Selene Wang is a Co-Secretary General and a senior at The Bishop’s School. She has been involved in MUN since 7th grade, has attended numerous conferences, such as Triton MUN, NCRC MUN, TnT MUN and Columbia MUN Conference and Exposition (CMUNCE) and has chaired Knights MUN in the past two years. In addition to MUN, Selene is a great fan of chemistry, participates in Speech and Debate, Academic League, runs Cross Country, and leads the nonprofit All Girls STEM Society. She loves reading and listening to movie soundtracks, and she is very excited for Knights MUN this year!
Nason Li is a Co-Secretary-General and a senior at the Bishop’s School who has been involved in some form of MUN since elementary school. Throughout his time participating in MUN, Nason has been to numerous tournaments around the world, from Taiwan to New York to San Diego. He is deeply passionate about international affairs and global history, and plans to continue exploring these passions in the future! Since 9th grade, Nason has been a dedicated member of the crisis staff, and for KnightsMUN Session IX, he served as a Crisis Director, helping to organize the Chicago Mafia committee. He loves to collaborate with his fellow secretariat members, and strongly looks forward to organizing this year’s KnightsMUN Session X! Outside of MUN, Nason participates avidly in Academic League, Mock Trial, and Speech and Debate. He’s a big fan of rollercoasters, the culinary arts, and has a special love for penguins! He’s looking forward to a great year of MUN!
Emmie Kao is a senior at the Bishop’s School and has been on the MUN team since freshman year. She has served as a Chair, 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 the Bishop’s Singers. When she’s not debating resolutions or sending extensively long letters to backrooms, Emmie reads, writes songs, and plays with her dog.
David Lai is a senior at The Bishop’s School and has been involved in MUN since 9th grade. He did MUN because he’s always been amazing at Public Speaking and was interested in international relations, security, and the environment. His favorite thing about MUN, besides meeting new people, is doing General Assemblies because of its relevance to current geopolitics. Besides MUN, David plays soccer, watches a lot of sports, leads two service clubs, and has just started doing Mock Trial. He has attended many conferences from Columbia to Triton, co-chaired the Plastic Pollution Committee during the last Knights MUN conference, and vice-chaired the Outer Space Committee during the Knights MUN conference the year before. David is beyond excited about this year’s Knights MUN conference.
Sofia Hayden is a senior at The Bishop’s School and has been involved in MUN since sixth grade. She has attended numerous conferences ranging from topics in pressing environmental issues to the fall of Rome. She had the opportunity to co-chair a committee last year on plastic pollution and cannot wait to chair again this year for KnightsMUN! In addition to MUN, Sofia has a profound interest in marine sciences and environmental policy, is an avid member of the Bishop’s Singers, Speech and Debate team, All Girls STEM Society, and is passionate about language, possessing fluency in French and Spanish and currently studying Latin.
Owen Tu is a senior at The Bishop’s School and has been involved with the MUN team since 2021. He has participated in many conferences including Triton, T&T, Firebird, and our very own KnightsMUN as both delegate and staff. He is excited to continue working with this year’s delegates for KnightsMUN Session X. Besides MUN, He also is a part of the Speech and Debate team, Orchestra, and Academic League team and editor of the Bishop’s student newspaper. You might additionally find him listening to some banger J-pop and classical music or cooking up some dad jokes. He is looking forward to yet another great year of MUN! Good luck delegates.
Grace Yao is a junior at The Bishop’s School and has been involved in MUN since her freshman year. She has served as Vice Chair at last year’s KnightsMUN conference (UNEP) and looks forward to chairing at KnightsMUN Session X! Grace has attended several MUN conferences, including TritonMUN, TnTMUN, and FirebirdMUN. She is part of the Bishop’s Speech and Debate team and Chamber Orchestra, and she leads an environmental nonprofit, Project ARISE. In addition, she is exploring the intersection of artificial intelligence and healthcare, and she is an avid fangirl of music and Batman. Grace is very excited for this year’s KnightsMUN!
Ariadne Georgiou is a junior at the Bishop’s School who’s been involved with MUN since fifth grade and MUN at Bishop’s since eighth! She’s participated in KnightsMUN for all of high school — in crisis at Session VIII, and vice chairing crisis at Session IX! In addition to MUN, she competes in Varsity Speech & Debate, leads a service club focused on food justice, advocates for local climate legislation, leads the Bishop’s feminist club, and helps to plan an annual social justice conference! She cares deeply about migration and refugee issues, and devotes much of her time to immigration and human rights advocacy. In her free time, you’ll find her designing lighting for a dance show, learning another language (currently Arabic), or sitting on the floor of her room, blasting music and making a collage. She’s eager and delighted to see the creativity and enthusiasm that Session X of KnightsMUN will deliver!
Marly Berlin is a junior at The Bishop’s School this year and is so excited to get involved in leading MUN this year. She has been doing some form of MUN since seventh grade and has participated in many conferences since then, including Triton MUN, T&T MUN, Firebird, and of course Knights MUN. She looks forward to leading the committee on the European Energy Crisis this year and going to as many conferences as she can! Outside of MUN Marly loves to sew, tutor, and learn about everything cheese! She can’t wait for this year of MUN and what will be a great Session X of KnightsMUN!
Eliana Leff is a junior at The Bishop’s School and has been a part of Model UN throughout high school. During her time on the MUN team, she has participated in a variety of conferences including: CMUNCE, TritonMUN, T&TMUN, FirebirdMUN, and has chaired a number of committees over the years at KnightsMUN. She is excited to be chairing the World War I JCC this year for Session X. In addition to MUN, Eliana is a member of The Bishop’s Singers, Bishop’s Chamber Orchestra (cello), Jewish Student Association, she serves as captain of the JV Field Hockey team, Director of Outreach on the Performing Arts Council, and enjoys working as a writing tutor with Bishop’s students. Outside of Bishop’s, Eliana enjoys spending time outdoors (backpacking & mountain biking), playing with her dogs, skiing, reading books, late night drives, and learning new songs on her guitar.
Past Secretariats:
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2023-24
Secretary General: Marina Khoury Secretary General: Sydney Chan Dylan Navarrete Jonas Pfefferman Ava Bradley Selene Wang Nason Li Emmie Kao David Lai 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 |
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 |
