About NAUDL Leaders & Staff
Board Chair:
Jennifer Northam Wade
Immediate Past Board Chair:
Stuart H. Singer
Partner
Boies Schiller & Flexner
Board Members:
Jeffrey A. Allred
Partner
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
Eric Ball
General Partner
Impact Venture Capital
Kevin I.C. Donaldson
Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary
Heelstone Renewable Energy, LLC
Kelly P. Dunbar
Partner
Wilmer Hale
Wayne L. Firestone
Non-Profit Executive
Joshua Friess
Middle School Math Teacher and Debate Coach
The Avery Coonley School
Leonard A. Gail
Founding Partner
Massey & Gail
J. Mark Gidley
Partner
White & Case
David Glass, M.D.
Vice President, Research
Aging/Age-Related Disorders
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Michael J. Gottlieb
Partner
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Kelsey Hilbrich
Investor
Patient Square Capital
The Honorable Kenneth M. Karas
U.S. District Court Judge
Southern District of New York
Mark T. Koulogeorge
Co-Founder and Managing General Partner
MK Capital
George S. LeMieux
Chairman of the Board of Directors and Shareholder
Gunster Law Firm
Meredith McClintock
Tammy McCutchen
Retired – Principal
Littler Mendelson PC
Nikhil Mirchandani
Managing Director – Europe
Silver Point Capital
Nirav S. Patel
CEO and Co-Founder
The Asia Group
Stephen C. Perry
President and CEO
Claritage Capital
Tom Rogers
Executive Chairman at Engine Gaming and Media//Chairman and CEO of TRget Media
James R. Roland
Sr. Director, Civic & Community Engagement and Director of Emory Center for Advancing Nonviolence (ECAN)
Emory University
Randal Sandler
Director of Client Services and Marketing
Bridgewater Associates
John Stubbs
Owner/Operator
Jewel of the South
Aaron Timmons
Director of Debate
Greenhill School
Shaun Van Horn
Principal
Fish & Richardson, P.C.
Honorary Board Members:
David Boies
Chairman
Boies, Schiller & Flexner
The Honorable David L. Boren (In Memoriam)
President
University of Oklahoma
Gen. (Ret.) Wesley K. Clark
Chief Executive Officer
Wesley K. Clark & Associate
Willie E. Gary
Partner
Gary, Williams, Parenti, Watson & Gary, P.L.C.C.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Alphonse Fletcher, Jr. University
Professor and Director, Hutchins
Center for African & American Research
Harvard University
The Honorable Ken Salazar
Partner
WilmerHale
The Honorable Lawrence H. Summers
Charles W. Eliot University Professor
Harvard University
Laurence H. Tribe
Professor of Constitutional Law
Harvard Law School and Carl M. Loeb University Professor Harvard University
Honorable Sylvester Turner (In Memoriam)
Mayor
Houston, Texas
Paul G. Vallas
Board of Trustees
David Zarefsky
Professor Emeritus, Communication Studies
Northwestern University
Office of the Interim Executive Director
Jennifer Wade
Chair, NAUDL Board of Directors
jenniferwade@urbandebate.org
Wayne Firestone
NAUDL Board of Directors
Julie Byun
Director of Finance & Accounting
312-427-8101
juliebyun@urbandebate.org
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Luke Hill
Director of Data Systems & Performance Management
312-427-0389
lukehill@urbandebate.org
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Madalyn Messer-Brooks
Director of Development
312-427-0176
madalyn.messerbrooks@urbandebate.org
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Sara Sanchez
Director of Programs & Communications
312-427-0388
sarasanchez@urbandebate.org
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Taylor Beck
Program Manager
312-427-0384
taylorbeck@urbandebate.org
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Kwa Fangtang
Development Associate
312-427-2012
kwafangtang@urbandebate.org
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Samantha (Sam) Kestler
Digital Marketing & Communications Coordinator
312-427-0152
samkestler@urbandebate.org
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