PACE Board of Directors

Arthur Ramsay
President | president@pace-nsc.org

Arthur Ramsay (he/him) was elected President of PACE in July 2025, after joining PACE in January 2024 and serving as Vice President of Tournament Direction in 2024-25. 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. 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.

Michael Borecki
Treasurer | treasurer@pace-nsc.org

Michael has been a member of PACE since 2018. Prior to his election as Treasurer, he served as VP of Outreach and spent 3 years on the Outreach and Programs committees. Michael started the quizbowl 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.

Hazel Singh
Secretary | secretary@pace-nsc.org

Hazel Singh (she/her) joined PACE in 2026 and has been involved in quizbowl since 2023, when she played her first tournament. She loves staffing quizbowl tournaments and, most weekends, can be found behind a buzzer set, reading questions to teams. Outside of quizbowl, Hazel enjoys watching movies, trying to write, and spending time with friends. She’s looking forward to serving on the board this year, and supporting the 2027 NSC!

Samir Sarma
Director of Communications | communications@pace-nsc.org

Samir Sarma (he/him) has been involved in quizbowl since 2018 and has been a PACE member since 2023. He played for Eden Prairie High School and Georgia Tech, and he is currently in grad school at UC-Berkeley. For the past two years, he has been a key part of the NSC’s livestream production team, and he looks forward to continuing work on NSC livestreaming and continuing PACE’s fun social media content.

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Casey Bindas
Vice President of Event Management | event.management@pace-nsc.org

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.

Anna Csiki-Fejer
Vice President of Tournament Direction | td@pace-nsc.org

Anna Csiki-Fejer (she/her) joined PACE in 2023 and has been involved in quizbowl since 2020. Prior to being elected tournament director in 2025, she has served as a Women in Quizbowl panelist, set proofreader, and control room staff for past NSCs. Anna is looking forward to a great 2027 NSC!

Reilly Melville
Vice President of Outreach | outreach@pace-nsc.org

Reilly Melville joined PACE in 2025 and served as the protest coordinator at the 2025 and 2026 NSCs. He was introduced to quiz bowl in 2018 and played for Chaska High School and Purdue University; at Purdue, he was team president for two years and directed 24 tournaments. As VP of Outreach, Reilly is excited to promote quality quiz bowl across all regions and draw the best NSC field possible! Outside of quiz bowl, he is a data engineer in Minnesota and enjoys running, reading about history, and playing strategy games.

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Michael Bentley
Vice President of Technology | technology@pace-nsc.org

Michael Bentley joined PACE in 2008. He has formerly served as PACE’s President, Treasurer, 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.

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Ganon Evans
Vice President of Editing | editing@pace-nsc.org

Ganon Evans (he/him) has been a PACE member since 2022 and has been playing quizbowl since he was in high school in 2014. Ganon is a native of Missouri and currently works out of the Kansas City area where he works in public policy. Ganon is the current President of ACF, a Misconduct Form Representative, can be regularly see volunteering for events through the Missouri Quizbowl Alliance. He is excited to produced another fun, high quality, NSC set for 2027, having previously served as Vice President of Editing from 2022-24 and as an editor in 2025 and 2026.

