For information on how to become an ACF member, see the About page.

Officers

ACF’s officers also serve as ACF’s board of directors.

Officer	Position	Contact
JinAh Kim	President	president@acf-quizbowl.com
Sophie Torres	Communications	communications@acf-quizbowl.com
Eric Mukherjee	Editor-in-Chief	editing@acf-quizbowl.com
Kevin Jiang	Site Coordinator	hosting@acf-quizbowl.com
Zac Bennett	ACF Nationals Tournament Director	td@acf-quizbowl.com
John Nienajadlo	Treasurer	treasurer@acf-quizbowl.com
Rahul Keyal	Webmaster	webmaster@acf-quizbowl.com

Head editors

Head editor	Tournament	Contact
Alexandra Hardwick	2024 ACF Fall	fall@acf-quizbowl.com
Christopher Sims	2024 ACF Winter	winter@acf-quizbowl.com
Ani Perumalla and Jeremy Cummings	2025 ACF Regionals	regionals@acf-quizbowl.com
John Lawrence	2025 ACF Nationals	nationals@acf-quizbowl.com

Other contacts

Position	Member(s)	Contact
ACF Nationals Staffing	ACF Nationals TD	staffing@acf-quizbowl.com
Eligibility Committee	Editor-in-Chief, ACF Head editors	eligibility@acf-quizbowl.com
Misconduct Representatives	Ganon Evans, Caroline Mao	misconduct@acf-quizbowl.com

Full members

Full members can vote in all ACF elections and on all constitutional amendments.

