PAIR LEADERSHIP
PAIR LEADERSHIP
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EXEC BOARD
EXEC BOARD
Hallie D
Hallie D
Cofounder & Executive Director
Cofounder & Executive Director
Hallie is a public speaker from PA in her 7th year competing, a TOC/NSDA qualifier, and has broken to elims at Yale, George Mason, NCFL, Stanford, and Harvard. She's one of the 184 recipients out of 140K+ competitors of the NSDA Speaking and Service Award, an Academic All-American, and nominated Pittsburgh District finalist for the NSDA Student Leadership Council. She also led an undefeated 2023-24 season in Pittsburgh, and recently founded her school’s debate team. Hallie loves teaching forensics as director of the Pittsburgh Forensics Institute, and if given the chance, she’ll talk to you for hours about jazz, hermit crab poetry, and blueberries.
Kristina Wisniewski
Kristina Wisniewski
Cofounder & Director of Operations
Cofounder & Director of Operations
Kristina is a rising senior at North Allegheny Senior High School where she has competed in Lincoln Douglas debate for 6 years. Kristina is the highest ranked NSDA member in PA, and she’s the president of an 140 member debate team which is ranked in the top 30 in the nation. She’s champed 2 national tournaments, and won 2 of the 3 large local tournaments in the greater Pittsburgh region. Kristina has amassed over 1,000 hours of experience teaching her event, and coaches the largest middle school LD debate team in the state. When she’s not debating, she enjoys crocheting, playing her saxophone, and traveling!
RESOURCE BOARD
RESOURCE BOARD
Cole Rosini
Cole Rosini
Resource Developer
A student, academic, and competitor from the Philadelphia suburbs, Cole has been competing in speech and debate for two years at Holy Ghost Preparatory School. Recently, Cole has been interested in studying the relationship between behavioral economics and a technological singularity. Cole hopes to amplify anti-oppressive courses of action and the role of diversity in today's world by psychologically examining the importance of equity within speech and debate. Apart from tournaments and Model UN conferences, Cole can be found reading, playing the piano, or pursuing independent research.
J.J. Ortiz
J.J. Ortiz
Speech Lead
Meet J.J.! J.J. is a rising senior at Aquinas Academy of Pittsburgh and serves as his team’s Speech and Debate Co-Captain. He has taught at multiple forensics camps, and loves coaching his teammates in both speech and debate events. He has participated in multiple speech events, but his main ones are DI and POI, both of which he is ranked #1 in PA. He is a 2024 NCFL Quarterfinalist in OI, and is also a 2x PHSSL State Championship Finalist, 3x NCFL Qualifier, and 2x NSDA qualifier. In his free time, he enjoys running, photography, painting, cooking, and playing the drums.
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