AFA Officers

President – Heidi Hamilton, Emporia State University, hhamilto@emporia.edu

Vice President –

Immediate Past President  – Gordon Stables – Univ. of  Southern California stables@usc.edu  

Executive Secretary  – Eric Morris, Missouri State University, EricMorris@MissouriState.edu

Vice President for High School Affairs -Jeremy Hammond, Pine Crest School jeremy.hammond@pinecrest.edu

Treasurer –  John Katsulas , Boston College,  john.katsulas@bc.edu

Recording  Secretary – Erica Thomas – Cal State Fullerton, erthomas@fullerton.edu

Editor, Argumentation and Advocacy – Catherine Langford, Texas Tech University, katie.langford@ttu.edu

Nominating Committee

• Chair – Justin Eckstein, Pacific Lutheran University, ecksteja@plu.edu
• Pat Ganer, Cypress College, pganer@cypresscollege.edu
• Dale Herbeck, Northeastern University, d.herbeck@neu.edu
• Avery Henry, Southeast Missouri State University, ahenry@semo.edu
• David Hingstman, University of Iowa, david-hingstman@uiowa.edu 

NDT Committee:

• Dallas Perkins, Harvard University, Chair  dperkins@fas.harvard.edu 
• Jonah Feldman, Cal Berkeley, District I jonahfeldman@gmail.com
• Glen Frappier, Gonzaga University, District II  frappier@calvin.gonzaga.edu
• Matthew Vegas, University of Missiouri, Kansas City, District III  vegam@umkc.edu
• David Cram Helwich, University of Minnesota, District IV, cramhelwich@gmail.com 
  
• Will Repko, Michigan State University, District V repkowil@msu.edu
  
• Michael Hester, University of West Georgia, District VI, mhester@westga.edu
  
• Adrienne Broverol, Mary Washingon, , District VII, adri.debate@gmail.com 
  
• Vik Keenan, City University of New York, District VIII
• Sarah Partlow-Lefevre, Idaho State University, District IX, partsara@isu.edu
  
• Ron Stevenson, Wayne State University, AFA Central, waynedebate@hotmail.com
• Ed Lee, Emory University, AFA South, bamadebate@yahoo.com
• Jacob Thompson, University of Las Vegas, AFA West
• John Katsulas, Boston College, AFA East
• Jim Hanson, Whitman College, Ranking Sec. hansonjb@whitman.edu

National Debate Tournament Board of Trustees

• Sherry Hall, Harvard University shahall@comcast.net
• Josh Zive, Bracewell & Giuliani, Washington, DC (term expires 2017)  Josh.Zive@bgllp.com
• Melissa Wade, Emory mwade@emory.edu
• Danielle Weise Leek, Grand Valley State Univ., Treasurer  leekd@gvsu.edu
• Dallas Perkins, Harvard University dperkins@fas.harvard.edu

National Individual Events Tournament Board of Trustees

• Leah White, Minnesota State University Mankato (term expires 2014) – leah.white@mnsu.edu
• Dave Gaer, Laramie County Community College (term expries 2015) – dgaer@lccc.wy.edu
• Lee Mayfield, James Madison University (term expires 2016) – mayfiecl@jmu.edu
  
• Nathaniel Wilson, Doane College (term expires 2019) nathaniel.wilson@doane.edu
• Bobby Imbody, University of Alabama (term expires 2018)  imbody@ua.edu 

 AFA-NIET National Committee 

• Chair –
• Chair Emeritius: Frank Thompson, Univ. of Alabama, fthompson@ua.edu
• Vice Chair – Lee Mayfield – James Madison University – mayfiecl@jmu.edu
• Secretary – Karen Morris, UW-Eau Claire, morriskr@uwec.edu
• Tournament Director – Larry Schnoor – Minnesota State University Mankato – lschnoor@hickorytech.net
• Webmaster  – David Worth, Rice Univ. dworth@rice.edu
• Board of Regents Chair – Leah White, Minnesota State University-Mankato

