Board of Directors

Chairman:
Leonard A. Gail
Phone: 312-427-0175
Email: LennyGail@UrbanDebate.org

Vice Chairman:
Richard W. Sullivan
Phone: 312-755-0480
Email: DickSullivan@UrbanDebate.org

Governing Board Members:
Michael L. Denger • Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Leonard A. Gail • Chairman of the Board, National Association for Urban Debate Leagues
Kenneth A. Hersh • Co-founder and CEO, NGP Energy Capital Management
The Honorable Kenneth M. Karas • U.S. District Court Judge, Southern District of New York
Walter W. Katz • Alternate Public Defender, Los Angeles County
Mark T. Koulogeorge • Co-founder and Managing General Partner, MK Capital
Linda L. Listrom • Partner, Jenner & Block LLP
Jonathan S. Massey • Jonathan S. Massey PC
Meredith McClintock • CEO and Founder, Ready Solar
Stephen C. Perry • President and CEO, Claritage Capital LP
Gretchen Crosby Sims • Education Program Manager, the Joyce Foundation
Stuart H. Singer • Partner, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP
Richard W. Sullivan • Retired Partner, Accenture Ltd
David Zarefsky • Professor of Communication Studies, Northwestern University

Honorary Board Members:
David Boies • Managing Partner, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP
Willie Gary • Founder, Gary, Williams, Parenti, Finney, Lewis, McManus, Watson, & Sperando LLP
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. • Professor of the Humanities, Harvard University
Penny Pritzker • President, Pritzker Realty Group
Senator Ken Salazar • United States Senator, Colorado
Lawrence H. Summers • Former President, Harvard University
Laurence H. Tribe • Professor of Constitutional Law, Harvard Law School
Paul G. Vallas • Superintendent, Recovery School District of New Orleans
James Q. Wilson • Professor of Public Policy, University of Chicago