2026-27 Executive Team
President: Hannah Choi
If you have any questions about the club or debate in general, please contact her at president@ubcdebatesociety.com
VP External: Annabelle Katz & Nathan Yan
If you have any questions about funding slots and what tournaments we’re sending teams to, please contact him at vpexternal@ubcdebatesociety.com
VP Internal: Riya Dhanju
If you have any questions about getting involved with the club, or upcoming socials, please contact her at vpinternal@ubcdebatesociety.com
VP Finance: Aaron Zeng
If you have any questions about budgets, funding, or reimbursements, please contact him at vpfinance@ubcdebatesociety.com
co-VP Operations: Giann Lai
If you have any questions about tournaments, please contact her at vpoperations@ubcdebatesociety.com
VP Training: Michelle Han
If you have any questions about how to debate, where to find training resources, or how to approach a certain motion, please contact her at training@ubcdebatesociety.com
VP Marketing: Norah Perkins & Henry Gong
If you have any questions about events, socials, or sponsorship, please contact her at outreach@ubcdebatesociety.com
Previous Executive Teams
2024-25 Executive Team
Presidents: emily chen
If you have any questions about the club or debate in general, please contact her at president@ubcdebatesociety.com
VP External: Nilabh Agrawal
If you have any questions about funding slots and what tournaments we’re sending teams to, please contact him at vpexternal@ubcdebatesociety.com
VP Internal: jessica li
If you have any questions about getting involved with the club, or upcoming socials, please contact her at vpinternal@ubcdebatesociety.com
VP Finance: Akshat Kumar
If you have any questions about budgets, funding, or reimbursements, please contact him at vpfinance@ubcdebatesociety.com
co-VP Operations: Manon Melkonyan, William CHen
If you have any questions about tournaments, please contact her at vpoperations@ubcdebatesociety.com
VP Training: Thien-Lam Nguyen
If you have any questions about how to debate, where to find training resources, or how to approach a certain motion, please contact her at training@ubcdebatesociety.com
VP Marketing: Kathy QU
If you have any questions about events, socials, or sponsorship, please contact her at eventsandmarketing@ubcdebatesociety.com
2023-24 Exec
President: Bobo Wong and Nicholas Viegas, VP External: Emily Chen, VP Internal: Jessica Li, VP Finance: Seema Al-Tabbaa, Training Director: Natalie Viegas, Events & Marketing: Amir Rezaei, Other Officers : Thien-Lam Nguyen, Nyla Nguy, Satvika Suresha, Santiago Arbelaez, Akshat Kumar
2022-23 Exec
President: Tina Yong, VP External: Nicholas Viegas, VP Internal: Maja Grandinetti, VP Finance: Seema Al-Tabbaa, VP Operations: Nicholas Rees, Training Director: Olin Becker, Events & Marketing: Amir Rezaei, Other Officers : Lai Wei, Aashton Vinay, Sewon Jeon, Emily Chen
2021-2022 EXEC
President: Abigail Conrad, VP External: Olin Becker, VP Internal: Maja Grandinetti, VP Finance: Trishant Gill, VP Operations: Aya Darwash, Training Director: Nicholas Viegas, vents & Marketing: Tina Yong
2020-21 Exec
President: Evelyn Kim; VP External: Bobo Wong; VP Internal: Shanai Tanwar; VP Finance: Bishal Podder; VP Operations: Gia-an Trinh; Training Director: Aaron John; Events and Marketing: Shannon Chu; Diversity Officers: Jade Zhong and Sumayya Omar; Novice Representative: Tina Yong
2019-20 Exec
President: Aidan Wilson; VP External: Jade Zhong; VP Internal: Evelyn Kim; VP Finance: Jenaya Copithorne; VP Operations: Dylan Sigurdson; Training Director: Noah MacDonald; Events and Marketing: Alex Gagne; Diversity Officers: Charlotte Gilby and Noam Harris; High School Outreach Coordinator: Jacqueline Belzberg; Novice Representative: Chelli Shapiro
2018-19 Exec
President: Adrian Lask (Emeritus: Nathan Schwarz-Lee); VP External: Alice May Jones; VP Internal: Sophie Thornton; VP Finance: Swapna Prakash; VP Operations: Devon Wang; VP Marketing: Madura Katta; Training Director: Akash Uppal; Other Officers: Sarah Thomas; Olivia Stein; Corina Picui; Noah Macdonald
2017-18 Exec
President: Lewis Dillman; VP External: Dena Tabyanian; VP Internal: Charlotte Gilby; VP Finance: Gozal Farrokh; VP Operations: Nathan Schwarz-Lee; VP Marketing: Daniel Liu; Training Director: Archie Stapleton; Chair of Debates: Vasu Jalan; Diversity Officer: Lucia Zhang (Emeritus: Zeynep Fattah); Communications Director: Sophie Thornton; Novice Representative: Akash Uppal
2016-17 Exec
President: Garion Hicks; VP External: Dena Tabyanian; VP Internal: Caroline Li; VP Finance: Lewis Dillman; VP Marketing: Linda Huang; Training Director: Grant Bradshaw; Chair of Debates: Zeynep Fattah; Communications Director: Masao Dahlgren; Operations Director: Tariq Vira (Emeritus: Yashwant Parmar); Novice Representative: Matthew Araneta
2015-16 Exec
President: Conor McGurk; VP External: Dena Tabyanian; VP Internal: Fraser McGee; VP Finance: Amrun Rana; VP Marketing: Pia Lim; Training Director: Connor Stewart Hunter; Chair of Debates: Garion Hicks; Communications Director: An-te Chu; Novice Representative: Masao Dahlgren