Houston urban debate league
YOUNG PROFESSIONALS COUNCIL
The HUDL Young Professionals Council (YPC) offers young professionals the opportunity to give back to the community through rewarding and engaging volunteer activities, while expanding their networks to include an accomplished group of legal and business professionals in the Houston community. The YPC supports HUDL’s mission of advancing debate in Houston-area schools by raising scholarship money for HUDL students and recruiting volunteers for HUDL events. The group hosts several social events throughout the year, including its annual spring silent auction and fall cornhole tournament. Its members also regularly volunteer to mentor students, judge debate tournaments, and speak at HUDL events such as the Summer Debate Institute.
Want to get involved?
To learn more about the YPC, contact one of its co-chairs, Steven Messer or Erin McNamara. For more information about serving as a volunteer judge at a HUDL debate tournament, contact Jordan Warshauer at HUDL.volunteer.judges@gmail.com.
meet the ypc
Nick Brown
Fulkerson Lotz
Peter Danysh
Vinson Elkins LLP
Matt Fiorillo
Vinson & Elkins
Aparna Koneru
Ernst & Young
Karmyn McCloud
Shell
Steven Messer
Occidental Chemical Corporation
Justin Patrick
Gibbs & Bruns LLP
Jordan Warshauer
Ahmad Zavitsanos Anaipakos
Zack Calhoun
Rice Graduate School of Business
Agnes Doyle
Holland & Knight
Will Geise
Baker Hostetler
Katherine Kunz
Gibbs & Bruns LLP
Luke McDowall
Littler Mendelson P.C.
Tyler Murray
ExxonMobil
Mary Kate Raffetto
Beck Redden LLP
Alex Wolf
Smyser, Kaplan & Veselka
Ben Cohen-Kurzrock
Baker Botts LLP
Omar El-Hawlwagi
Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
Mike Hood
East West Bank
Ryan McBrearty
Briefing Attorney
Court of Appeals for the First District of Texas
Erin McNamara
Littler Mendelson P.C.
Eric Pardue
Chevron
Briana Rogers
South Texas College of Law