David Trigaux wears many hats around the WUDL, ranging from coach training and curriculum development to grant writing, volunteer management, and fundraising support. He also works with the Board to determine the strategic direction of the organization. Under his leadership, the organization has grown from just over 100 students to serving thousands each year.

A former high school and college debater, David has coached debate for more than a decade. While he believes that the greatest benefits of debate aren’t tied to wins and loses but his students have achieved competitive success along the way, include many qualifiers and break round participants at the Tournament of Champions, NFL/NSDA, NCFL, the UDNC, and UDL MS Nationals (5x time champs). He’s also coached a multi-national team to an international title in the spUN Debate Program. Many of David’s former students have been awarded college scholarships for debate. 

Outside of debate, David has worked in politics, as a consultant, researcher, and campaign staffer. Lately, he’s worked to develop an international debate and civic discourse curriculum, served on the Board of Directors for Pay our Interns, a non-profit dedicated to advocating for paid internships in the public and private sector, and been active in local DC politics. 

David was named one of the National After-school Association’s Next Generation Leaders for 2019, and completed CityBridge’s Design Studio Incubator, Louise Burrell Miller cohort for new program design centered around Spanish Language Debate.