Board and Staff

Below is the list of all current board and staff.

Todd Guthrie

Executive Director

Todd Guthrie is the new Executive Director for the Madison City Chess League. Mr. Guthrie is a US Chess certified Senior Tournament Director and National Arbiter. He currently serves as Scholastic Vice President for the Alabama Chess Federation. He has served as chief tournament director for local and state chess tournaments in Alabama. He also has worked as a floor tournament director at the National K-12 and National Elementary Championship.

Rosi Rajbhandari

Board Member - President

Rosi Rajbhandari is a software/systems engineer and mother of two passionate chess girls. She believes in the benefits of kids learning chess to help them learn to focus, think ahead, make logical decisions, and build confidence. She joined the Madison City Chess League to promote these benefits to young girls in the Madison community. This is Rosi's second term as MCCL President. She has also served as Secretary and Girls Chess Coordinator.

Sunil Ramegowda

Operations Director

Sunil Ramegowda is a software engineer and chess dad to two students in the Madison City School system. Sunil works as our Operations Director and brings his computer software skills to MCCL. He will help direct our tournament activities both on the floor and in the backroom. He will also serve as webmaster and help us promote our chess program in middle and high school.

Will Stevenson

Monday Night Chess Coach

Will Stevenson is coach for the Rainbow Elementary chess team. He also runs our weekly Monday night chess program at Madison Library.

Amber Hopkins

Monday Night and Chess Events Coordinator

Hello! My name is Amber Hopkins, I am very excited to join the Madison Chess League. My family and I moved here from Colorado four years ago. We love living in Madison. I have a middle school daughter who keeps me very busy as her personal taxi driver. When she is at school, I also attend school as a local preschool teacher. In my spare time I enjoy exploring Alabama with my family, playing games, and reading.

Adam Epling

Chess.com Coordinator

Adam is the Chess.com Coordinator for Madison City Chess League. In that role he will be hosting tournaments for the MCCL Club on Chess.com and help grow our club online. He also coaches at Midtown Elementary and is a certified club tournament director. You may also see Adam substituting at Monday Night Chess at the Library when Coach Will is not able to attend.

Jeanne Burch

Administrative Assistant

Jeanne Burch joins MCCL as an administrative assistant. She is a Madison parent of two graduates of Bob Jones High School. Jeanne helps set up and run tournaments, assists the Treasurer in daily bookkeeping and assists the Board as needed.