Staff

Monte Vista Institute Staff and Instructors 2025

Owner/Operator:  The Monte Vista Speech and Debate camps are owned and operated by David Matley since 1989.

<b>David Matley</b>

David Matley

Director

Under Mr. Matley’s  tenure at Monte Vista HS, he has coached 35 state champions and 9 national champions. Since 1992, Mr. Matley has offered two summer camps in speech and debate for students to learn the art of public speaking and competitive speech and debate. During this time thousands of students have gained valuable skills, have gone on to become successful competitors and many have earned acceptance into the top universities in the country. Mr. Matley is also the President and Congress Director for the Golden Gate Speech Association, the District Chair for the San Francisco Bay Chapter of the National Forensic League, as well as the chair of the Congress Committee in the California High School Speech Association. Mr. Matley was inducted into the California High School Speech Association Hall of Fame in 2012.

<b>Courtney Fradelis</b>

Courtney Fradelis

Junior Institute Director

Ms. Fradelis is currently the speech and debate teacher at Windemere Ranch Middle School. Ms. Fradelis has been associated with Monte Vista Speech and Debate for the past 10 years as a competior and coach.  During her time as a competitor, Ms. Fradeslis was both a state and national qualifier in interterpretation.  She has been teaching at the camp for the past 9 years.  Her goal is to provide a safe, supportive, and enriching environment for the junior institute students

<b>Jackson Matley</b>

Jackson Matley

Junior Institute 6th Grade Supervisor

Mr. Matley, currently a teacher at Walnut Creek Intermediate School, has competed and coached at Monte Vista for the past 10 years.  He qualified to the State Championships in congress three times and finished 3rd in the state as a senior.  Mr. Matley has also worked the camp as an instructor and/or supervisor for the past 10 years.

Instructors

<strong>Eric Ouyang</strong>

Eric Ouyang

6th in the State
National Qualifier
Parli Debate / Extemp

<strong>Maggie Iancu</strong>

Maggie Iancu

Auto-Qualifier to State
Humorous Interpretation

<strong><strong>Madeleine Yuan</strong></strong>

Madeleine Yuan

4th in the State
National Qualifier
Lincoln-Douglas Debate

<strong>Chloe Neo</strong>

Chloe Neo

Auto-Qualifier to State
Original Advocacy

<strong><strong><strong>Moumita Balakundhi</strong></strong></strong>

Moumita Balakundhi

National Qualifer
Lincoln-Douglas Debate

<strong>Nicole Hamm</strong>

Nicole Hamm

State & National Qualifier
Informative Speaking

<strong><strong><strong><strong>Zara Mehmood</strong></strong></strong></strong>

Zara Mehmood

4th in the State
Public Forum Debate

Interpretation Instructors:

Maggie Iancu: State and Tournament of Champions Qualifier Humorous Interpretation

Courtney Fradelis:  State and National Qualifier Humorous and Duo Intepretation.

Congress Instructor:

TBD

Extemp Instructors:

TBD

Prepared Speech Instructors:

Chloe Neo:  State Qualifier Original Advocacy

Public Speaking Instructors

Danielle Robinson: State Qualifier Extemporaneous Speaking and Congress

Sans Arun: Varsity competitor Informative Speaking 

JUNIOR INSTITUTE INSTRUCTORS:

INTERPRETATION:

  • Anna Berger
  • Raylen Chacko
  • Annalise Huang
  • Maggie Iancu
  • Sophie Jackman
  • Anisha Joshi
  • Gianna Li
  • Rithik Ramkumar

PUBLIC SPEAKING:

  • Raylen Chacko
  • Jialiang (Alice) Chen
  • Ella Chiu
  • Nikhil Gujral
  • Avishi Gupta
  • Ayanah Gupta
  • Annalise Huang
  • Anisha Joshi
  • Eunice Kim
  • Ariyana Mahadeo
  • Alina Oberai
  • Rithik Ramkumar
  • Saachi Sarnoski
  • Anadita Upadhyaya