Board and Officers
Each year at the National Seminar, a new Board of Directors for the Canadian Student Debating Federation is elected by the representatives of the member organizations. The Board is comprised of seven individuals and anyone nominated by a member organization can be elected to the Board. To ensure regional representation, the Board must contain at least one member from each of our five regions: the West (BC, AB, SK), the Centre (MB, ON), the Territories, Quebec, and the Maritimes provided that willing candidates from each of these regions are available.
The membership elects a President, Director of French Language Debate, a Director of Bilingual Debate and four other directors. Once elected, the Board has the responsibility for appointment of officers, including Treasurer, Solicitor, Committee Chairs, Worlds Officer and Liaisons to external organizations as deemed necessary by the Board.
Throughout the year, the Board maintains contact with member organizations, coordinates with the upcoming Seminar Host, allocates funding under the McLeese Opportunities Fund and attends to administrative details required by the CSDF.
2012-2013 Board:
| Stephen McCarthy | President | QC | smccarthy@csdf-fcde.ca |
| Richard Picotin [bio] | Director of French Debate | QC | rpicotin@csdf-fcde.ca |
| Amy Marlene Robichaud | Director of Bilingual Debate | ON | arobichaud@csdf-fcde.ca |
| Lorelie DeRoose | Director | SK | lderoose@csdf-fcde.ca |
| Geoff Buerger | Director | BC | gbuerger@csdf-fcde.ca |
| Jordan Burg | Director | MB | jburg@csdf-fcde.ca |
| Sherry Nolan | Director | NB | snolan@csdf-fcde.ca |
| Veenu Goswami | External Director | ON | vgoswami@csdf-fcde.ca |
2012-13 Officers:
| Lorelie DeRoose | Treasurer | lderoose@csdf-fcde.ca |
| Brian Casey | Solicitor | solicitor@csdf-fcde.ca |
| Josh Judah | Discipline Officer | discipline@csdf-fcde.ca |
| Tracey Lee | Worlds Officer | tlee@csdf-fcde.ca |
| Elisa Frank Josh Judah |
Team Canada coaches | efrank@csdf-fcde.ca jjudah@csdf-fcde.ca |
| Stephen McCarthy | Webmaster | smccarthy@csdf-fcde.ca |

