Marina Khoury is a senior at The Bishop’s School and this year's co-Secretary General. This is her sixth year participating in MUN. In her time on the team, she has enjoyed learning about international affairs, debating solutions to global issues, and chairing last year's KnightsMUN Prison Reform committee. Alongside MUN, Marina helps lead the Speech and Debate team and several affinity spaces. She has previously interned at De Castro Law Group and the Law Offices of Michael Anthony Hernandez. In her spare time, she dabbles in baking and visual arts. She's looking forward to an excellent KnightsMUN this year!
Sydney Chan is a Co-Secretary General and a senior at The Bishop's School who has been involved in MUN since ninth grade. Throughout her time on the team, she has participated in many conferences across the county and beyond, ranging from TritonMUN in sunny San Diego to CMUNCE in frigid New York City. For KnightsMUN VIII, she chaired a UNHRC Sportswashing committee and is excited to work more logistically across all parts of the conference this year! She loves collaborating with her friends to devise solutions for current global issues, but her favorite part about MUN has to be participating in specialized bodies/crisis committees –– who doesn’t enjoy the thrill of rewriting history? Outside of MUN, Sydney is a Leadership on the Speech and Debate Team, is a Co-Editor-in-Chief of two school magazines, and plays field hockey and softball. She adores trying new restaurants, blasting 2Pac and SZA in the car, and watching her beloved Chicago Cubs play. She can’t wait for KnightsMUN IX!
Ava Bradley is a senior at The Bishop’s School and has been a part of MUN since the 6th grade. She has attended many conferences, including TritonMUN, T&T MUN, and ClarkMUN, and has helped chair the past two KnightsMUN Joint Crisis Committees (Trojan War and The Troubles). She enjoys MUN as it has greatly helped her with her public speaking and on-the-spot problem-solving while doubling as a great way to stay informed on current issues. Outside of MUN, Ava is heavily involved in visual art and costume design on campus, is an editor of two of Bishop’s student publications (Eye on Visual Arts and the DU), tutors with multiple organizations, and enjoys writing with whatever spare time she has.
Dylan Navarrete is a senior at the Bishop’s School and a member of the Knights Secretariat. He has been part of the Bishop’s Model United Nations team since sophomore year and is looking forward to helping run this year’s KnightsMUN. Last year, he chaired KnightsMUN’s Combating Cosmic Tensions committee. He also was part of the Crisis Staff for KnightsMUN VII for the Trojan War. He has participated in many MUN conferences and committees, such as TritonMUN’s Concert of Europe, where he represented the King of Greece, as well as Dean Rusk at the D.C.’s Best and Brightest Committee at CMUNCE at Columbia University and Pablo Escobar at T&TMUN. Beyond MUN, Dylan is a leader on Speech and Debate, runs Cross Country, competes in History Bowl and Academic League, tries to write novels, and serves as his grade’s Class President. His hobbies include reading, beating his Jonas at MarioKart, blaring 90s Hip-Hop, yelling at the TV while the San Diego Padres, Los Angeles Lakers, or San Francisco 49ers are losing, and watching some of his favorite movies like Superbad and Goodfellas.
Jonas Pfefferman is a senior at the Bishop’s School and has been involved with MUN since 7th grade. Entering his second year on secretariat, he's served as Crisis Director for KnightsMun VIII and a Vice Chair for KnightsMUN VII. Having attended conferences from San Diego's own Triton MUN to CMUNCE at Columbia University in New York City, he's excited to take part in many more conferences and his last Knights conference. His favorite part of MUN is finding interesting alternate solutions to historical events in crisis. Outside of MUN, Jonas is on Speech and Debate, runs Cross country, and serves on his grade's Class Council. He loves anything Star Wars, watching movies like a film critic, and coding—he’s currently working on a political-simulation video game (ask him about when he's finally going to release his Beta).
David Lai is currently a junior. This year is his 3rd year doing MUN and his first year on secretariat. Alongside MUN, he also does speech and debate, plays soccer, leads clubs, does (a lot of) homework, and plays the piano for fun. David is really excited to not only work alongside his wonderful secretariat members and also for the new school year and MUN year. He's also looking forward to our own KnightsMUN conference alongside attending other school's conferences with the team.
Emmie Kao is a junior at the Bishop’s School and has been on the MUN team since freshman year. She has served as both a Vice Chair and Page in previous years’ KnightsMUN conferences and looks forward to helping run this year’s conference. In addition to Knights, Emmie has attended several conferences, including TritonMUN, NCRC MUN, TnT MUN, and the Columbia Model United Nations Conference and Exposition (CMUNCE). Alongside MUN, Emmie is part of the Bishop’s Speech and Debate team, the All Girls STEM Society, and co-heads the Middle School Math Club. In her free time, Emmie reads, writes songs, and plays with her dog.
Nason Li is a junior at The Bishop’s School, where he has been involved with MUN since 7th grade. Prior to being at Bishop’s, Nason was on MUN and JMUN teams since 3rd grade. Throughout his time in MUN, Nason has competed in a variety of tournaments across the world, from Shanghai to New York City. He loves to discuss politics and international relations and has a deep interest in history and government! His favorite part of MUN is discussing events with other delegates (as he loves crisis committees). Besides MUN, Nason has also participated in and led events like Academic League, Speech and Debate, Student Government, and Mock Trial. He is looking forward to the new year ahead, and is excited to delve into his passions through MUN!
Selene Wang is a junior at The Bishop’s School and has been involved in MUN since 7th grade. She has previously attended numerous conferences, such as Triton MUN, NCRC MUN, TnT MUN and Columbia MUN Conference and Exposition (CMUNCE), and has served a Chair at last year’s Knights MUN. In addition to MUN, Selene is part of Speech and Debate, Academic League, Cross Country, Track & Field and helps run the nonprofit All Girls STEM Society. She loves reading and listening to movie soundtracks, and she is very excited for Knights MUN this year!
Past Secretariats:
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2022-23:
Secretary General: Kasie Leung Secretary General: Ashir Kashyap James Stutts Dylan Navarrete Jonas Pfefferman Marina Khoury Sydney Chan 2020-21: Secretary General: Schuyler Capita Secretary General: Maddie Cayer Whitney Hemanjowski Miguel Solis Alina Kureshi Natalie Goldwasser Ashley Sottosanti 2018-2019: Secretary General: Sydney Grey Secretary General: Esha Kashyap |
2021-22:
Secretary General: Maddie Cayer Secretary General: Alina Kureshi Ashley Sottosanti Natalie Goldwasser Advay Chandra Kasie Leung Ashir Kashyap 2019-20: Secretary General: Tommy Sottosanti Secretary General: Timmy Kelly Kira Tran Iraj Moradi Schuyler Capita Maddie Cayer |
