BruinMUN 32 Secretariat
Kamran Sheriff
Secretary-General
Hailing from the tranquil and serene town of Claremont, CA, Kamran is a fourth year Political Science Major with a concentration on American Politics and a Data Science Engineering Minor. This is his fourth and final year in Model UN since he participated in Speech and Debate in high school. Ever since joining Model UN at the beginning of his college career, he has enjoyed hanging out with companions he has met in the club and relished staffing BruinMUN and LAMUN (UCLA's collegiate conference) as well as traveling on the circuit from time to time. He is eager to carry out his duties as Secretary-General, especially after completing his term as Director General last year. Outside of academics and extracurriculars, Kamran is somewhat of an idiosyncratic goofball. He loves reading, spending time with friends, cooking, clumsily trying new things, and doing anything and everything besides his homework until the last minute. Do not ask him about his incurable addiction to hot chicken and Martinelli's Apple Cider.
Laila Khalilieh
Director-General
Laila is a senior at UCLA and is a psychology major with a minor in statistics. Upon leaving UCLA, Laila wants to attend law school and eventually wishes to pursue a career as an FBI special agent in the human trafficking or crimes against women and children units. Eventually she hopes to become a behavioral analysis profiler (yes like on criminal minds). Laila started competing in Model United Nations in college after doing Mock Trial for three years in high school. Before becoming DG, Laila has staffed and senior staffed multiple committees such as LAMUN’s Hawaii and Press Corps committee. Laila likes to say that she is only in MUN to wear cute outfits and get free Double Tree cookies but she truly loves being a part of the amazing MUN and UCLA family!
Laila enjoys excessive amounts of chocolate (you can buy her love with oreos), books (her bank account cries daily because of this), and her dog (who may or may not be pure evil).
Joey Sinigiani
Under-Secretary-General for General Assemblies
Joey Sinigiani is a second-year Political Science and Global Studies double major from Sebastopol, CA. He has competed in multiple collegiate MUN conferences and staffed both BruinMUN and LAMUN. He is particularly interested in African geopolitics regarding conflict and governance, and plans on going to law school after graduation to then practice diplomacy.
Outside of MUN, Joey is the president of the United Nations Association at UCLA Chapter, and writer for UCLA’s Foreign Affairs Magazine - The Generation. In his free time, he enjoys a good workout, trying new food, and traveling the world.
Audrey Aaltonen
Under-Secretary General for ECOSPEC
Audrey is a second-year Statistics and Political Science double major from Huntington Beach, California. This will be her sixth year involved in MUN after competing on the SoCal circuit in high school and joining MUN at UCLA during her freshman year. She served as a delegate, chair, and senior teacher for her high school MUN program, has staffed both BruinMUN and LAMUN, and is looking forward to facilitating creative and insightful debate as the USG of ECOSOC and specialized committees. Outside of MUN, Audrey is obsessed with crossword puzzles and plays a minimum of six different variants of them a day. She also loves watching YouTube video essays on philosophy, trying new cafes in search for the perfect matcha latte, and curating Spotify playlists (shoutout to Fiona Apple and the Smiths). After college, Audrey hopes to utilize her experience in MUN to pursue a career in international relations and policy analysis.
Allyssa Lessinger
Under-Secretary-General for Novice
Allyssa is a second year Global Studies major from Hermosa Beach, CA. This will be her sixth year in Model UN, after joining during her freshman year of high school. Over the course of her four years in high school, she served as a delegate, chair, Chief of Staff, and President/Secretary-General of her school’s MUN program. During her first year as a member of MUN at UCLA, she was a dias staffer at both BruinMUN and LAMUN. For her sixth year of Model UN, Allyssa is excited to serve as the USG of Novice Committees for BruinMUN and cannot wait to introduce MUN to students new to debate. Outside of MUN, you can find Allyssa trying new restaurants, especially when noodles are involved. She also enjoys spending time with friends (shopping, going to the beach, doing nearly anything), sleeping (although she doesn’t get to sleep nearly as much as she wants to), and traveling (over 40 countries down, a lot more to go!). After college, she hopes to continue working in international relations and foreign affairs.
Michael Griffin
Under-Secretary-General for Crisis
Michael is a third-year student studying Biology from Marin County, CA. He is starting his third year in Model UN since joining for the first time at the beginning of college. He has staffed every MUN conference since entering college, serving as crisis staff, crisis director, and now Undersecretary General of Crisis. On campus, Michael also works for the USAC Facilities Commission and does laboratory research in the department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. In his free time, Michael enjoys hiking, playing guitar, listening to music, and exploring Los Angeles. He hopes to attend medical school after graduating from UCLA.
Pradyumn Acharya
President
Pradyumn is a fourth-year Linguistics and Computer Science major from Fremont, California. He is excited for his eighth 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 the high school and college conferences multiple times. Last year, he chaired the UNSC at BruinMUN and served as the Under-Secretary General of Crisis for LAMUN, MUN at UCLA’s conference for college students. In the previous year, he had the pleasure of serving as the club’s Director of Technology. After he graduates, Pradyumn hopes to either work at a start up or break into the software engineering industry. Beyond MUN, Pradyumn enjoys watching cricket games and reading the subsequent post-game analysis . During his down time, Pradyumn is watching YouTube videos, reading e-books, or exploring the great outdoors.
Saksham Madaan
Director of Finance
Saksham Madaan is a third-year Business Economics major hailing from Mountain House, California (aka the middle of nowhere). This is going to be his third year in Model United Nations having been introduced to it last year. Alongside being Director of Finance, 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 avid side quest enjoyer. 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
Anton Stover
Director of External Relations
Anton is a third-year History major and Global Studies and Public Affairs double minor from Redondo Beach, CA. He joined Model UN in his sophomore year of high school, and has since never looked back. Has served as a staffer for BruinMUN and the college conference, LAMUN, previously served as the Undersecretary General for ECOSOC and Specialized Committees at BruinMUN 31, and competes on the UCLA MUN travel team. Outside of MUN, he writes for an independent campus newspaper and the Undergraduate Law Journal. Outside of school, he plays a lot of card games, obsessively checks last.fm stats, and watches motorsport.
Sydney Lester | Director of Marketing | marketing@bruinmun.org
Samantha Lyle | Director of Technology | tech@bruinmun.org
Rohan Ghosh Choudhuri | Director of Operations | ops@bruinmun.org
Prisha Narasimhan | Conference Experience Coordinator | confexp@bruinmun.org
Devaj Joshi | Master of Ceremonies | ceremonies@bruinmun.org
Adrienne Lee | Acquisitions Specialist | acquisitions@bruinmun.org