Boston Debate League

Board of Directors

ALISON EGGERS

Board Chair
Partner, Seyfarth Shaw

KEN DEVEAUX

External Affairs Committee Chair
EVP, Head of Commercial
Treasury Products, M&T Bank

NIKHEEL DHEKNE

Treasurer & Finance Committee Chair
Director, Industry Solutions & Business Development, IBM Global Markets

MARY DIBINGA

English Teacher and Debate Coach,
Boston Latin Academy

CHARLES GRANDSON

Chief Equity & Strategy Officer,
Boston Public Schools

ELBERT HARDEMAN

Deputy Information Security Officer,
The Federal Reserve System

JOHN ISAACSON

Board Chair Emeritus
Founder & Chairman, Isaacson Miller

MARISA KELLY

Governance Committee Chair
President, Suffolk University

WINIFRED J. LEE

 

EVA MITCHELL

Chief Program Officer,
Coalition for Career Development Center

MATT SCHNALL

Board Secretary 
Partner, WilmerHale

STONE WISKE

Education Lecturer & Author

Kelly Cody, Senior Volunteer Manager, joined BDL in 2021
Joshua Nixon, ASD and Resolved Program Manager, joined BDL in
Douglas Matute
Douglas Matute, Program Manager for Debate en Español, joined BDL in 2022
Ranner Faugas, Assistant Director of After-School Debate, joined BDL in
Roger Nix, Assistant Director of After School Debate, joined BDL in
Carlos Monteiro, Instructional Coach for DI Classrooms, joined BDL in
Sarah Mayper, Senior Instructional Coach for DI Classrooms, joined BDL in
Marisa Suescun, Director of Programs, joined BDL in 2013
Kimberly Bartlett-Ra, Director of Operations, joined BDL in
Kim Willingham, Executive Director of the Boston Debate League , joined BDL in
Jackney Prioly Joseph, Director of External Affairs, joined BDL in September 2020. Jackney leads our efforts to engage and partner with community and corporate organizations to create a community of support for our students. She previously served as Director of College and Career Readiness at the Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education. She has diverse leadership experience in education, nonprofits, and city government where she served under Mayor Thomas M. Menino and former City Councilor, now Congresswoman, Ayanna Pressley. A Bryn Mawr and Posse Foundation alum identified for her extraordinary leadership, Jackney works to secure partnerships that will tap and sharpen the leadership skills of our program participants.