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Leadership & Staff

About NAUDL Leaders & Staff

Board Chair:
Jennifer Northam Wade

Immediate Past Board Chair:
Stuart H. Singer
Partner
Boies Schiller & Flexner

Board Members:
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

Michael J. Gottlieb
Partner
Willkie Farr & Gallagher

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

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
Partner
Jenner & Block LLP

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

Secretary Ken Salazar
Partner
WilmerHale

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

Jason Ravin
President & CEO
312-427-8100
jasonravin@urbandebate.org
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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
Senior Director of Programs & Communications
312-427-0388
sarasanchez@urbandebate.org
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Taylor Beck
Senior Program Manager
312-427-0384
taylorbeck@urbandebate.org
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Samantha (Sam) Kestler
Digital Marketing & Communications Coordinator
312-427-0152
samkestler@urbandebate.org
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