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 John Macken '62

(1959-1962). Mr. Macken is an SMC physics alum, a scientific inventor, the team’s benefactor since 2002, and a current member of SMC’s Board of Trustees. He debated for SMC with Joe Siler.

Joe Siler  '62

(1959-1962). Mr. Siler is an SMC alum, a team donor, and a former member of SMC’s Board of Regents. He debated for SMC with John Macken, and facilited the establishment of the Kurt W. Simon endowment for team scholarships.

To read more about Kurt W. Simon's work and learn more about the man, visit

Cathy B. Glenn, PhD

(2006-2014). As Director of Forensics and head coach for SMC Debate & Speech, Dr. Glenn ontinued Mr. Hanecak's work by developing the programmatic elements of Macken Forensics. During her tenure, Dr. Glenn was responsible for moving SMC up more than 100 places in the National Parliamentary Debate Association's rankings and she coached the first SMC team to qualify for the National Parliamentary Tournament of Excellence. Currently, Dr. Glenn is an author, advocate, and consultant and can be found on LinkedIn.

John Hanecak

(2002-2006). With Mr. Macken's initial 2002 gift to the college, John Hanecak coached the speech and debate club during its process of moving toward a programmatic framework. Mr. Hanecak is currrently chair of the Performing Arts department at Diablo Valley College and a former Pleasant Hill City Council member.

David Azcarraga '12

(2008-2009). Dave took a sabbatical from SMC for family reasons and graduated from

UC Berkeley in 2012. He volunteered his time to the team when he could.

(2010-2011). Ashley graduated from SMC in 2011 with a degree in Communication.

(2010-2011). Shannon graduated in 2014 with an Anthropology and currently works in education.

(2007-2011). Ana was 2010-2011 team captain, was awarded the Thomas Jefferson award

from the Politics Department, and graduated from SMC in 2011 with a degree in Political

Science. She currently works for a major retailer, volunteered her time as an assistant coach

when she could, and has gifted the program.

Shana Dhillon '09

(2006-2008). Shana graduated from SMC in 2009 with a Communication degree and currently

works in education.

Samantha Edmondo '16 

(2012-2016). Samantha graduated from SMC in 2016 with a History degree and currently attends law school.  Sam was part of the first team to qualify and attend the National Parliamentary Tournament of Excellence.

George Emmons '12

(2008-2010). George graduated wih an Integral degree from SMC in 2012, was a Resident Advisor,

an SMC Ambassador, WoW Leader, and currently works for a major cable company.

(2011-2012). David was on sabbatical from SMC during the 2012-2013 season and graduated

in 2014 with an English degree.

(2010-2011). Kaitlin graduated in 2014 with a Communication degree.

Caitlin McLain '15

(2011-2012). Caitlin currently attends SMC as a Communication major.

Logan Newell '08

(2007-2009). Logan graduated from SMC in 2008 with degrees in Economics and Business

Administration. He currently holds a corporate position with a major retailer, volunteered

his time as an assistant coach for SMC’s team after graduating, and has gifted the program.

(2011-2012). Alina currently attends SMC as an Environmental Science major.

 Noah O'Connor '14

 (2010-2014). Noah graduated from SMC in 2014 with a degree in History, and was the team's captain and SMC Student Debate Union president during the  2013-2014 season. He was part of the first team to qualify and attend the National Parliamentary Tournament of Excellence.  He has been accepted to law  school and begins studies in fall 2014.

 Chelsea O’Sullivan '12

(2008-2010). Chelsea graduated from SMC as an Environmental Science major in 2012

and currently attends law school.

(2006-2010). Elizabeth was the 2009-2010 team captain, was awarded an NPDA

All American award in 2010, and graduated in 2010 with both Politics and Business Administration

degrees. She graduated from law school in 2013 and volunteers her time to the team when she can.

Maggie Powers '14

(2010-2012). Maggie was a Resident Advisor in 2012-2013 after her time on the team,

and graduated in 2014 with degrees in Women's Studies and Anthropology.

Erika Reames '14

(2010-2012). Erika currently attends UC San Diego.

Miranda Rowley '16

(2012-2016). Miranda graduated SMC with a degree in Women and Gender studies and now attends law school.  In addition to being part of the first team to clear to elimination rounds at the National Parliamentary tournament of Excellence, win an elimination round at the National Parliamentary Debate Association in Saint Mary's school history making it to the top 32, and Miranda also was the first student in school history to receive a speaker award at nationals.

(2007-2009). Esteban graduated with an Integral degree from SMC in 2011 and currenlty works

for a premiere social media corporation.

(2012-2013). Jen currently attends SMC as a Politics major.

Carment Terlaje '16

(2012-2016). Carmen graduated from Saint Mary's with a Global and Regional studies degree.  In addition to being part of the first team to clear to elimination rounds at the National Parliamentary tournament of Excellence and win an elimination round at the National Parliamentary Debate Association in Saint Mary's school history making it to the top 32. Carmen was also the recipient of the Student Scholar award at the Latino/a Graduation ceremony.

(2009-2010). Xiang graduated from NYU with a BS in Finance and Advanced Mathematical

Methods, and currently works as a financial analyst for a major firm.