PACE Board of Directors 2021-22
President — Victor Prieto
Victor Prieto was first introduced to quizbowl at Rice University in 2011. After graduating in 2015, he entered a doctoral program for chemistry at Penn State, where he was pivotal in building a strong quizbowl program that is now a central component of the Pennsylvania circuit (both at the high school and college level). Victor joined PACE in 2015, and edited science for the 2016 and 2018 NSCs. He has previously held the offices of VP of Outreach from 2016 to 2017, VP of Tournament Direction in 2019, and Secretary from 2019 to 2020.
Treasurer — Joe Nutter
Joe Nutter began playing quizbowl for Walnut Hills High School in 2007. He played throughout high school and continued his playing career at Michigan State University, where he served as team president from 2012 to 2014. Since graduation, Joe has continued to be active in the quizbowl community through staffing tournaments, and has attended every NSC since 2011. Joe has been a PACE member since 2014 and previously served as secretary in the 2016 academic year. Joe lives in Atlanta, where he works as a consultant on payments.
Secretary — Catherine Qian
Catherine Qian is a third year in the Huntsman Program in International Studies and Business at the University of Pennsylvania, where she played quizbowl from 2018-2019. Prior, she played for Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School from 2014-2018, where she also edited and served as the Tournament Director for GSAC XXV. As a former recipient of PACE’s Morgan Costa-Rhodes Memorial Scholarship, Catherine is passionate about efforts to make quizbowl a more diverse and accessible activity.
Vice President of Editing — Michael Bentley
Michael Bentley played quizbowl at West Chester East High School in Pennsylvania and at the University of Maryland. He currently lives and works in the Seattle area and is involved with the quizbowl team at the University of Washington. Bentley has written and edited for numerous tournaments, including both iterations of College History Bowl and the projector-based tournament Eyes That Do Not See, in which players identify visual artworks from image slides.
Vice President of Tournament Direction — Emily Dickson
Vice President of Event Management — Bernadette Spencer
Bernadette Spencer has been a member of PACE since 2008. She has edited religion, philosophy, and social science for multiple NSCs. As Vice President of Event Management of the PACE board, she manages the logistical aspects of the NSC’s physical location and serves as PACE’s liaison with the hotel in which it is hosted.
Interim Director of Communications — Mia McGill
Mia McGill joined PACE in 2021, and has since been working toward standardizing equity and accessibility in PACE’s communications practice. She currently lives (and staffs tournaments) in Minnesota, where she coaches the state’s NASAT team.
Vice President of Outreach — Colin McNamara
Vice President of Technology — S.A. Shenoy
Current Membership List
| Name | Date Joined | Affiliation | Home State | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Rosenberg | 2008 - June | University of Illinois | VA | ||
| Aidan Mehigan | 2012 - July | Columbia University | NJ | ||
| Akshata Pisharody | 2019 - July | Washington University in St. Louis | VA | ||
| Albert Zhang | 2021 - July | Columbia University | NY | ||
| Alejandro Lopez-Lago | 2020 - January | University of Washington | WA | ||
| Andrew Feist | 2015 - June | Duke University | VA | ||
| Andrew Wang | 2016 - July | University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign | IL | ||
| Ankit Aggarwal | 2016 - July | University of California, Berkeley | CA | ||
| Antonio Jimenez | 2021 - January | University of Pennsylvania | PA | ||
| Athena Kern | 2016 - January | Washington University in St. Louis | KY | ||
| Ben Weiner | 2021 - July | University of Minnesota | MN | ||
| Bernadette Spencer | 2008 - June | Minneapolis Community and Technical College | MN | ||
