PACE Members and Officers

PACE Board of Directors 2025-26

Arthur Ramsay – President
Arthur Ramsay (he/him) has been a PACE member since January 2024, and served last year as VP of Tournament Direction before being elected President. He played quizbowl for four years as a high school student, and staffed over one hundred tournaments since then. He has directed nearly a dozen National Championship tournaments, most recently the 2025 PACE NSC. Arthur is a graduate of SUNY Empire State College and enjoys reading and casual trivia in his free time. Since 2011, Arthur has volunteered as a head counselor at a summer camp for children and young adults with special needs.

Headshot of Mike Bentley

Michael Bentley – Treasurer
Michael Bentley joined PACE in 2008. He has formerly served as PACE’s President and VP of Editing. He has also worked on technology projects with PACE including an online tournament guide, a USB buzzer system, and the QEMS2 question management system. Michael is based in Seattle and continues to play and write open tournaments.

William Grossman – Secretary
William Grossman joined PACE in January 2021, and has been involved in quizbowl since 2017. Prior to being elected Secretary, he spent three academic years on the Secretary Committee. He looks forward to continuing to help PACE run smoothly and effectively this year.

Hari Parameswaran – Vice President of Editing
Hari Parameswaran (he/him) has been involved with quiz bowl since 2015 and has been a PACE member since 2021. He has written and edited for four NSCs since joining PACE and looks forward to heading the NSC project this year. Outside of quiz bowl, Hari enjoys bird watching, movies, and exploring food in the Bay Area.

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Casey Bindas – Vice President of Event Management
Casey Bindas has been a member of PACE since 2018 and has been VP of Event Management since 2023. He previously served as the VP of Tournament Direction in 2021. He played quizbowl at Canton High School in Michigan, the University of Central Florida, Virginia Commonwealth University, and Michigan Technological University. He currently lives in Michigan where he continues to staff high school and college quizbowl tournaments.

Sadie Britton – Director of Communications
Sadie Britton (she/her) has done quizbowl in some capacity and various formats since 2010, and joined PACE in 2020. She played for William & Mary in college and served as team vice president from 2018-2020. She served as PACE’s Vice President of Outreach and Director of Communications from 2022-2024, and is currently one of PACE’s Misconduct Form representatives. Sadie lives in Minneapolis, MN and is very involved in the local Twin Cities quizbowl circuit.

Michael Borecki – Vice President of Outreach
Michael has been a member of PACE since 2018. Prior to becoming VP of Outreach, he spent 3 years on the Outreach and Programs committees. Michael started the quiz bowl team at Bowdoin College and was an early leader of the team at Darien High School. Michael has directed tournaments and head-edited question sets aimed at many different levels of high school teams, and is excited to return to his efforts to make the activity accessible to a broader audience. He can occasionally be found liveblogging the NSC.

