Executive Board

President

Shrinidhy is a fourth-year at UCLA majoring in Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics and minoring in Global Health. Hailing from the Bay Area (a fact she will never let you forget), she first became involved with Model UN in seventh grade and has loved it ever since. Throughout the past nine years in Model UN, Shrinidhy has been a delegate across the high school and collegiate circuits, a staffer, a Crisis Director, a Chair, and (previously) the Chief of Staff as well as the Director of External Relations for MUN at UCLA. In her tenth and final year of MUN, Shrinidhy is thrilled to be serving as President.

Outside of Model UN, Shrinidhy is involved with multiple research labs as a Research Assistant, volunteers at Ronald Reagan Medical Center, and coordinates health policy efforts with the Los Angeles Human Rights Initiative. She loves to swim, hike, travel, watch anything and everything Disney related, and do any activity that will give her an adrenaline rush (from paragliding to white water rafting). In the future, Shrinidhy hopes to work in pediatric surgery, healthcare policy, and international volunteer work, eventually retiring to a cabin in the mountains.

president@uclamun.org

BruinMUN Secretary-General

Parker is a fourth year Human Biology and Society Major with a minor in Anthropology from Huntington Beach, CA. This is their eight and final year in Model UN after competing in over a dozen committee, serving on four Secretariats, and acting as Program Coordinator for the Model UN Summer Institute. Parker is also active in the animal rights movement, attending climate marches and hosting vegan taste tests. They are deeply passionate about public health, especially relating to nutrition, pollution, and LGBT+ healthcare. You can also find them practicing martial arts, enjoying the outdoors, or painting a smile on their face! After graduation, Parker is enthusiastic to start a career in non-profit administration and community engagement, continuously striving for a just world.

sg@bruinmun.org

LAMUN Secretary-General

Raghu Kommalapaty is a 3rd year Global Studies and Economics double major and his pride for his hometown of Boston is obvious with his palpable love for all things New England. He has been involved in MUN since 7th grade, and has never looked back. In high school, Raghu traveled all throughout the New England circuit and was both the secretary and president of his MUN club. He has continued this trend at UCLA where he has traveled extensively, chaired for both our high school and college conferences, served as the USG of GA at the previous iteration of BruinMUN, and is currently the SG for LAMUN, our premier collegiate conference.

Outside of MUN, Raghu enjoys playing pick-up basketball, intramural sports, and skiing. He is obsessed with anything Boston sports related and is a die hard fan for both the Celtics and Patriots. He also enjoys watching anime and gaming, mostly 4x-strategy games and FPS’. After college Raghu wants to pursue a career in international business, whether that be through consulting, market expansion & strategy, or supply chain logistics. After everything is said and done he wants to return to the homeland of Massachusetts and live in his mancave.

lamun@uclamun.org

Chief of Staff

staff@uclamun.org

Director of Travel Team

Ashi Gottumukkula is a fourth-year Global Studies major from Naperville, Illinois. Although she had the misfortune of growing up in the Midwest, she is originally from Cape Cod, MA, and hopes to move back there one day. She has been doing MUN for eight years and loves both traveling and staffing for MUN at UCLA. This year, Ashi is extremely excited to serve as the Director of Travel Team: she can’t wait to see all of the usual recurring characters throughout the travel season and looks forward to welcoming new faces to the circuit! After school, she hopes to go into foreign service or international humanitarian law. Outside of debating world issues, Ashi enjoys drinking lattes, jumping into pools, and judging people’s outfits. She also loves going to K-Town karaoke, rereading Percy Jackson, and bullying little kids on Fashion Famous.

travel@uclamun.org

Director of Training

Hazel is a fourth year studying a dual degree in Statistics and Data Science and Political Science with a concentration in methods and models. Originally from a small town outside of Chicago (technically a village but who’s checking), Hazel has been involved in MUN starting her sophomore year of high school where she was very unceremoniously thrown into a JCC 3 days before a conference having no idea what a crisis note was. Now, 7 years later she is the one throwing members into JCCs, but don’t worry she makes sure they know what crisis notes are. She has been involved in UCLAMUN for 4 years, serving as a LAMUN Under-Secretary-General of Crisis, Director-General, and now Director of Training. Hazel has also fulfilled roles such as crisis staffer, chair, and crisis director (and to this day she is still sad she never got the chance to dias staff). Hazel is excited to be fulfilling the role of Director of Training as she loves nothing more than giving members a space to truly deep dive into fun topics while also finding joy in an extracurricular that has been so influential in her life.

