LAMUN Secretariat
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Raghu Kommalapaty
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.
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Cali Sheldon
USG - GA/Spec
Cali is this year’s LAMUN USG of GA and specialized committees. She is a fourth year majoring in Psychology and Communications with a minor in film. This is her fourth year in Model UN at UCLA, and she has been the CD for specialized committees at LAMUN for the last two years (slay MLM and Crazy Rich Asians!) and is very excited to be this year’s USG. She also has competed on UCLA’s travel team and loves getting to meet people on the circuit!
Cali was born and raised in Hermosa Beach, California, and despite multiple attempts at rebranding as a slay surfer beach girl, she still can barely stand up on a surfboard. Still, she loves the beach and is happy to be a resident LA tour guide for her friends (even though she is remarkably bad with directions). In her free time, Cali likes laying in grass, reading, sitting with the turtles at UCLA’s botanical gardens, and drawing Sonic on every available surface. After graduating, she has no idea what she wants to do with her life but hopes it will all work out. She’s excited to see you all at LAMUN this year!
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Pradyumn Acharya
USG - Crisis
Pradyumn is a third-year Linguistics and Computer Science major and Mathematics minor from Fremont, California. He is excited for his seventh year of Model United Nations, having joined his high school club in ninth grade. His journey with UCLA MUN began his freshman year. Ever since, he has chaired and crisis directed for the high school and college conferences. Last year, he served as Director of Technology. After he graduates, Pradyumn hopes to either work at a start up or attend graduate school. Beyond MUN, Pradyumn plays cricket for the college team. During his down time, Pradyumn is watching YouTube videos, reading e-books, or exploring the great outdoors.
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Grant Huebner
USG - Crisis
Grant Huebner is a third-year at UCLA majoring in Political Science and minoring in Public Policy. Hailing from Chicago (smaller than New York, bigger than Boston, cleaner than both), he first became involved in Model UN during his freshman year in high school and has loved it ever since. In high school, Grant traveled across the Midwest circuit and was the Secretary General of his Model UN team. This year, Grant is elated to serve as an Under Secretary General of LAMUN; he looks forward to seeing everyone this spring!
Outside of Model UN, Grant is a Fellow at the Y&S Nazarian Center and is active in the environmental movement, attending climate marches and building houses with Habitat for Humanity. He also enjoys working out, skiing, and backpacking in the mountains. After college, Grant has a mission to visit every national park, every state, and every country by the time he turns thirty. He hopes to pursue a career in domestic or international politics, working abroad to help make the world a more peaceful and prosperous place (and conveniently allowing him to travel the world).
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Shrinidhy Srinivas
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.
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Jonah Paten
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.
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Tara Ganguly
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.
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Kamran Sheriff
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.
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Dana Roelofs
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.
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Saksham Madaan
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.