Ramapriya Rangaraju – Vice President of Tech

PACE Members

NameDate JoinedAffiliationState
Aaron Rosenberg2008 – JuneUniversity of IllinoisVA
Aidan Leahy2023 – JulyUniversity of GeorgiaGA
Aidan Mehigan2012 – JulyColumbia UniversityNJ
Albert Zhang2021 – JulyColumbia UniversityNY
Alejandro Lopez-Lago2020 – JanuaryUniversity of WashingtonWA
Andrew Wang2016 – JulyUniversity of Illinois, Urbana-ChampaignIL
Ankit Aggarwal2016 – JulyUniversity of California, BerkeleyCA
Anna Csiki-Fejer2023 – JulySaint Louis UniversityMO
Antonio Jimenez2021 – JanuaryUniversity of PennsylvaniaPA
Arjun Nageswaran2022 – JanuaryHarvard UniversityIL
Arthur Ramsay2024 – JanuarySUNY Empire State CollegeNY
Ashish Kumbhardare2023 – JulyRowan UniversityNJ
Athena Kern2016 – JanuaryWashington University in St. LouisKY
Ben Chapman2023 – JulyUniversity of TorontoON
Ben Kirk2022 – JulyIthaca High SchoolNY
Ben Weiner2021 – JulyUniversity of MinnesotaMN
Bern McCauley2024 – JulyGreat Valley High SchoolPA
Bing Bingham2020 – JulyWright State UniversityOH
Bryanna Shao2024 – JanuaryVanderbilt UniversityMN
Casey Bindas2018 – JulyMichigan Technological UniversityGA
Catherine Qian2020 – JulyUniversity of PennsylvaniaVA
Chandler West2020 – JanuaryVanderbilt UnviersityTN
Chloe Levine2018 – JulyHarvard UniversityNY
Chris Ray2007 – JuneThe Ohio State UniversityMD
Cody Voight2014 – JuneVirginia Commonwealth UniversityVA
Colin McNamara2011 – JulyBoise State UniversityID
David Bass2023 – JanuaryUniversity of VirginiaVA
Dylan Minarik2017 – JuneNorthwestern UniversityWI
Felix Wang2023 – JulyUniversity of MissouriMO
Ganon Evans2022 – JulyUniversity of IowaMO
Geoffrey Wu2023 – JulyColumbia UniversityNY
Giifti Benti2023 – JulySIUEIL
Hari Parameswaran2022 – JanuaryGeorgia Institute of TechnologyGA
Harry White2019 – JulyVirginia Polytechnic InstituteVA
Jay Winter2020 – JulyWaukee High School Coach
Iowa Quiz Bowl League CEO
IA
Jeremy Cummings2024 – JulyWashington University in St. LouisMO
Joe Nutter2014 – JanuaryMichigan State UniversityGA
Jonathan Pinyan2012 – JulyBergen County AcademiesNJ
Joseph Krol2022 – JulyUniversity of CambridgeUK
Joy An2024 – JulyHarvard UniversityMA
Kady Hsu2019 – JulyUniversity of California, BerkeleyCA
Katherine Lei2021 – JanuaryMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyMA
Kiran Rachamallu2023 – JulyWilliam & Mary UniversityVA
Lauren Onel2021 – JanuaryUniversity of ChicagoIL
Marianna Zhang2014 – JuneStanford UniversityCA
Mia McGill2021 – JulyIrondale High SchoolMN
Michael Bentley2008 – JuneUniversity of WashingtonWA
Michael Borecki2018 – JulyBowdoin CollegeME
Michael Hundley2012 – JulyVirginia Polytechnic InstituteVA
Michael Sorice2008 – JuneUniversity of Illinois
Rantoul Township High School
IL
Naveed Chowdhury2019 – JulyUniversity of MarylandGA
Nina Kaushikkar2022 – JulyUniversity of MinnesotaMN
Ophir Lifshitz2017 – FebruaryUniversity of MarylandMD
Ramapriya Rangaraju2019 – JulyUniversity of LouisvilleKY
Rebecca Rosenthal2018 – JulySwarthmore CollegeTX
Rob Carson2008 – JuneUniversity of MinnesotaMN
Ryan Ritter2023 – JanuaryJames MadisonVA
Ryan Rosenberg2014 – JanuaryUniversity of North Carolina, Chapel HillCA
Sadie Britton2020 – JanuaryCollege of William and MaryVA
Sam Luongo2010 – JulyVirginia Commonwealth UniversityVA
Samir Sarma2023 – JulyGeorgia Institute of TechnologyGA
Tejas Raje2019 – FebruaryCornell UniversityIL
Tejas Santanam2019 – JulyGeorgia Institute of TechnologyGA
Tracy Mirkin2019 – JulyUniversity of FloridaFL
Victor Pavao2024 – JulyUniversity of Massachusetts AmherstMA
Victor Prieto2015 – JunePenn State UniversityNY
Will Grossman2021 – JanuaryUniversity of FloridaFL
Zac Bennett2022 – JulyUniversity of OklahomaOK

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