Maddie Cayer is a senior at The Bishop’s School and is Co-Secretary-General. She has participated in MUN since sixth grade and was Secretary-General last year. Previously, she was chair of the Allies committee at Knights MUN in 2018 and was Crisis Director for the Joint Crisis Committee at Knights MUN in 2019. Maddie is passionate about international relations, global issues, and historical events. Outside of MUN, Maddie is on the Varsity Speech and Debate, Varsity Swimming, Varsity Cross Country, and Varsity Track and Field Teams. She also runs her own non-profit and interns in the UCSD Department of Medicine. She looks forward to listening to delegates discuss some of the most important historical and current global issues and work to find solutions.
Alina Kureshi is a senior at The Bishop’s School and is Co-Secretary-General. She has been on the MUN team since her freshman year, and participated in JMUN during middle school. In previous years, she has served as Director, Chair, and Vice Chair of the Knights MUN Crisis Committee. She enjoys MUN because it has provided her the opportunity to learn about historical and current events, gain a global perspective, and meet new people. Aside from MUN, Alina is involved in Varsity Speech and Debate, Taekwondo, community service, and serves as a Head Ambassador for Bishop’s. She previously interned for the Office of Mayor Todd Gloria and currently interns at the San Diego County Taxpayers Association where she conducts historical research.
Ashley Sottosanti is a member of the Secretariat, and a senior at Bishop’s. She’s been involved in MUN since freshman year, and did JMUN in 8th grade. She has thoroughly enjoyed the Triton and Knights MUN committees she has participated in and chaired, and looks forward to another great year of conferences. Her favorite part about MUN is having an opportunity to learn more about current events outside of the US, and getting to meet people from different schools who share that interest. Besides MUN, Ashley is on the Bishop’s speech and debate and volleyball teams, and can be seen in the occasional play.
Natalie Goldwasser is a senior at Bishop’s, and this is her third year in the MUN team. She is very passionate about foreign policy and international relations, therefore she joined MUN in order to take part in conversations relating to world events, and to learn more on how to go about solving them. Outside of MUN, Natalie likes participating in varsity Speech and Debate, volunteering in political campaigns, being a counselor at her youth group, being involved in activism, reading, and learning new things.
Advay Chandra is a senior at the Bishop's School and a member of the Secretariat. He has been a member of the Bishop's MUN team for all four years of high school and participated in JMUN in eighth grade. He participates actively in General Assembly Committees, with a focus on committees that discuss educational, cultural, and climate related issues. In past MUN conferences, he has been a vice chair and received multiple awards as a delegate. Advay participates in MUN as he is extremely passionate about international relations, public policy, and general activism. Outside of MUN, Advay participates internationally in speech and debate and taekwondo, is an intern at the UNA-USA and Voterfied, and runs his own non-profit.
Kasie Leung is a junior at The Bishop’s School and has been involved in MUN since eighth grade. Although this is her first year as a member of secretariat, she has previously been involved in Knights MUN, serving as a page and as crisis staff in past years. Her favorite part of MUN is being able to find solutions to real-life issues with people who are just as passionate about diplomacy as she is. Outside of MUN, Kasie enjoys speech and debate, figure skating, volunteering and reading. She is incredibly excited to be a part of this year’s Knight MUN!
Ashir Kashyap is a junior at the Bishop's School and is a member of the Secretariat. Since freshman year, he has been on the MUN team and has participated in several committees at Triton MUN and Knights MUN as well as served as the Vice Chair for a Crisis Committee as part of last year's Knights MUN Conference. Ashir is interested in MUN because he has a passion for learning about global issues and current events and enjoys conferences because they model real-life situations and are an opportunity to act on realistic solutions. Outside of MUN, Ashir is on the Speech and Debate Team, co-founded Youth.learnProgramming();, and runs his own business-entrepreneurship club known as Future Founders!
Ellie Hodges is a senior at Bishop’s and has been involved in MUN since eighth grade. She has had an amazing time working on crisis staff at Knights in tenth grade, and chairing the joint crisis committee last year! Ellie is passionate about MUN because it gives you the opportunity to communicate with so many new people and find solutions to real world problems. Outside of MUN, she loves participating in Speech and Debate, visual arts groups, activism groups for lgbtq youth, and baking a good brownie!
Past Secretariats:
2020-21:
Secretary General: Schuyler Capita
Secretary General: Maddie Cayer
Whitney Hemanjowski
Miguel Solis
Alina Kureshi
Natalie Goldwasser
Ashley Sottosanti
2019-20:
Secretary General: Tommy Sottosanti
Secretary General: Timmy Kelly
Kira Tran
Iraj Moradi
Schuyler Capita
Maddie Cayer
2018-2019:
Secretary General: Sydney Grey
Secretary General: Esha Kashyap
2020-21:
Secretary General: Schuyler Capita
Secretary General: Maddie Cayer
Whitney Hemanjowski
Miguel Solis
Alina Kureshi
Natalie Goldwasser
Ashley Sottosanti
2019-20:
Secretary General: Tommy Sottosanti
Secretary General: Timmy Kelly
Kira Tran
Iraj Moradi
Schuyler Capita
Maddie Cayer
2018-2019:
Secretary General: Sydney Grey
Secretary General: Esha Kashyap