| Bing Bingham | 2020 - July | Wright State University | OH | ||
| Casey Bindas | 2018 - July | Michigan Technological University | GA | ||
| Catherine Qian | 2020 - July | University of Pennsylvania | VA | ||
| Chandler West | 2020 - January | Vanderbilt Unviersity | TN | ||
| Chloe Levine | 2018 - July | Harvard University | NY | ||
| Chris Ray | 2007 - June | The Ohio State University | MD | ||
| Cody Voight | 2014 - June | Virginia Commonwealth University | VA | ||
| Colin McNamara | 2011 - July | Boise State University | ID | ||
| Connie Tzeng | 2019 - July | University of Chicago | IL | ||
| David Reinstein | 2014 - January | New Trier High School | IL | ||
| Dylan Minarik | 2017 - June | Northwestern University | WI | ||
| Emily Dickson | 2018 - July | University of Pittsburgh | DC | ||
| Em Gunter | 2021 - July | University of Virginia | VA | ||
| Fred Morlan | 2008 - June | University of Kentucky School of Pharmacy | KY | ||
| Harry White | 2019 - July | Virginia Polytechnic Institute | VA | ||
| Jackie Wu | 2018 - July | Carnegie Mellon University | PA | ||
| James Malouf | 2019 - July | University of California, Berkeley | CA | ||
| Jay Winter | 2020 - July | Waukee High School Coach, Iowa Quiz Bowl League CEO | IA | ||
| Joe Nutter | 2014 - January | Michigan State University | GA | ||
| Joelle Smart | 2012 - July | Rutgers University | NJ | ||
| Jon Suh | 2018 - July | Harvard University | MA | ||
| Jonathan Pinyan | 2012 - July | Bergen County Academies | NJ | ||
| Joshua Rutsky | 2018 - July | Hoover High School, Alabama Scholastic Competition Association | AL | ||
| Julia Tong | 2019 - July | Columbia University | NY | ||
| Kady Hsu | 2019 - July | University of California, Berkeley | CA | ||
| Katherine Lei | 2021 - January | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | MA | ||
| Lauren Onel | 2021 - January | University of Chicago | IL | ||
| Margaret Tebbe | 2019 - July | University of Pennsylvania | PA | ||
| Marianna Zhang | 2014 - June | Stanford University | CA | ||
| Mia McGill | 2021 - July | MN | |||
| Michael Bentley | 2008 - June | University of Washington | WA | ||
| Michael Borecki | 2018 - July | Bowdoin College | ME | ||
| Michael Hundley | 2012 - July | Virginia Polytechnic Institute | VA | ||
| Michael Sorice | 2008 - June | University of Illinois, Rantoul Township High School (Rantoul, IL) | IL | ||
| Moses Kitakule | 2020 - July | Columbia University | MD | ||
| Naveed Chowdhury | 2019 - July | University of Maryland | GA | ||
| Ophir Lifshitz | 2017 - February | University of Maryland | MD | ||
| Rahul Keyal | 2021 - July | University of California, Berkeley | CA | ||
| Ramapriya Rangaraju | 2019 - July | University of Louisville | KY | ||
| Rebecca Rosenthal | 2018 - July | Swarthmore College | TX | ||
| Rob Carson | 2008 - June | University of Minnesota | MN | ||
| Ryan Rosenberg | 2014 - January | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | CA | ||
| S.A. Shenoy | 2020 - July | Georgia Institute of Technology | GA | ||
| Sadie Britton | 2020 - January | College of William and Mary | VA | ||
| Sam Luongo | 2010 - July | Virginia Commonwealth University | VA | ||
| Sarang Yeola | 2018 - July | University of Colorado, Boulder | CO | ||
| Stephen Eltinge | 2012 - July | Yale University | MA | ||
| Tejas Raje | 2019 - February | Cornell University | IL | ||
| Tejas Santanam | 2019 - July | Georgia Institute of Technology | GA | ||
| Tora Husar | 2020 - July | University of Minnesota | MN | ||
| Tracy Mirkin | 2019 - July | University of Florida | FL | ||
| Victor Prieto | 2015 - June | Penn State University | MA | ||
| Will Grossman | 2021 - January | University of Florida | FL | ||
| Wonyoung Jang | 2021 - July | University of Chicago | IL | ||
Former Boards of Directors