District Chairs

• District 1 – John Kephart, Cal State University-Northridge
• District 2 – Joe Gantt, Lewis and Clark College
• District 3 – Randy Cox, Univesity of Texas-Austin
• District 4 – Kelly Jo Wright, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
• District 5 – Ken Young, Bardley University
• District 6 –
• District 7 – Tim Brown, Cedar Crest College
• District 8 –
• District 9 – Chris Leland, Colorado Christian University

Community College Representative

• M’Liss Hinman, Tyler Junior College, TX, mhin@tjc.edu
  

Student Representatives

• Erin Schoch, University of Florida
• Alex Brown, University fo Wisconsin-Eau Claire

NIET Regional Representatives

• Southern Rep – Kellie Roberts – University of Florida (term expires 2018) – robertsk@ufl.edu
• Eastern Rep – Mark Rittenour, University of Akron (term expires 2017)
• Midwest Rep – Richard Paine, North Central College (term expires 2016) repaine@noctrl.edu
• Western Rep – Brent Northup, Carroll College (term expires 2016) bnorthup@carroll.edu

NDT Regional Representatives

• AFA Central – Ron Stevenson, Wayne State University  stevenson.ron@gmail.com
  
• AFA South – Ed Lee, Emory University ewlee@emory.edu
  
• AFA West – Jacob Thompson, UNLV (term expires 2017) Jacob.Thompson@unlv.edu
  
• AFA East – John Katsulas, Boston College (term expires 2017) john.katsulas@bc.edu

Research Committee

• Ben Voth, Southern Methodist University, bvoth@mail.smu.edu
• James Dimock, Minnesota State University, Mankato (term expires 2017)  james.dimock@mnsu.edu
• David Steinberg, University of Miami (term expires 2016) dave@miami.edu

Publications Committee

• Stephen Croucher, University ofJyväskylä, Chair (term expires 2017) stephen.m.croucher@jyu.fi
  
• Matt Gerber, Baylor University (term expires 2016)  matt_gerber@baylor.edu
  
• Dawn Bartlett, SUNY-Jefferson Community College (term expires 2017) dbartlett@sunyjefferson.edu
  
• John Fritch, University of Northern Iowa (term expires 2018) john.fritch@uni.edu
• David Worth, Rice University (term expires 2016)  davidstevenworth@gmail.com
  
• Jeffrey Jarman, Wichita State University (term expires 2015)  Jeffrey.Jarman@wichita.edu

Educational Development and Practices Committee

• Wade Hescht, Lone Star College, North Harris (term expires 2017) wade.hescht@lonestar.edu
  
• Curt Gilstrap, Drury University (term expires 2016) cgilstrap01@drury.edu
  
• Ken Young, Bradley  University (term expires 2015) kyoung@bradley.edu
  
• Megan Houge Koch, Illinois State University (term expires 2017) mkoch@ilstu.edu
  
• Sandra Berkowitz-Stafford, Minnesota Community and Technical College (term expires 2018)  Sandra.Berkowitz-Stafford@minneapolis.edu

Finance Committee

• Ben Voth, Southern Methodist University (term expires 2016) bvoth@smu.edu
  
• Larry Schnoor, Minnesota State University, Mankato (term expires 2014)  lschnoor@hickorytech.net
  
• Bobby Imbody, University of Alabama (term expires 2014)  imbody@gmail.com
  
• Sarah Partlow Lefeve, Idaho State University (term expires 2016) partsara@isu.edu
• Dale Herbeck, Northeastern University (term expires 2018)

Professional Development and Support Committee

• David Gaer, Lone Star College (term expires 2017) david.gaer@lonestarcollege.edu
  
• Randy Cox, University of Texas, Austin (term expires 2016) mrcox@mail.utexas.edu
  
• Susan Collie, University of Wisconsin-Stout (term expires 2015) colliesu@uwstout.edu
  

National Parliamentary Debate Association

• President – Michael Middleton, University of Utah
• Vice-President – Jeannie Hunt, Northwest College
• Executive Secretary – Dena Counts, Abilene Christian University
• Treasurer – Brent Northup, Carroll College
• National Tournament Director – David Worth, Rice University