Alumni Affairs:<\/strong> Matthew Amedury ’19, Yihao Yang ’20
Convener of Public Debates:<\/strong> Daniel Basuk ’19, William Ebert-Borelli ’20
Tournament Directors:<\/strong> Sam Malone ’19, Nate Shay ’20
Equity Officer:<\/strong> Katie Zeigler ’19, Trisha Kabugi ’21
Director of Operations:<\/strong> Courtney Foster ’18, Cole Limbach ’18,  Arianna Fano ’19
Coach:<\/strong> Jan Hovden, Ph.D.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2016-2017 Officer Board<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

President:<\/strong> Tessa Holtzman \u201917
Vice President:<\/strong> Quang Nguyen \u201917
Director of Novice Affairs:<\/strong> Dylan Desjardins \u201918 & Kayla Jackson ’19
Director of PR & Alumni Affairs:<\/strong> Sam Malone \u201919
Convener of Public Debates:<\/strong> Bennett Saltzman ’18
Tournament Directors:<\/strong> Imad Rajwani ’18 & Abby Westberry ’19
Equity Officer:<\/strong> Zo\u00eb Seaman-Grant \u201917
Director of Operations:<\/strong> Martin Harrison \u201917
Director of Technology:<\/strong> Santi Rozas \u201918
Coach:<\/strong> Jan Hovden, Ph.D.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2015-2016 Officer Board<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

President: <\/strong>Logan Pettinato ’16
Vice President: <\/strong><\/strong>Tessa Holtzman ’17 (Fall), Quang Nguyen ’17 (Winter)
Director of Novice Affairs:<\/strong> <\/strong>Dmitriy Redkin ’17 & Zo\u00eb Seaman-Grant ’17 (Fall), Dylan Desjardins ’18 (Winter)
Director of PR & Alumni Affairs:<\/strong> <\/strong>Anna Mendon\u00e7a ’18 (Fall), Sam Malone ’19 (Winter)
Convener of Public Debates:<\/strong> <\/strong>Quang Nguyen ’17 (Fall), Cole Limbach ’18 (Winter)
Tournament Directors:<\/strong><\/strong> Santi Rozas ’18 & Bennett Saltzman ’18
Equity Officer: <\/strong>Claudia Krasnow ’18 , Zofia Ahmad ’19
Director of Operations:<\/strong> <\/strong>Zo\u00eb Seaman-Grant ’17, Martin Harrison ’17 (Winter)
Director of Technology: <\/strong>Santi Rozas ’18
Coach:<\/strong> <\/strong>Jan Hovden, Ph.D.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2014-2015 Officer Board<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

President: <\/strong>Matt Summers ’15
Vice President:<\/strong> <\/strong>Logan Pettinato ’16
Director of Novice Affairs:<\/strong> <\/strong>Zo\u00eb Seaman-Grant ’17
Director of PR & Alumni Affairs:<\/strong> <\/strong>Amit Dubey ’15, Taylor Stone ’16 (Winter)
Convener of Public Debates:<\/strong> <\/strong>Chris Crum ’17
Tournament Directors:<\/strong> <\/strong>Dmitriy Redkin ’17 & Quang Nguyen ’17
Equity Officer: <\/strong>Tessa Holtzman ’17
Director of Operations:<\/strong> <\/strong>Taylor Blackburn ’15, Sasha Grodsky ’16
Coach:<\/strong> <\/strong>Jan Hovden, Ph.D.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2013-2014 Officer Board<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

President:<\/strong> Jack Stewart ’14
Vice President:<\/strong> Stephanie Wesson ’14
Director of Novice Affairs:<\/strong> Alex Daugherty ’15, Emily Schwalbe ’14 (Winter)
Director of PR & Alumni Affairs:<\/strong> Logan Pettinato ’16
Convener of Public Debates:<\/strong> Ben Claeson ’15
Tournament Directors:<\/strong> Sasha Grodsky ’16 & Taylor Stone ’16
Equity Officer:<\/strong> Shannon Griffin ’16
Director of Operations:<\/strong> Amy Strada ’15
Coach:<\/strong> Jan Hovden, Ph.D.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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