LEADERSHIP
FOUNDING VISION.
RENEWED DIRECTION.
The League honors the leadership that built the championship while advancing a new era of national growth.
Dr. Sean Allen
Executive Director
Dr. Sean Allen serves as Executive Director of the HBCU National Speech and Debate League and Director of Forensics at Tennessee State University. A decade-long educator, coach and program builder, he has guided Tennessee State to four HBCU national championships and the 2025 NFA Division II national championship. His leadership centers on expanding access, strengthening HBCU programs, creating national competition pathways and connecting student voice to graduate study, public leadership and professional opportunity. His scholarship explores battle rap as a space for identity, belonging and mediated conflict resolution.
Executive Director
NATIONAL LEADERSHIP, REGIONAL REACH
Four regional representatives connect the League to HBCUS across 18 states and the District of Columbia.
Region 1
Dr. Angela Minor
Howard University
→ PA
→ OH
→ WV
→ VA
→ MD
→ DC
→ NC
28
Schools
Region 2
Dr. Claudette McFadden
Bethune-Cookman University
→ FL
→ GA
→ SC
21
Schools
Region 3
Carla Draper-Holloway
Alabama A&M University
→ TN
→ MS
→ AL
→ KY
26
Schools
Region 4
Ernest Mack
Wiley University
→ TX
→ LA
→ OK
→ AR
→ MO