
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