Richard Kang is a junior in the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management. He was actively involved in his high school's Model UN team and has had experience being the secretary-general of Academy Model UN, a conference hosted by his high school, Bergen Academies, for other high school students around the area. Richard also served as the under secretary-general of finance for the collegiate model UN conference hosted by Cornell University. Richard is the team manager for Cornell Men's Heavyweight Rowing team, serves on the Mann Library Committee and the Dyson Undergraduate Council, and likes hiking, collecting old maps and books, and photography.

Meril Pothen is a junior in the College of Human Ecology majoring in Policy Analysis and Management with minors in Inequalities Studies and Global Health. She has been involved in Model United Nations since her freshman year of high school and cannot wait for CMUNC X! In addition to Model UN, Meril performs in and writes for a theater for social change troupe, coordinates logistics for Cornell Reunion, and is a Resident Advisor for first-year students. Thanks to Model UN she now feels most comfortable in a power suit and heels, while wielding a gavel of course. When not conference planning with her infamous color-coded markers, Meril enjoys yoga, being crafty, and fantasizing about her future Food Network show. 

Perri Cohn is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She has been a delegate at MUN since her freshman year of high school, has participated in CMUNC as a delegate and a chair, and is very excited to be working on the Secretariat for the first time. In addition to perpetually changing her major, Perri loves to dance, learn new and/or dead languages, and watch old Disney movies.

Neha Gavai
Under-Secretary-General of Large/Specialized Committees

Neha Gavai is a senior studying Biology and Economics in the College of Arts and Sciences. She has enjoyed being a part of MUN since her freshman year in high school, and is excited to be on the CMUNC Secretariat for her third and final time. Apart from getting involved in heated international affairs debates, Neha enjoys playing tennis, taking artsy pictures, and has a weakness for specialty ice cream parlors.

Rachel is a junior in the college of Arts and Sciences majoring in History.  This Rachel's tenth year participating in Model UN and her second year serving on the CMUNC Secretariat. Outside of the Cornell International Affairs Society, Rachel is a Resident Advisor to first year students and does service in Ithaca. Outside of affairs on the Hill, Rachel loves dance, cooking, art and being a loud, rowdy sports fan (Go Blackhawks!).

Elliot Mandel
Under-Secretary-General of Large/Specialized Committees

Elliot Mandel is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences, majoring in English and Economics. His college Model UN experiences date back through freshman year and have whetted his appetite for being a part of the CMUNC Secretariat this year. Though exhilarated by the thrill of lively debate, Elliot also finds enjoyment from the simpler things in life, such as writing short stories on his typewriter, playing ultimate frisbee, and wooing beautiful ladies.

Gerrit Wissink
Director of Operations

Gerrit Wissink is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences, hoping to major in Government and minor in International Relations.  Gerrit’s first introduction to Model UN was while studying abroad in France after his senior year of high school.  In college, he has become heavily involved in Model UN due to its awesome awesomeness.  In addition to Model UN, Gerrit is involved in his fraternity, Phi Kappa Tau, and the Cornell Squirrel Club.  He also enjoys tennis, the Daily Show, French things, reading the news, Ultimate Frisbee and bacon.

Henry Huang
Director of Technology

Henry Huang is a Senior in the College of Human Ecology, majoring in Human Biology, Health, and Society, with a Minor in Global Health. He has been part of MUN since Junior year of High School and is excited to be working on the CMUNC Secretariat. Besides MUN, Henry is involved in mentoring incoming freshman, facilitating computer donations to countries around the world, researching human obesity, and has just came back from a summer in India where he has been working on a HIV/AIDS research and intervention project.

Madeline Briker
Director of Public Relations

Madeline Briker is a Senior in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations.  She has been involved in Model UN since her freshman year of high school, and has attended CMUNC as a delegate, a chair, and now as a member of the Secretariat during her last year as a Model UN-involved student!  Along with trying to find an answer for the world to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, Madeline loves to dance, eat delicious food, and listen to the music of 90s boy bands.

No one quite knows what Ratnika is studying at Cornell, including herself. A sophomore, she began her Model UN love affair with in Cornell and has been hooked ever since. Besides talking way too much at the meetings of the Cornell International Affairs Society, Ratnika enjoys talking even more as a member of the debating team or, being the Vice President of Lights Off Cornell, walking around buildings at night turning off the lights- again, for reasons no one can quite fathom

Dan Marcus is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences majoring in Government and Economics. Hailing from Briarcliff Manor, New York, Dan has been active in Model UN since his freshman year of high school after joining to explore his interest in international politics. While this will be his eighth Model UN conference, he is thrilled to be chairing a committee for the first time at CMUNC this fall. He is currently the Executive Vice President of the Cornell International Affairs Society (Model UN at Cornell), a representative of the Student Assembly Finance Commission, and a member of the Cornell Concert Commission. Dan also enjoys reading music blogs, making home movies, and searching for the perfect burger.

Ankur Bajaj is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences at Cornell University, pursuing a double major in Chemistry and Economics, and perhaps a triple in Biology, if it doesn’t kill him. Though he is premed, he has a serious passion for debate, and recognizes that Model UN prepares its participants for a wide variety of careers by honing their skills of negotiation and leadership, indispensable in today’s world. Armed with 7 years of Model UN experience, and currently the President of the Cornell International Affairs Society (the organization that hosts CMUNC), Ankur hopes to bring creativity and perspective to CMUNC X, and secretly hopes that the cast of Jersey Shore is kidnapped in committee sometime during the weekend.

When not busy with his fraternity or in various meetings, Ankur enjoys reading nonfiction, watching TED Talks, and working on his golf swing, which his instructor keeps reassuring him is on the verge of improving. An international man of mystery, as he likes to think, he hopes to integrate travel and politics into the rest of his career at Cornell and into his profession, and dares anyone to try and stop him.