| Year | President | Treasurer | Secretary | VP Tournament Direction | VP Editing | Communications | VP Outreach | VP Tech | VP Event | At-Large |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Victor Prieto | Joe Nutter | Catherine Qian | Casey Bindas | Michael Bentley | Rebecca Rosenthal | David Reinstein | Harry White | Bernadette Spencer | |
| 2020 | Sam Luongo | Joe Nutter | Victor Prieto | Emily Dickson | Michael Bentley | Rebecca Rosenthal | David Reinstein | Harry White | Bernadette Spencer | |
| 2019 | Fred Morlan | Michael Bentley | Michael Hundley | Victor Prieto | Ike Jose | Dylan Minarik | Chuck Pearson / Jackie Wu | Andrew Feist | Bernadette Spencer | |
| 2018 | David Reinstein | Michael Bentley | Michael Hundley | Ryan Rosenberg | Rob Carson | Niki Peters / Alex Damisch | Fred Morlan | Ophir Lifshitz | Bernadette Spencer | |
| 2017 | David Reinstein | Michael Bentley | Michael Hundley | Gaurav Kandlikar | Rob Carson | Marianna Zhang | Victor Prieto | Andrew Feist | Bernadette Spencer (position created) | (position abolished) |
| 2016 | Michael Bentley | David Reinstein | Joe Nutter | Mike Sorice | Jordan Brownstein | Marianna Zhang | Nicholas Karas | Andrew Feist | Bernadette Spencer | |
| 2015 | Matt Jackson | Michael Bentley | Jacob Wasserman | Sam Luongo | Auroni Gupta | Ryan Rosenberg | Nicholas Karas | Stephen Eltinge | Bernadette Spencer | |
| 2014 | Michael Bentley | Brian Mongilio | Aidan Mehigan | Sam Luongo | Rob Carson | Michael Hundley | Matt Jackson | Stephen Eltinge | Matt Weiner | |
| 2013 | Michael Bentley | Aaron Rosenberg | Julie Gittings | Matt Weiner | Eric Mukherjee | Sam Luongo | Lily Chen / Matt Jackson | Dan Goff | Fred Morlan | |
| 2012 | Michael Bentley | Aaron Rosenberg | Janet Berry | Matt Weiner | Chris Ray / Eric Mukherjee | Sam Luongo | Isaac Hirsch | Dan Goff | Fred Morlan | |
| 2011 | Trygve Meade | Donald Taylor | Carsten Gehring | Gautam Kandlikar (and Andrew Hart)* | Andy Watkins | Hannah Kirsch | Charlie Dees | Dan Goff | Ian Eppler | |
| 2010 | Fred Morlan | Donald Taylor | Carsten Gehring | Mike Sorice | Chris Ray | Trygve Meade | Eric Douglass | Chris Carter | Matt Weiner | |
| 2009 | E. Thomas Chuck | Evan Silberman (and Matt Weiner) | Andrew Hart | |||||||
| 2008 | Jessie Connolly Francis | Matt Weiner | ||||||||
| 2007 | Dan Greenstein | Matt Weiner | ||||||||
| 2006 | Dan Greenstein | Matt Weiner | ||||||||
| 2005 | Dan Greenstein | Matt Weiner | ||||||||
| 2004 | Dan Greenstein | Matt Weiner | ||||||||
| 2003 | Allison Manzuk | Matt Weiner | ||||||||
| 2002 | Brian Saxton | Matt Weiner | ||||||||
| 2001 | David Bykowski | Anthony de Jesus | ||||||||
| 2000 | Samer Ismail | E. Thomas Chuck | ||||||||
| 1999 | Samer Ismail | Samer Ismail | ||||||||
| 1998 | Samer Ismail | Samer Ismail |
*Matt Weiner elected and immediately resigned. GK/AH ticket ran in special election and won, with GK to cast votes on board matters.
Former Members
| Joined PACE | Left PACE | |
|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Lazar (Founder) | 1997 - January | 1998 - January |
| Darrah Densmore | 1998 - January | 2000 - January |
| Shawn Pickrell | 1998 - January | 2000 - January |
| David Balsiero | 2000 - January | 2000 - January |
| Eric Huff | 2000 - January | 2000 - January |
| Anthony de Jesus (Trustee) | 1998 - January | 2001 - January |
| Brian Saxton (Trustee) | 1999 - January | 2002 - January |
| Samer T. Ismail (Founder) | 1997 - January | 2003 - January |
| Edmund Schluessel (Trustee) | 2000 - January | 2003 - January |
| Allison Manzuk | 2000 - January | 2004 - January |
| David Bykowski | 1998 - January | 2009 - January |
| Patricia Southard Greenstein | 2000 - January | 2009 - January |
| Jessie Connolly | 2002 - January | 2009 - January |
| Dan Greenstein | 2003 - January | 2009 - January |
| Derek Winkler | 2003 - January | 2009 - January |
| Evan Silberman | 2007 - January | 2009 - January |
| Evan Nagler | 2008 - January | 2009 - January |
| Chris Carter | 2009 - January | 2009 - January |
| Matt Weiner | 2000 - January | 2010 - January |
| Eric Douglass | 2006 - January | 2010 - January |
