Owen Casey is a Sophomore at Duke University studying Political Economy, Data Science, and Energy, with experience in geopolitical consulting. In high school, he won the NSDA Senate Leadership Bowl, Yale, and the Tournament of Champions (PO), in addition to placements at the Harvard Round Robin, Princeton, UKSO, and Bronx, and finals at Harvard (2x) and NSDA Senate (2x). Cumulatively, he was ranked 3rd by the NSDA (2025) and 1st by the Congressional Debate Index (Fall 2023), with 17 TOC bids. He was the founding member of his school’s congressional debate team, helped build the Equality in Forensics congressional coaching program, and now debates across the world as a varsity member of the Duke Debate Society. As a coach, he specializes in judging appeal and helping students find their unique and individual voices. He is thrilled to be a Junior Instructor this summer (even if he is a rival of UNC deep down).
Program: Congressional Debate
Martene Campbell
Martene Campbell is the Director of Debate at Episcopal Collegiate School in Little Rock, AR, where she also serves as chair of the History and Social Science Department. Additionally, she serves as Executive Director for the Arkansas Communication and Theatre Arts Association as well as Student Congress Permanent Director for the Association.
Most recently, she was elected District Chair for the Arkansas NSDA District. She’s coached multiple state champions in Congressional Debate as well as semi-finalists and finalists at national bid tournaments.
Bo Lint
Bo Lint is the Director of Speech & Debate at American Heritage Schools, Palm Beach Campus. In the past five years at American Heritage Palm Beach, Bo’s students have won tournaments like Yale, Nova Titan, Florida Blue Key, The Tradition, The Glenbrooks, George Mason, and the FFL Varsity State tournament, and have placed top-6 at tournaments like Bronx, Sunvitational, Emory, Stanford, Harvard, and the NSDA National Tournament. In addition, his students have earned over 100 bids to the Tournament of Champions (mostly in Congress), with 41 qualifying to NCFL Nationals and 39 qualifying to the NSDA National Tournament.
As a former competitor himself, Bo knows first-hand the transformational power of Speech & Debate and how much of an impact it can have on students’ lives. He has watched Congressional Debate change over the last 15 years and loves how Congress synthesizes the best aspects of other events together and is constantly evolving for the better. Bo is excited to join ISD this summer!
Brittany Stanchik
Brittany Stanchik is in her eighth year coaching Congressional Debate at Desert Vista High School in Phoenix, AZ and is the new Director of Forensics at DV. Over the course of her coaching career, she has coached numerous TOC qualifiers, including 7 finalists, 18 NSDA National Finalists, and 7 National Semifinalists. In 2014 alone, Brittany coached five students to the Final Round of Congressional Debate at NSDA Nationals.
Brittany understands the need to preserve the tradition and educational aspects of Congressional Debate but has learned the progression that naturally comes with the event; she teaches students how to adapt in a quickly changing environment by having them focus equally on three pillars: argumentation, presentation, and refutation.
During her personal career, Ms. Stanchik was in the 2009 NSDA National Congress Final and the 2010 NSDA National Quarter finals for Public Forum Debate. She graduated from Arizona State University where she majored in Communication and Justice Studies. She can’t wait to spend another summer with her ISD Family!