Stephen Thornsberry holds a BA and MSA from Northwestern University (Evanston, IL) and has been coaching speech and debate in the Puget Sound region for 16 years. National Board Certified, he currently teaches mathematics, primarily statistics, at Redmond High School where members of his team regularly qualify for the state tournament. Stephen enjoys coaching all forms of speech and debate, especially Lincoln-Douglas which applies philosophy to address social and political issues. It is Stephen’s hope that young scholars from the UW’s summer program become active members of the local speech and debate community. Stephen is also a ski instructor at the Summit, boxes for fitness, and enjoys performing folk music.