Outside of MUN, Hazel can be found doing a myriad of things ranging from sitting quite bored at the front desk at the research library on campus, scouring Instagram Reels for the next “hidden gem” coffee shop to check out, planning her next crochet project (completing the project is another story), and gleefully bullying her mom into sending yet another photo of her cats. Post-graduation Hazel imagines herself working in a very dull government office where she can geek out about geospatial statistics and analysis to her coworkers and any other unwilling participant.

training@bruinmun.org

Director of Finance

Jonah is a fourth year computer science major from Santa Cruz, CA. He joined MUN in sophomore year of high school, and fell in love with it ever since, loving the intense debate and discussion of ideas. Attending conferences in high school, including BruinMUN, built his interest in global issues and the politics involved in solving them.

At UCLA, Jonah has staffed conferences, competed on the travel team to numerous conferences, and served on the executive board. He loves being able to travel the continent with the competitive team and to be a small part of the big things that MUN at UCLA does. Jonah’s excited to serve as Director of Finance this year to help create a more inclusive club for new members while still running top ranked conferences and travel teams. Outside of MUN, he is a project manager for ACM TeachLA, a student researcher studying transportation equity, and loves to explore UCLA’s beautiful campus and libraries.

finance@uclamun.org

Director of External Relations

Tara Ganguly is a third-year double majoring in environmental science and French. Originally from Bloomington, Indiana, Tara has been doing Model UN since her freshman year of high school. She has remained in the organization because of the friendships she’s made and the positive development in her self-advocacy skills. In Model UN at UCLA, Tara served as our USG of Crisis Committees for LAMUN XVIII and actively competes on our travel team. Outside of MUN, she is the Vice President of Community Development for UCLA’s Panhellenic Executive Council and a member of the Facilities Commission. When she’s not in club meetings, she’s baking, working on her Spotify playlists, or eating Trader Joe’s Unexpected Cheddar.

external@uclamun.org

Director of Operations

Cameron Katz is a Senior double majoring in Political Science and Psychology. He has been a member of Model United Nations since his freshman year at UCLA. Last year, he served as the USG of Crisis for BruinMUN (MUN at UCLA’s high school conference). This year, he is the Director of Operations. He also is a regular member of the Travel Team. Outside of MUN, Cameron is the President of Bruin Democrats and serves as Director of Programming for the California College Democrats. In his free time, Cameron enjoys watching (and rewatching) TV shows such as Veep, is quite adept at playing Legend of Zelda, and likes to promote the use of fun vocabulary like bereft and yaught. Shoutout to Tara!

ops@bruinmun.org

Director General

Kamran is a third year Political Science and Psychobiology double major who hails from Claremont, CA. This will be his third year in Model UN ever since transitioning from Speech and Debate at the start of college. He has staffed multiple conferences for MUN at UCLA and chaired for LAMUN XVIII before becoming Director General for this year. Outside of MUN, Kamran enjoys reading, doing anything and everything aside from his homework, playing video games, and spending time with his friends. After college, Kamran aspires to potentially become a lawyer and to reside in New York.

dg@bruinmun.org

Director of Marketing.

Dana is a second year Global Studies major, from Los Alamos, New Mexico (yes home to the Manhattan Project). Originally a Speech and Debate kid in High School, she didn’t join Model UN until her senior year but has been heavily involved since. She loves the wide range of topics MUN has allowed her to explore and enjoys both competing in GA committees and staffing the wonderful conferences MUN at UCLA hosts. Outside of MUN, you can find her out on the water of Marina Del Rey as a part of the UCLA Sailing Team, exploring Downtown LA with her friends, or cooking in whichever kitchen she has access to.

marketing@uclamun.org

Director of Technology

Saksham Madaan is a second-year Business Economics major from Mountain House, California(aka the middle of nowhere). This is going to be his second year in Model United Nations having been introduced to it last year. Alongside being Director of Tech, he is an active member of the travel team and has staffed both BruinMUN and LAMUN with plans to senior staff this year. Aside from MUN, Saksham is a writer for the Bruin Review and community representative. After his undergraduate studies, Saksham aims to apply to law school to pursue a career in corporate law. In his free time, he enjoys geeking out on the latest superhero movie, discovering new music, taking film photos, and discovering new food hot takes.

tech@uclamun.org

Director of Internal Relations

Liz is a fourth-year Political Science major, with a minor in Spanish. Her passion for public speaking and international affairs pushed her to join Model United Nations at the age of 11. She joined UCLA’s team as a sophomore, competing in various conferences in the collegiate circuit.

She has found a second-home in the members of UCLA’s team and is looking forward to bringing people together as the Director of Internal Relations.

Outside of school, Liz enjoys traveling, being by the ocean, and spending time with her sisters. After obtaining her bachelor’s degree, she plans to attend law school and utilize her passion for public speaking to help others.

internal@uclamun.org