PACE Members

NameDate JoinedAffiliationState
Aidan Leahy2023 – JulyUniversity of GeorgiaGA
Alexander Thomas2026 – JulyGeorgia TechGA
Anna Csiki-Fejer2023 – JulySaint Louis UniversityMO
Antonio Jimenez2021 – JanuaryUniversity of PennsylvaniaPA
Anuja Kumbhardare2026 – JulyUniversity of PittsburghPA
Arjun Nageswaran2022 – JanuaryHarvard UniversityIL
Arthur Ramsay2024 – JanuarySUNY Empire State CollegeNY
Ashish Kumbhardare2023 – JulyRowan UniversityNJ
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
Brian Lu2026 – JanuaryRutgers UniversityNJ
Britney Castleman2025 – JanuarySt. Mark High SchoolON
Bryanna Shao2024 – JanuaryVanderbilt UniversityMN
Casey Bindas2018 – JulyMichigan Technological UniversityGA
Catherine Qian2020 – JulyUniversity of PennsylvaniaVA
Chloe Levine2018 – JulyHarvard UniversityNY
Colin McNamara2011 – JulyBoise State UniversityID
David Bass2023 – JanuaryUniversity of VirginiaVA
Ellen Rispoli2026 – JulyIndiana UniversityIN
Felix Wang2023 – JulyUniversity of MissouriMO
Forrest Weintraub2025 – JulyColumbia UniversityNY
Ganon Evans2022 – JulyUniversity of IowaMO
Geoffrey Wu2023 – JulyColumbia UniversityNY
Giifti Benti2023 – JulySIUEIL
Hari Parameswaran2022 – JanuaryGeorgia Institute of TechnologyGA
Harry White2019 – JulyVirginia Polytechnic InstituteVA
Hazel Singh2026 – JulyNew York UniversityNY
Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt2026 – JulyNew York UniversityNY
Jeremy Cummings2024 – JulyWashington University in St. LouisMO
Joanna Xiao2026 – JulyGeorgia TechGA
Joel Miles2025 – JulyUniversity of MinnesotaMN
Joseph Krol2022 – JulyUniversity of CambridgeUK
Joy An2024 – JulyHarvard UniversityMA
Katherine Lei2021 – JanuaryMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyMA
Kiran Rachamallu2023 – JulyWilliam & Mary UniversityVA
Lalit Maharjan2025 – JanuaryPurdue UniversityIN
Laura B. Gray2025 – JanuaryRichton High SchoolMS
Lauren Onel2021 – JanuaryUniversity of ChicagoIL
Mia McGill2021 – JulyIrondale High SchoolMN
Michael Bentley2008 – JuneUniversity of WashingtonWA
Michael Borecki2018 – JulyBowdoin CollegeME
Naveed Chowdhury2019 – JulyUniversity of MarylandGA
Noah Sheidlower2026 – JulyColumbia UniversityNY
Olin Bose2026 – JanuaryColumbia UniversityNY
Rachel Ezrielev2025 – JulyGeorgetown UniversityDC
Ramapriya Rangaraju2019 – JulyUniversity of LouisvilleKY
Reilly Melville2025 – JulyPurdue UniversityIN
Rohan Kher2025 – JanuaryBrown UniversityRI
Ryan Ritter2023 – JanuaryJames MadisonVA
Sadie Britton2020 – JanuaryCollege of William and MaryVA
Samir Sarma2023 – JulyGeorgia Institute of TechnologyGA
Samuel Macchi2026 – JulyVassar CollegeMA
Sophia Madrazo2026 – JulyPurdue UniversityIN
Tejas Santanam2019 – JulyGeorgia Institute of TechnologyGA
Tracy Mirkin2019 – JulyUniversity of FloridaFL
Victor Pavao2024 – JulyUniversity of Massachusetts AmherstMA
Victor Prieto2015 – JunePenn State UniversityNY
Vikram Narasimhan2026 – JulyStanford UniversityIL
Will Grossman2021 – JanuaryUniversity of FloridaFL
William Schneider2026 – JulyRensselaer Polytechnic InstituteMA
Yaj Jhajhria2025 – JulyUniversity of WashingtonWA
Zac Bennett2022 – JulyUniversity of OklahomaOK

PACE Members Emeriti

NameDate JoinedAffiliationState
Aaron Rosenberg2008 – JuneUniversity of IllinoisVA
Aidan Mehigan2012 – JulyColumbia UniversityNJ
Alejandro Lopez-Lago2020 – JanuaryUniversity of WashingtonWA
Andrew Wang2016 – JulyUniversity of Illinois, Urbana-ChampaignIL
Ankit Aggarwal2016 – JulyUniversity of California, BerkeleyCA
Athena Kern2016 – JanuaryWashington University in St. LouisKY
Chris Ray2007 – JuneThe Ohio State UniversityMD
Cody Voight2014 – JuneVirginia Commonwealth UniversityVA
Dylan Minarik2017 – JuneNorthwestern UniversityWI
Joe Nutter2014 – JanuaryMichigan State UniversityGA
Jonathan Pinyan2012 – JulyBergen County AcademiesNJ
Marianna Zhang2014 – JuneStanford UniversityCA
Michael Hundley2012 – JulyVirginia Polytechnic InstituteVA
Michael Sorice2008 – JuneUniversity of Illinois
Rantoul Township High School
IL
Ophir Lifshitz2017 – FebruaryUniversity of MarylandMD
Ryan Rosenberg2014 – JanuaryUniversity of North Carolina, Chapel HillCA
Sam Luongo2010 – JulyVirginia Commonwealth UniversityVA
Tejas Raje2019 – FebruaryCornell UniversityIL

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