| Charlie Dees | 2008 - January | 2010 - January |
| Dennis Jang | 2008 - January | 2010 - January |
| Ted Gioia | 2008 - January | 2010 - January |
| Ahmed Ismail | 2004 - January | 2011 - January |
| Andrew Hart | 2008 - January | 2011 - January |
| Gautam Kandlikar | 2008 - January | 2011 - January |
| Jonathan Magin | 2008 - January | 2011 - January |
| Trygve Meade | 2008 - January | 2011 - January |
| Andy Watkins | 2009 - January | 2011 - January |
| Donald Taylor | 2009 - January | 2011 - January |
| Ian Eppler | 2009 - January | 2011 - January |
| Matt Chadbourne | 2009 - January | 2011 - January |
| Chris Chiego | 2010 - January | 2011 - January |
| Mehdi Razvi | 2008 - January | 2012 - January |
| Daichi Ueda | 2009 - January | 2012 - January |
| Dwight Wynne | 2009 - January | 2012 - January |
| Emil Thomas Chuck (Founder) | 1997 - January | 2013 - January |
| Kyle Haddad-Fonda | 2008 - January | 2013 - January |
| Cameron Orth | 2009 - January | 2013 - January |
| Guy Tabachnick | 2009 - January | 2013 - January |
| Hannah Kirsch | 2009 - January | 2013 - January |
| Wes Austin | 2010 - January | 2013 - January |
| Lily Chen | 2012 - January | 2013 - January |
| Sharad Vikram | 2012 - January | 2013 - January |
| Tanay Kothari | 2012 - January | 2013 - January |
| Steve Yang | 2006 - January | 2014 - January |
| Dan Goff | 2008 - January | 2014 - January |
| Will Butler | 2009 - January | 2014 - January |
| Isaac Hirsch | 2011 - January | 2014 - January |
| Brian Mongilio | 2012 - January | 2014 - January |
| Matt Weiner | 2012 - January | 2015 - January |
| Carsten Gehring | 2008 - January | 2015 - January |
| Janet Berry | 2009 - January | 2015 - January |
| Jeffrey Hill | 2009 - January | 2015 - January |
| David Riley | 2012 - January | 2015 - January |
| Olivia Murton | 2014 - January | 2015 - January |
| Jacob Wasserman | 2012 - January | 2016 - January |
| Matthew Jackson | 2012 - January | 2016 - January |
| Adam Silverman | 2014 - January | 2016 - January |
| Nicholas Karas | 2014 - January | 2016 - January |
| Rahul Annabathula | 2015 - January | 2016 - January |
| Andrew Nadig | 2016 - January | 2016 - July |
| Benjamin Herman | 2015 - January | 2016 - September |
| Allison Murner | 2015 - January | 2017 - January |
| Matt Bollinger | 2011 - July | 2017 - January |
| Auroni Gupta | 2009 - June | 2017 - January |
| Jasper Lee | 2013 - June | 2018 - January |
| Max Schindler | 2013 - June | 2018 - June |
| Ryan Humphrey | 2017 - July | 2018 - July |
| Jarrett Greene | 2015 - June | 2018 - September |
| Dan Puma | 2014 - June | 2018 - December |
| Gaurav Kandlikar | 2015 - June | 2018 - December |
| Nathan Weiser | 2014 - June | 2019 - January |
| Richard Yu | 2014 - January | 2019 - January |
| Daniel Hothem | 2012 - July | 2019 - January |
| Chris Greenwood | 2011 - July | 2019 - June |
| Jakob Myers | 2018 - July | 2019 - June |
| Julie Gittings | 2011 - July | 2019 - June |
| Chuck Pearson | 2018 - July | 2019 - June |
| Jason Loy | 2012 - July | 2019 - June |
| Roxanne Ilagan | 2015 - June | 2019 - July |
| Ben Zhang | 2014 - June | 2019 - August |
| Eddie Kim | 2016 - July | 2019 - August |
| Ben Anthony | 2018 - July | 2019 - October |
| Olivia Lamberti | 2019 - July | 2019 - November |
| Eric Mukherjee | 2008 - June | 2020 - April |
| Alex Damisch | 2017 - July | 2020 - April |
| Jordan Brownstein | 2015 - June | 2020 - June |
| Jacob Reed | 2018 - July | 2020 - July |
| Erik Nelson | 2018 - July | 2020 - November |
| Jason Cheng | 2014 - June | 2020 - August |
| Mason Guillot | 2018 - July | 2020 - August |
| Niki Peters | 2016 - July | 2020 - September |
| Nicholas Clusserath | 2016 - January | 2020 - December |
| Matt Mitchell | 2018 - January | 2020 - December |
| Peter Torres | 2018 - July | 2021 - January |
| Jennie Yang | 2018 - July | 2021 - February |
| Ian Drayer | 2016 - July | 2021 - May |
| Young Fenimore Lee | 2018 - July | 2021 - June |
| Ike Jose | 2009 - January | 2021 - September |