Meet The Executive Team

Prithiv Premkumar has 7 years of debate experience, including judging, teaching, and, of course, debating. He is familiar with and has competed in many events such as LD, Extemporaneous (IX mostly but some DX), Congress, PF, and Policy.

Emma Poma started debate four years ago, and since then has gained a lot of experience as a debater, judge, and coach. She is well experienced in WSDC style debate, even competing in the Spanish national team at the world schools debate tournament. She also is well versed in the BP/WUDC format. She serves as the Vice President and Novice Captain of the GT Speech and Debate Club.

Sai Machiraju is the Head of Marketing and Outreach. He coordinates with students, campus organizations, faculty, and partner universities to publicize Georgia Tech Debate's mission and help college students become better communicators. He brings five years of high school Model United Nations (MUN) expertise, including leadership as Secretary-General of one of Southern California's largest MUN teams.