Will Baker - Chief Executive Officer
Will brings twenty year's worth of experience in policy debate and nonprofit management to the IMPACT team. Previously, he served as the North Amercian Coordinator for the International Association of Religious Freedom (IARF) and currently is an Executive Bureau member for the Committee of Religious NGOs at the United Nations. He was the 1999 recipient of the Don Brownlee Award as the intercollegiate debate coach of the year. He runs Baker Consulting Services International and is a highly regarded nonprofit management consultant with a specialization in nonprofit advocacy and infrastructure development. Mr. Baker serves as a United Nations representative for IARF and is on the Board of Directors of the North American Interfaith Network. He teaches argumentation and debate in the Steinhardt School of Education at NYU and coaches their nationally-ranked policy debate team. Will is a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals and a former Assembly District Leader.

Tess Gilman, Chief Management Officer

Tess holds her MS in management of social services from Columbia University School of Social Work, and her BA in philosophy and math from St. John's College. She most recently worked at the National Association of Social Workers where she conducted advertising and development outreach, helped organize the 2009 Annual Meeting, coordinated the NASW-NYC Diversity Committee and facilitated overall coordination of issues of the Currents publication on immigrants and refugees and social work and disabilities, including developing protocols and outlines based on extensive interviews with experts in the field. She has also worked as a clinical counselor at a Harlem foster care agency, and founded the Green Caucus at Columbia University to help organize students around environmental racism and justice issues. Tess is a returning member of the IMPACT staff; she served one year as an Americorps VISTA volunteer in 2006.

Emmanuel Villaneuva - General Manager
Emmanuel is a graduate of New York University with a degree in nutrition. He developed a comprehensive data management system used in tracking tournament results and ranks, novice and advanced student performance, teacher and alumni info as well as tournament and institute attendance. He is a former regional sales and training manager for a major recreational retailer.

Ashely Howey - Tournament Coordinator Ashley Howey graduated with a degree in Political Science and International Studies from Brigham Young University Idaho. She completed a stint with the United Nations Department of Public Information.before coming to IMPACT.  Ashley Howey first participated in policy debate when she joined her high school debate team in Sitka, Alaska. This initiated a lifelong love of the sport as she travelled throughout the islands with the team for debate tournaments. She was part of the first all-female team to win the policy portion of the State tournament in 2004.  While at BYUI, she orchestrated an on-campus volunteer program that provided a large variety of service opportunities for several hundred college students.

Bridgette DeFelice, Webmaster and Administrative/Network Support

Ms. Defelice is an alumna of the University of Texas, a former policy debater, and a graduate of the New York University School of Law. She majored in history with a focus on early modern Latin America and a concentration in biology.