Name	Affiliation	Contributions
Ethan Ashbrook	University of Minnesota	2023 ACF Winter Head Editor 2022 ACF Winter Editor 2021 ACF Winter Editor
Zac Bennett	University of Oklahoma Formerly The Ohio State University	2025 ACF Nationals Tournament Director 2024 ACF Nationals Assistant Tournament Director 2023 ACF Nationals Assistant Tournament Director 2022 ACF Fall Tournament Director 2021 ACF Winter Tournament Director
Matt Bollinger	Georgia Institute of Technology Alumnus, University of Virginia	Editor-in-Chief, 2023-24 2021 ACF Nationals co-Head Editor Editor-in-Chief, 2020-21 Communications Officer, 2019-20 2019 ACF Nationals Editor 2017 ACF Nationals Head Editor 2012 ACF Fall Head Editor 2011 ACF Fall Editor
Jordan Brownstein	Alumnus, University of Maryland	2024 ACF Nationals Editor 2021 ACF Nationals Editor 2021 ACF Regionals Editor 2020 ACF Regionals Editor 2019 ACF Nationals Editor 2018 ACF Nationals Editor 2014 ACF Fall Editor
Rob Carson	Alumnus, University of Minnesota	Nationals Staff Coordinator, 2019-22 2019 ACF Regionals Editor 2018 ACF Nationals Logistics 2016 ACF Nationals co-Head Editor 2015 ACF Nationals Editor 2013 ACF Regionals Editor 2011 ACF Regionals Head Editor 2010 ACF Winter Editor 2008 ACF Fall Editor
Alex Damisch	M.S., DePaul University Alumna, Lawrence University	President, 2020-21 Site Coordinator, 2019-20 Treasurer, 2018-19 2019 ACF Nationals Editor 2018 ACF Nationals Logistics
Jordan Davidsen	Yale University	Communications Officer, 2023-24 2023 ACF Nationals Liveblogging/On-site Communications Coordinator 2022 ACF Nationals Assistant Tournament Director
Justin Duffy	Harvard Law School Alumnus, Harvard College	2021 ACF Fall Editor and Oversight 2020 ACF Fall Editor
Stephen Eltinge	PhD, Yale University Alumnus, MIT	2022 ACF Nationals Editor 2021 ACF Regionals Editor 2018 ACF Regionals Editor Communications Officer, 2014-17 2013 ACF Fall Editor
Ganon Evans	Alumnus, University of Iowa	President, 2023-24 2023 ACF Nationals Editor Treasurer, 2021-23 2022 ACF Regionals Editor 2021 ACF Nationals Qualifier Tournament Director 2020 ACF Winter Editor 2019 ACF Fall Editor
William Golden	Alumnus, University of Texas at Austin	2023 ACF Nationals Editor 2020 ACF Winter Head Editor
Alexandra Hardwick	Alumna, Oxford University	2024 ACF Fall Head Editor 2023 ACF Regionals Editor 2022 ACF Regionals Editor 2020 ACF Fall Editor
Andrew Hart	J.D., University of Minnesota Law School Alumnus, University of Minnesota	Carper Committee Chair, 2019-present 2021 ACF Nationals Editor 2019 ACF Nationals Editor 2018 ACF Nationals Head Editor 2017 ACF Regionals Head Editor Meeting Chair, 2010-15 2013 ACF Fall Editor 2010 ACF Winter Head Editor 2008 ACF Fall Head Editor 2007 ACF Fall Editor
Taylor Harvey	Alumnus, University of Florida	2023 ACF Nationals Head Editor Editor-in-Chief, 2021-22 2022 ACF Regionals Head Editor 2020 ACF Regionals Editor
Nick Jensen	M.S., University of California, Davis Alumnus, Dartmouth College	2024 ACF Nationals Head Editor 2023 ACF Regionals Head Editor Editor-in-Chief, 2022-23 2023 ACF Regionals Head Editor 2022 ACF Regionals Editor 2021 ACF Winter Editor 2020 ACF Winter Editor 2020 ACF Regionals Editor
Kevin Jiang		Site Coordinator, 2024-25 2023 ACF Fall Editor
Hasna Karim	M.D. Candidate, Medical University of South Carolina Alumna, Yale University	2023 ACF Nationals Editor 2021 ACF Regionals Editor
Michael Kearney	Alumnus, Yale University	2024 ACF Nationals Tournament Director 2023 ACF Nationals Editor President, 2022-23 2022 ACF Nationals Tournament Director 2021 Interim Site Coordinator 2021 ACF Regionals Editor 2020 ACF Fall and Regionals Site Tournament Director
Rahul Keyal	Alumnus, University of California, Berkeley	Webmaster, 2024-25 2023 ACF Regionals Editor 2019 ACF Fall Head Editor 2018 ACF Fall Editor
JinAh Kim	Alumna, University of Pennsylvania	President, 2024-25 Treasurer, 2020-21 2020 ACF Regionals Head Editor 2019 ACF Nationals Editor
Joseph Krol	University of Cambridge	2024 ACF Nationals Editor 2022 ACF Winter Head Editor 2021 ACF Winter Editor
John Lawrence	PhD, University of Chicago Alumnus, Yale University	2022 ACF Nationals Head Editor 2021 ACF Nationals Qualifier Head Editor 2016 ACF Regionals Head Editor 2013 ACF Regionals Editor 2013 ACF Fall Editor 2012 ACF Regionals Editor 2010 ACF Fall Editor
