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DEBATE-Kansas City Board of Directors
The DEBATE-Kansas City Board of Directors provides essential leadership in shaping and stabilizing the organization while opening doors for growth. The full Board meets once a month as does each of three committees.
W. Thomas Dugard, President. Former CEO of Heart of America United Way.
David Smith, Vice President. Assistant to the Superintendent for Communications and Community Development at Kansas City Kansas Public Schools.
Dr. Carol Koehler, Treasurer. Associate Professor, UMKC Communication Studies.
Patricia Kurtz, Secretary. Teacher at Liberty High School and former Kansas City, Missouri School District Board member.
Dr. G. Thomas Poe. Chair of the UMKC Department of Communication Studies.
Hayley Hanson is an attorney at Husch Blackwell Sanders Pepper Martin LLP.
Denise Hastings is a Life Coach for the Kauffman Scholars, Inc.
Dr. Karen Dace, Deputy Chancellor for Diversity, Equity & Access at UMKC.
Douglas Winn is an international consultant.
Rachel Swartz is an attorney with Stueve Siegel Hanson LLP.
Joseph Keenan is the Director of Public Relations at Zillner Marketing.
Christine Murray, Program Manager, Government Relations & Policy Development at the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce
Martha Thompson, Director of Humanities for the Kansas City, Missouri School District.
Jeffrey Thomas, Associate Dean of the UMKC School of Law.
Coaches, Judges and Other Volunteers
College debaters and community volunteers have actively supported DEBATE-Kansas City schools this year. The volunteers have helped students generate and comprehend evidence as well as clarify the intricacies of debate. Other volunteers have assisted with training teachers during professional development and construction of the DKC website. Volunteers are matched with schools according to their skill sets, time available, and the needs of the program.
Matt Vega is the Director of Debate at UMKC. He was a four-time qualifier to the National Collegiate Debate Tournament and recently coached the UMKC debate team of Amy Foster and Malcolm Gordon to 2nd place at the National Debate Tournament.
Joe Miller is the Communications Director for Mayor, Mark Funkhouser. Joe is also a writer with a nationally acclaimed book on urban debate, Cross-X.
Terri Easley is the Director of Debate at Johnson County Community College. Terri was a successful college debater at Baylor University.
Suzanne Hansford-Bowles is a grant writer at the University of Missouri. She helped DKC secure a grant to pay college debaters for performing school visits.
Karen Eckert is a former high school and college debater set to graduate from the University of Missouri Kansas City School of Law in May of 2007. Karen renewed the UMKC Law Fraternity Phi Alpha Delta, which sponsored DKC this year.
Phi Alpha Delta: UMKC School of Law fraternity that adopted DKC this season. Active members supporting DKC include: Sarah Buckley, Rachel Perry, Gabrielle Bean and Crystal Howard.
Lann Wasson is the Manager of Web Technologies for Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP. He debated actively at Emory University throughout college.
Jason Hogue is a former writer and aid for Governor Matt Blunt. Jason was a successful high school and college debater at Missouri State.
Mike Thomas is a UMKC debater and DKC alumnus. He won the College National Debate Tournament (NDT) in the Junior Varsity Division as a freshman.
Dean Ellen Suni at the UMKC School of Law judges DKC rounds and provides a connection between DKC and the Law School.
Andy Montee is a current debater at Kansas City, Kansas Community College. Andy was a stand-out Student Congress competitor in high school.
Malcolm Gordon, second place at the National Debate Tournament, the highest ever finish by a UMKC team at the NDT. Currently a debate coach at UMKC.
Darren "The Chief" Elliot is the Director of Debate at Kansas City Kansas Community College. The Chief coached his team to a community college national championship in 2005.
Ben Harris is a debater at Johnson County Community College.
Amanda Montee is a current debater at Kansas City Kansas Community College.
Adam Caine is a former college debater at Missouri State and is currently attending law school at UMKC.
Bryce Dietrich is an assistant debate coach at KU. He is a former NDT qualifier and has been decorated with numerous high school and college debate honors.
Joey Harrity is currently a debater for UMKC. Joey is a former Kansas State qualifier and DKC City Championship winner.
Bridgett Johnson is currently a debater for UMKC. Bridgett has already competed in multiple elimination rounds this season on the college debate circuit.
Marcus Leach is the former Student Body President at UMKC and a DKC alumnus.
Ashley-Michelle Papon is currently debating at Kansas City Kansas Community College.
Josh White is a DKC alumnus and currently taking classes at KCKCC.
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