Our People

Overview

At Eloquence Academy, an inspiring team meets thriving students.

We are fortunate to attract and retain some of the most knowledgeable individuals in the industry. Our leadership team brings a combined 100+ years of experience in independent schools, higher education, nonprofit leadership, and social work. They collaborate to evaluate past and present policy and operations and help make sound decisions for the future. Some offer valued perspectives as former volunteers or alumni, and additional administrators are invited to provide valuable feedback.

Our staff and debate instructors are the driving force behind our direct impact on the community. Dynamic, stimulating, and passionate scholars in their own rights, each employee is utterly committed to our mission and our students’ academic success in an increasingly complicated world. Their wealth of knowledge, combined with their deep understanding of debate, enable us to provide a level of care tailored to youth through one-of-a-kind programming.

A team of committed, hardworking, and capable individuals.

Staff Directory



EXECUTIVE OFFICE

Spencer Chaisanguanthum
Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Jonathan Zu
Director of Eloquence Academy Canada

Vu Phuc Bao Tran
Director of Eloquence Academy Vietnam

Sara Janakiram
Director of Eloquence Academy Singapore

Amanda Piter
Director of Eloquence Academy Indonesia

Eugenia Shareen Hiendra
Associate Director of Eloquence Academy Indonesia

ADVANCEMENT

Meagan Jonathan
Director of Advancement

Narges Rasouli
Advancement Coordinator

Imad Shaikh
Vendor Relationships Coordinator

Daniel Gibson
Volunteer Coordinator

BUSINESS

Mansi Arora
Director of Finance & Human Resources

Rudri Soni
Grants Coordinator

Ellie Kim
Fundraising Coordinator

EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

Sachin Chandra
Director of External Affairs

Akshat Anand
External Affairs Coordinator

Sofia Fleri
News Coordinator

Kabir Iyengar
Website Coordinator

INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS

Melinda Synn
Director of Instructional Programs

Ismihan Abdelkadir
ESL Debate Coordinator

Dinorah Olmos
ESL Debate Coordinator

Danyi Wang
ESL Debate Coordinator

Erika Chiu
Curriculum Coordinator

Deeksha Vaidyanathan
Instructional Programs Coordinator

RURAL DEBATE

Rural Debate Initiative
Director of Rural Debate

Aanya Baddela
Rural Debate Coordinator

TOURNAMENTS

Vedant Misra
Director of Tournaments

Shakthi Prabhakaran
Speech Competitions Coordinator

Alexander Wang
Tournaments Coordinator

SERVICE LEADERSHIP OFFICE

Kira Waldhalm
Director of Service Leadership & the Eloquence Charitable Fund

Sowmiya Deventhira-Raja
Service Learning Coordinator

Daniel Gibson
Service Learning Coordinator

Arnav Maheshwari
Service Learning Coordinator

PARTNER PROGRAM COORDINATORS

Amanda Arana
Take Stock in Children — Broward County

Jacquline Flur
Take Stock in Children — Broward County

Amanda Frey
Take Stock in Children — Broward County

Mitch Beaty
Tennesse 4-H

Lori Gallimore
Tennesse 4-H

Lynne Middleton
Tennesse 4-H

Sam Chen
Outreach Debate

Michael Chin
City Tutors

Garri Rivkin
City Tutors

Rajat Gupta
eTutor World — Class

Sophia Williams
eTutor World — Webinar

Ava Khossarvi
Volunteer Tutors Organization

Anoushka Majoumder
Volunteer Tutors Organization

Kayley Xu
Volunteer Tutors Organization

Michael Higley
Take Stock in Children — Manatee County

Denise McGirr
Take Stock in Children — Manatee County

May Lee
California Association of Student Councils

Felix Nguyen
California Association of Student Councils

Nevyn Parisa Haque
The World in Us

Volunteer Directory



ALBUQERQUE
Darin Eberhart

ANCHORAGE
Anna Kardashyan

ATLANTA
Akshat Anand

Aanya Baddela

Aditi Hemanth

AUSTIN
Ambika Ashok

Riya Duvvuri

BIRMINGHAM
Daniel Gibson

BOSTON
Leah Ben-Levi

Adrian Chan

Kira Waldhalm

BOISE
Zane Pearson

CHARLOTTE
Ishan Ahsan

Sarayu Nattamai

Eesha Patel

Samiksha Pyndi

Ellery Stewart

Anish Thota

Rocio Vega-Saenz

CHEYENNE
Natalyia Kopack

CHICAGO
Kabir Iyengar

CINCINATTI
Reagan Fournier

CLEVELAND
Nathan Chen

Rachel Gortney

Mallory Kavanagh

Shakthi Prabhakaran

Danielle Stanley

Julia Wang

DALLAS
Andy Choy

Aneek Kalagara

Hannah Nery

Paari Palani

DES MOINES
Mackenzie Grace Larson

DETROIT
Alex Wang

DURHAM
Tanuj Karthakiyen

ERIE
Sowmiya Deventhira-Raja

Nikil Raja

HOUSTON
Maisa Ahmad

Aiza Dada

Emilio Garza

Mingyi Li

Jeffrey Liu

Imad Shaikh

Anika Sud

LAS VEGAS
Kevin Cisneros

LOS ANGELES
Eleminoti Ahia

Hailey Ahn

Usman Ahsan

Helen Duenas

Linda Frazier

Rhailey Gamboa

Tyler Green

Nancy Javkhlan

Gurnoor Kaur

Lucy Liu

Bryan Penaloza

Zayna Rana

Nikhil Reddy

Andres Servin Levya

Wendy Shi

Ahsmeet Singh

Rudri Soni

Eric Viscarra

JAKARTA
Amanda Piter

Eugenia Shareen Hiendra

MIAMI
Mansi Arora

Mariana Rodriguez

Nicholas Weiser

Chloe Wolf

MINNEAPOLIS
Claire Cao

MILWAUKEE
Angela Wang

NASVHILLE
Advik Anand

Ryland Hoskins

Manushri Kalasikam

Atharv Mehendale

Arnav Mehta

Vedant Misra

Yug Patel

Darsh Shrivastava

Krishna Volety

Chetan Yenigalla

Adwaya Yesware

NEW YORK
Nathaniel Avena

Aaron Choi

Sophia Birman

Suvid Bordia

Ellie Kim

Arnav Maheshwari

Andrew Moszuti

Shmuly Nerenberg

Bethany Po

Shaurya Jindal

Jordyn Rubman

Chelsea Shen

Vidushi Sinha

Jacob Skolnick

Julian Song

Ryan Li

OKLAHOMA CITY
Jolie Jimenez

ORLANDO
Santiago Bonilla

PHILADELPHIA
Emily Zhang

PHOENIX
Sachin Chandra

Gauri Murkoth

Kai Pehkonen

SAIGON
Vu Phuc Bao Tran

SAN DIEGO
Melinda Synn

SAN FRANCISCO
Erika Chiu

Maeve Cottin-Rack

Sofia Fleri

Ian Gao

Saira Julka

Tanmay Jyothis

Lydia Liu

Larkin Murray

Rohin Saharoy

Tanvee Tirthapura

SAN JOSE
Alek Ding

Andrea Wong

SEATTLE
Amina Abedi

SINGAPORE
Sara Janakiraman

TORONTO
Rawan Elagami

William He

VANCOUVER
Ayden Chung

Kayla Jung

Rex Park

Megan Webster

WASHINGTON, DC
Renia Ahmad

Rachel Barold

Aben Bhattachan

Alisha Durbhakula

Anna Jhon

WINSTON-SALEM
Esmeralda Hernandez

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