Katherine Lei	MIT	2023 ACF Nationals Logistics 2022 ACF Fall Proofreading 2021 ACF Fall Head Editor 2019 ACF Fall Editor
Ophir Lifshitz	Alumnus, University of Maryland	2023 ACF Regionals Proofreading Webmaster, 2021-22 2020 ACF Regionals Oversight, Logistics, and Advanced Stats 2019 ACF Fall Proofreading and Packetizing 2019 ACF Regionals Logistics and Advanced Stats 2018 ACF Regionals Logistics and Advanced Stats
Steven Liu	Alumnus, MIT	2022 ACF Fall co-Head Editor 2021 ACF Winter Editor
Caroline Mao	Alum, Barnard College	2023 ACF Nationals Editor Webmaster, 2022-24 2021-23 ACF Nationals Program Designer Communications Officer, 2020-21 2019 ACF Fall Editor
Tim Morrison	PhD Student, Stanford University	2023 ACF Regionals Editor 2021 ACF Winter Head Editor 2021 ACF Regionals Editor
Arjun Nageswaran	Harvard University	2022 ACF Fall co-Head Editor 2022 ACF Regionals Editor 2020 ACF Fall Editor
Will Nediger	PhD, University of Michigan Alumnus, University of Western Ontario	2023 ACF Nationals Editor 2019 ACF Regionals Head Editor 2014 ACF Regionals Editor 2009 ACF Fall Editor
John Nienajadlo	University of Florida	Treasurer, 2023-25 Site Coordinator, 2022-23 2022 ACF Regionals Tournament Director 2021 ACF Winter Tournament Director
Theresa Nyowheoma	Alumna, New York University	Site Coordinator, 2021-22 2021 ACF Regionals Tournament Director 2020 ACF Fall Tournament Director
Hari Parameswaran	Georgia Institute of Technology	2022 ACF Winter Editor 2021 ACF Regionals Editor
Grant Peet	Alumnus, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill	2024 ACF Nationals Editor 2023 ACF Nationals Editor 2023 ACF Regionals Editor 2022 ACF Regionals Editor
Nitin Rao	J.D., Harvard Law School Alumnus, University of Pennsylvania	2021 ACF Regionals Editor 2020 ACF Regionals Editor 2018 ACF Fall Editor
Graham Reid	PhD, University of Maryland	2023 ACF Regionals Editor 2022 ACF Regionals Editor 2019 ACF Regionals Editor
Ryan Rosenberg	Alumnus, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	2023 ACF Nationals Tournament Director President, 2021-22 Webmaster, 2019-21 2019 ACF Nationals Tournament Director 2018 ACF Nationals Assistant Tournament Director 2017 ACF Fall Editor 2015 ACF Fall Editor
Eleanor Settle	Alumnus, University of Florida	2024 ACF Nationals Editor 2023 ACF Nationals Editor 2022 ACF Regionals Editor
Bryanna Shao	Vanderbilt University	2022 ACF Fall Proofreader 2020 ACF Winter Editor
Adam Silverman	PhD, Northwestern University Alumnus, Georgia Tech	2023 ACF Nationals Editor 2022 ACF Nationals Editor 2017 ACF Regionals Editor 2014 ACF Regionals Editor 2013 ACF Fall Editor
Christopher Sims	PhD Student, Northwestern University Alumnus, University of Toronto	2023 ACF Regionals Editor 2021 ACF Winter Editor 2020 ACF Winter Editor
Bernadette Spencer	Alumna, University of Minnesota	2022 ACF Nationals Travel Logistics 2021 ACF Nationals Travel Logistics 2019 ACF Nationals Travel Logistics 2018 ACF Nationals Travel Logistics 2017 ACF Nationals Travel Logistics
Ned Tagtmeier	University of Chicago	2022 ACF Fall Editor 2021 ACF Fall Editor
Cody Voight	Alumnus, Virginia Commonwealth University	2021 ACF Nationals Tournament Director Treasurer, 2019-20 2017 ACF Regionals Editor 2016 ACF Nationals Stats Director 2015 ACF Nationals Assistant Tournament Director 2013 ACF Regionals Editor
Chandler West	M.Ed., Vanderbilt University Alum, Auburn University	2022 ACF Regionals Editor 2020 ACF Winter Editor
Harry White	Alumnus, Virginia Tech	2023 ACF Nationals Live Stats 2022 ACF Regionals Nationals Live Stats
Annabelle Yang	MD Candidate, Washington University in St. Louis Alumna, Duke University	2022 ACF Regionals Editor 2021 ACF Regionals Editor
Eric Mukherjee	MD/PhD, University of Pennsylvania Alumnus, Brown University	Editor-in-Chief, 2024-25 2023 ACF Winter Editor 2022 ACF Winter Editor 2022 ACF Nationals Editor 2021 ACF Nationals Editor 2010 ACF Winter Editor 2009 ACF Regionals Editor
Raymond Chen	University of Toronto	2023 ACF Winter Editor 2022 ACF Fall Editor
Jacob Egol	Alumnus, Duke University	2024 ACF Nationals Assistant Tournament Director 2023 ACF Winter Editor 2021 ACF Fall Logistics
Allan Lee		2023 ACF Winter Editor 2023 ACF Regionals Editor

