Committees

CONVENTION COMMITTEE

Executive Board Member: Kevin Seney, Principal, Grinnell High School

NE: Debbie DeVore/ Matthew DeVore, Maquoketa Valley, 2023

SW: Jacque Seidl, Adel DeSoto Minburn, 2025

SE: Robin Crow/ Darrin Crow, Cedar Valley Christian, 2026

DEBATE COMMITTEE

Executive Board Member:

John Cooper, 2024, Iowa City West

Kirk Kelloway, 2025, CAM, Anita

Anne Deam, 2026, Ames

Lydia Cowins, 2027, Des Moines Christian

JUDGE CERTIFICATION COMMITTEE

Executive Board Member: Carrie Tinkham, Coach at Large, Cedar Rapids Washington

SE: Vince Hrasky, Tri-County, 2023

NW: Shawn Starr, Woodbury Central, 2024

NE: Lisa Phyfe, Waverly-Shell Rock, 2025

SW: Dirk Waller, Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson, 2026

INDIVIDUAL EVENTS ALL STATE FESTIVAL COMMITTEE

Executive Board Member: Russ Adams, Superintendent, MOC-Floyd Valley

SW: Manda Thomas, CAM, 2024

SE: Kim Carlson, Monticello, 2025

NE: Gabriel Twedt, Decorah, 2026

NW: Nate Irwin, Sioux City East, 2027

Special Assistant to the Executive Director: David Wendt, Hall of Fame, Iowa Wesleyan University

LARGE GROUP ALL STATE FESTIVAL COMMITTEE

Executive Board Member: Bill Messerole, Principal, Creston High School

NE: Angie Manternach, Cascade, 2024

NW: Jaylene De Vos/ James De Vos, Cherokee Washington, 2025

Special Assistant to the Executive Director: Brad Nesbitt, Hall of Fame

DISTRICT OFFICERS Northeast

President: Molly Holkesvik, Decorah

Vice President: Sam Magner, Hampton-Dumont

Secretary: Heidi Rottink, Don Bosco

DISTRICT OFFICERS Northwest

President: Kim Keller, Manson-Northwest Webster

Vice President: Deborah Benjamin, Emmetsburg

Secretary: Jarrod Roth, Storm Lake

DISTRICT OFFICERS Southeast

President: Jackye Bowlin, Mt. Pleasant

Vice President: Dixie Forcht, South Tama

Secretary: Brianne Magill, Central DeWitt

DISTRICT OFFICERS Southwest

President: Kelly Thompson, Waukee Northwest

Vice President: Laura Granger, Creston

Secretary: Jon Russell, Ankeny Centennial