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