Provisional members

Provisional members are community members who have ably assisted ACF in the past and, if they do so again in the future, may be invited to apply for full membership.

Name	Affiliation	Contributions
Tomás Aguilar-Fraga	Alumnus, Claremont Colleges	Site Coordinator, 2023-24 2023 ACF Regionals Tournament Director 2022 ACF Fall Tournament Director
Will Alston	M.B.A., Columbia University Alumnus, Dartmouth College	2022 ACF Nationals Editor
Sameer Apte		2023 ACF Nationals Editor
Sean Farrell	University of North Florida	2023 ACF Fall Head Editor 2022 ACF Fall Editor
Eve Fleisig	PhD, University of California, Berkeley Alumna, Princeton University	2024 ACF Regionals Head Editor 2022 ACF Winter Editor
Halle Friedman	Alumna, University of Chicago	2020 ACF Fall Editor 2019 ACF Fall Editor
Henry Goff	Alumnus, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill	2022 ACF Winter Editor
Jason Golfinos		2024 ACF Nationals Editor
Karan Gurazada	University of Texas at Austin	2021 ACF Fall Editor
Natan Holtzman	Stanford University	2021 ACF Regionals Editor
Justin Jasperse	Northwestern University	2021 ACF Nationals Host Logistics Contact
Aseem Keyal	Alumnus, University of California, Berkeley	2024 ACF Nationals Editor
Evan Knox	M.S., Duke University Alumnus, University of Georgia	2022 ACF Fall Editor
Matthew Lehmann	Washington University in St. Louis	2020 ACF Fall Oversight and Editor
Angela Lin	University of California, Berkeley	2021 ACF Winter Editor
Daniel Ma		2022 ACF Fall Editor
Mitch McCullar	University of Illinois	2021 ACF Fall Editor
Jack Mehr	Alumnus, University of Virginia	2021 ACF Nationals Editor
Kevin Park		2023 ACF Regionals Editor
Ani Perumalla	Penn State University	2022 ACF Winter Editor
Ryan Ritter		2023 ACF Nationals Assistant Tournament Director
Ethan Strombeck	Stanford University	2021 ACF Fall Editor
Sophie Torres	Alumna, University of Florida	Communications, 2024-25
Eva Wang
Kevin Wang	Alumnus, Amherst College	2024 ACF Nationals Editor
Ben Weiner	Alumnus, University of Minnesota
Walter Zhang	Brown University	2022 ACF Fall Editor
Eric Chang		2023 ACF Fall Editor
Jeffrey Fung		2023 ACF Fall Editor
Shourjo Ganguli		2023 ACF Fall Editor
Munir Siddiqui		2023 ACF Fall Editor
Joel Miles		2023 ACF Winter Editor
Richard Niu		2023 ACF Fall Editor
Maxwell Ye		2023 ACF Winter Editor
Rachel Ezrielev		2023 ACF Winter Editor

Emeritus members

Emeritus members are former ACF full members who have decided to take a step back from active involvement in ACF.

