Our Team
We believe modeling expert speakers and their coaches will help build the next season of champions. Would you like to be part of our team? Click through our Application Page for information and writers guidelines.
Vance Trefethen
Monument Author
Coach Vance debated in National Forensic League debate while in high school from 1979-1982. In college, he judged at high school NFL tournaments in North Carolina. A homeschooling dad himself, he realized the growing potential and benefit of homeschool debate and switched over to coaching homeschoolers a couple years later. In 2001, he helped Chris Jeub with bringing The Blue Book to a more advanced level. He has been co-authoring Blue Book ever since.
Justin Dasher
Monument Author
Justin has competed in several speech events, but his primary focus has always been on Lincoln Douglas and Parliamentary Debate. He has consistently been top five in Colorado for both events over the past two years. Beyond competition Justin hopes to pursue a degree in philosophy with an emphasis on ethics and epistemology, but he is also passionate about history, sociology, linguistics, and literature.
Ezra Moon
Monument Author
Ezra is a junior in high school and has been debating for four years. After a successful year of CCofSe Public Forum debate, he switched to Stoa Team Policy debate. In his second year of debating TP, Ezra and his partner won a local NC tournament and qualified for NITOC in the 23-24 season of Stoa Team Policy. He especially enjoys debate research and brief writing. When not debating, Ezra enjoys watching sitcoms, listening to music, and playing board games.
Kylie Delgrosso
Monument Author
Kylie Delgrosso is an NCFCA alumni who primarily focused on platform speeches and Lincoln Douglas debate during her time in the league. Kylie won her Regional championship in LD and qualified various events to the National championship. She is now living in Washington D.C. interning in the U.S. Capitol while enrolled as a Regent University student majoring in Political science. Kylie enjoys reading, watching soap operas, and exploring new places.
About Joining Our Team
Do you have an interest in speech and debate? Editing? Publishing? Monument Memberships need writers, copy-editors, and assistant coaches. If you fit the mold, we can certainly use your help. We pay our contributors for their work, as well as receive a letter of recommendation for future endeavors. Submit your inquiry at MonumentMembers.com/about/apply.