Meet+the&nbsp;BQ++Lab

=Maggie Berthiaume=

As a debater for The Blake School (MN), Maggie Berthiaume was a rare three time qualifier for the TOC, reaching the late elimination rounds of such major national tournaments as Harvard and the Glenbrooks. As a Dartmouth College debater, Maggie reached the semi-finals of CEDA nationals. In addition to her two first round at-large bids to the NDT, Maggie was also a three time NDT elimination round participant reaching the double octo-finals, then the octo-finals, and finally the quarter finals. As the Director of Policy Debate at Lexington High School, Maggie has coached teams to the elimination rounds of every major national tournament and has three teams qualified for the TOC in 2007. email Maggie

=Robbie Quinn=

As a Montgomery Bell Academy (TN) debater, Robbie Quinn was in the finals of Emory's Barkley Forum as well as both the Greenhill and Harvard Round Robin. More impressively, Robbie won the Northwestern, Glenbrooks and Iowa Caucus tournaments, as well as the TOC. As a University of Georgia debater, Robbie qualified for the NDT in the three years that he debated and reached the double octa-finals as a sophomore. While coaching the University of Georgia, they have qualified multiple teams to the NDT and won numerous awards. Currently a coach at New Trier, his teams have reached the late elimination rounds of several major tournaments including Berkeley as well as won GDS and qualified for the TOC. email Robbie



Members of the Lab: Asad Ahmed, Luke Allen, Andy Amoranto, Ben Benson, Yusef Camara, Lauren Dandridge, Sam Fishell, Phillip Forrester, Jeremy Deutsch, Cory Hansen, Sam Jaffe-Goldstein, Andrew Kamel, Elli Liput, Jonathan Ma, Will Miller, Hannah Nelson, Christine Poveda, Steve Quam, Sayaan Saha, Peter Vale