Name	Affiliation	Contributions
Evan Adams	Alumnus, University of Virginia Law School Alumnus, Virginia Commonwealth University	2017 ACF Nationals Editor 2014 ACF Regionals Head Editor 2010 ACF Fall Head Editor 2009 ACF Fall Editor
Bruce Arthur	Alumnus, Harvard Law School Alumnus, University of Chicago	2013 ACF Nationals Editor 2012 ACF Nationals Editor 2011 ACF Nationals Contributor
Zeke Berdichevsky	J.D., George Washington University Law School M.A., PhD Candidate (ABD), English Literature, University of Michigan Alumnus, University of Maryland	2010 ACF Nationals Head Editor 2004 ACF Nationals Head Editor 2002 ACF Regionals Head Editor
Billy Busse	M.D. Candidate, Rosalind Franklin University Alumnus, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign	President, 2019-20 2020 ACF Regionals Science Oversight Meeting Chair, 2018-19 2016 ACF Nationals Editor 2015 ACF Nationals Editor
Will Butler	PhD Student, Biology, Georgia Tech Alumnus, University of Virginia	2012 ACF Regionals Editor 2010 ACF Fall Editor
Tommy Casalaspi	PhD Student, Harvard University University of Virginia	2017 ACF Nationals Editor 2015 ACF Regionals Editor
Trevor Davis	Graduate Student, University of Alberta Alumnus, Carnegie Mellon University	2015 ACF Regionals Editor 2012 ACF Regionals Head Editor 2010 ACF Winter Editor 2008 ACF Fall Editor
Andrew Feist	A.M. and PhD, Duke University Alumnus, University of Central Missouri	Treasurer, 2019-19 2019 ACF Nationals Stats Director 2018 ACF Nationals Stats Director
Susan Ferrari	PhD, Cancer Biology, University of Chicago Alumna, University of Chicago	Communications Officer, 2011-14 2012 ACF Nationals Editor 2011 ACF Nationals Editor 2010 ACF Nationals Editor
Carsten Gehring	Alumnus, Carleton College	2018 ACF Nationals Proofreader 2017 ACF Regionals Proofreader 2014 ACF Regionals Editor 2011 ACF Fall Head Editor 2010 ACF Fall Editor
Ted Gioia	Alumnus, Harvard University	2014 ACF Nationals Editor 2011 ACF Regionals Editor 2010 ACF Regionals Editor 2008 ACF Fall Editor
David Hamilton	Fellow, Casualty Actuarial Society M.B.A, Elon University Love School of Business Alumnus, University of Maryland	2001 ACF Nationals Editor 2000 ACF Nationals Editor 1999 ACF Regionals Editor Co-founder
Will Holub-Moorman	Alumnus, Harvard University	2019 ACF Regionals Editor 2018 ACF Regionals Editor
Jeff Hoppes	M.A., History, University of California, Berkeley Alumnus, Princeton University	2005 ACF Regionals Editor
Matt Jackson	University of Chicago Alumnus, Yale University	2022 ACF Nationals High-Volume Writer Lead writer, August 2016 ACF rules revision 2015 ACF Nationals Assistant Tournament Director 2015 ACF Regionals Head Editor 2014 ACF Regionals Editor
Dennis Jang	Alumnus, Brown University	2010 ACF Winter Editor 2009 ACF Winter Editor 2007 ACF Fall Editor
Gaurav Kandlikar	PhD Student, UCLA Alumnus, University of Minnesota	2016 ACF Fall Head Editor 2015 ACF Fall co-Head Editor 2014 ACF Fall co-Head Editor 2011 ACF Fall Editor
Gautam Kandlikar	Alumnus, University of Minnesota	Treasurer, 2015-17 2014 ACF Fall co-Head Editor 2009 ACF Fall Head Editor 2008 ACF Fall Editor
Matt Keller	Alumnus, Vanderbilt University	2008 ACF Regionals Editor 2006 ACF Fall Editor
Eddie Kim	SoCal Quizbowl	2024 ACF Nationals Editor 2016 ACF Fall Editor 2015 ACF Fall Editor
Matt Lafer	Alumnus, University of Michigan	2009 ACF Nationals Editor 2008 ACF Nationals Editor 2006 ACF Regionals Editor
Paul Litvak	PhD, Behavioral Decision Making, Carnegie Mellon University Alumnus, University of Michigan	2004 ACF Nationals Editor
Stephen Liu	J.D., Stanford Law School Alumnus, Harvard University	2024 ACF Nationals Editor 2022 ACF Nationals Editor 2018 ACF Nationals Editor 2017 ACF Regionals Editor 2015 ACF Regionals Editor 2013 ACF Fall Head Editor 2012 ACF Fall Editor
Bruce Lou	Alumnus, University of California, Berkeley	2019 ACF Regionals Editor 2017 ACF Fall Editor 2016 ACF Fall Editor
