Leadership
The Intercollegiate Poker Association is run by a committee of student commissioners, supported by an advisory board of former IPA players.
Operating Committee
Alexander Sanzone
Commissioner · Brown University
Alexander is serving his second term as a Commissioner of the Intercollegiate Poker Association and is a member of the Brown Poker Team.
He is a senior at Brown University studying economics and history.
Daniel Matten
Commissioner · Duke University
Daniel is serving his second term as a Commissioner of the Intercollegiate Poker Association and is a member of the Duke Poker Team.
He is a junior at Duke University studying electrical and computer engineering and computer science.
Jacob Matten
Commissioner · Brown University
Jacob is serving his second term as a Commissioner of the Intercollegiate Poker Association and is a captain of the Brown Poker Team.
He is a junior at Brown University studying computer engineering.
Advisory Board
Jonathan Tam, PhD
Advisor · University of Oxford
Jonathan is a former member of the University of Oxford Poker Team and was named IPA MVP for the 2021–2022 season.
He is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Verona and holds a PhD in mathematics from the University of Oxford, specializing in stochastic analysis and optimization.
Nathan Josephs, PhD
Advisor · Boston University
Nathan is a former member of the Boston University Poker Team and won the inaugural IPA championship in 2019–2020.
He is an Assistant Professor of Statistics at North Carolina State University and was previously a postdoctoral researcher at Yale University. He holds a PhD in statistics from Boston University, and an MA in mathematics and a BA in mathematics and philosophy from Wesleyan University, where he played fullback on the men’s rugby team. Learn more at njosephs.com.