Christopher Maximos | Founder and National President

Christopher Maximos is currently a senior at Delbarton School in Morristown, New Jersey. He has been involved with speech and debate since the sixth grade, competing in extemporaneous speaking, impromptu, humor, and original oratory. Currently, he is ranked first in the United States in extemporaneous speaking. Outside of teachspeech, Christopher is involved in a variety of journalism and educational equity initiatives. Christopher serves as Current Events Editor for The Progressive Teen, the Co-Coordinator of Student Voice's Journalism Fellowship, a member of the Citizen University Youth Collaboratory, and the creator of Ignite | Impact, a social impact speaker series. After surveying the structural barriers within the speech and debate community which stifle student voices, he founded teachspeech to close the gaps in public speaking education. Within speech and debate, Christopher has found his voice. Now with teachspeech, he hopes to find yours.