Sam Luongo	Alum, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Education Alum, University of Virginia	Webmaster, 2018-19 Meeting Chair, 2017-18 2018 ACF Nationals Tournament Director 2015 ACF Regionals Editor and Logistics Coordinator 2011 ACF Fall Editor
Evan Lynch	PhD Student, University of Southampton Alumnus, University of Cambridge	2020 ACF Regionals Logistics Support 2019 ACF Fall Logistics Support 2017 ACF Fall Editor
Subash Maddipoti	Alumnus, University of Chicago	2004 ACF Fall Head Editor 2001 ACF Nationals Editor
Jonathan Magin	Alumnus, University of Maryland	2021 ACF Online Moderator Training Meeting Chair, 2018 2017 ACF Fall Head Editor 2013 ACF Nationals Head Editor 2012 ACF Nationals Head Editor 2011 ACF Nationals Editor 2009 ACF Nationals Editor 2009 ACF Regionals Head Editor 2007 ACF Fall Editor
Wesley Matthews	Alumnus, Indiana University	2008 ACF Nationals Editor
Trygve Meade	Alumnus, Southern Illinois University Law School Alumnus, University of Illinois	2010 ACF Regionals Editor 2009 ACF Winter Editor
Ben Miller	Alumnus, University of Chicago	2020 ACF Fall Head Editor 2019 ACF Fall Editor
Jason Paik	MD/PhD, Cancer Biology, University of Alabama School of Medicine Alumnus, Washington University in St. Louis	2004 ACF Nationals Editor
Jonathan Pinyan	Alumnus, Washington University in St. Louis	2019 ACF Nationals Stats Director 2015 ACF Nationals Stats Director 2014 ACF Nationals Stats Director
Chris Ray	PhD Candidate, The Ohio State University MA, University of Chicago Alumnus, University of Maryland	2016 ACF Regionals Editor 2013 ACF Regionals Head Editor 2010 ACF Regionals Editor
Matt Reece	PhD, Theoretical Physics, Cornell University Alumnus, University of Chicago	2010 ACF Nationals Editor
Max Schindler	Alumnus, University of Chicago	2016 ACF Regionals Editor 2014 ACF Fall Editor
Mike Sorice	Alumnus, University of Illinois Alumnus, Eastern Illinois University	2013 ACF Nationals Editor 2006 ACF Regionals Head Editor 2005 ACF Regionals Editor
Guy Tabachnick	Alumnus, Brown University	2012 ACF Regionals Editor 2010 ACF Fall Editor
Margaret Tebbe	Alumna, University of Pennsylvania	Site Coordinator, 2020-21 2019 ACF Nationals Host Logistics Contact
Seth Teitler	PhD, Astrophysics, University of Chicago Alumnus, University of California, Berkeley	2009 ACF Fall Advisor 2007 ACF Regionals Head Editor 2005 ACF Fall Editor
Jerry Vinokurov	Alumnus, University of California, Berkeley PhD, Brown University	2015–2017 ACF Nationals Tournament Director Treasurer, 2010-15 2014 ACF Nationals Head Editor 2012 ACF Nationals Editor 2011 ACF Nationals Head Editor / Tournament Director 2010 ACF Regionals Head Editor 2009 ACF Winter Head Editor 2007 ACF Regionals Editor
Andrew Wang	Alumnus, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign	2020 ACF Winter Science Oversight 2019 ACF Nationals Editor 2018 ACF Nationals Editor 2015 ACF Fall Editor
Nathan Weiser	Alumnus, Stanford University	2018 ACF Fall Head Editor 2017 ACF Regionals Editor 2015 ACF Fall Editor
Ryan Westbrook	J.D., Wayne State University Law School Alumnus, University of Michigan	2021 ACF Nationals co-Head Editor 2018 ACF Nationals Editor 2016 ACF Nationals Editor 2015 ACF Nationals Head Editor 2014 ACF Nationals Editor 2010 ACF Nationals Editor 2008 ACF Nationals Editor 2007 ACF Regionals Editor
Dwight Wynne	PhD Candidate, Biomedical Engineering, University of California-Irvine Alumnus, University of California-Los Angeles	Designer of A-value qualification system 2011 ACF Regionals Editor 2010 ACF Regionals Editor 2009 ACF Nationals Editor
Andrew Yaphe	J.D., Stanford University Law School University of Chicago Alumnus, University of Virginia	2007 ACF Fall Head Editor 2007 ACF Nationals Head Editor 2006 ACF Nationals Head Editor 2005 ACF Nationals Head Editor 2005 ACF Regionals Head Editor 2001 ACF Nationals Editor 2000 ACF Regionals Head Editor
Jennie Yang	Alumna, Stanford University	2021 ACF Nationals Editor 2019 ACF Regionals Editor 2017 ACF Fall Editor
Richard Yu	Alumnus, Washington University in St. Louis	2017 ACF Fall Editor 2015 ACF Fall co-Head Editor 2014 ACF Fall Editor