LAMUN Secretariat
Secretary - General
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Lori is a fourth-year Political Science and Applied Linguistics double major from the San Fernando Valley (she’s finally admitted she might potentially have a valley girl accent). She’s been involved in MUN since the 8th grade when she was placed in a UNHCR and unknowingly bestowed a long future of GA committees. She’s chaired for both MUN at UCLA’s high school and college conferences and has spent the past three years emailing TAs about travel weekends.
Outside of MUN, she’s always doing a random variety of things. Whether it’s waking up at 6 AM to watch Charles Leclerc *not* put it in the wall in Monaco, defending Jayson Tatum’s honor, crafting a newsletter to send out to UCLA’s commuter population, reading another book TikTok recommended, or studying for the LSAT, it’s safe to say she’s usually busy with something. All in all, she really loves this club and everyone that makes it what it is, but she’ll always love a team that hasn’t won a championship in 20 years just that little bit more.
President
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Pradyumn Acharya is a fourth-year Linguistics and Computer Science (that’s one major) student who hails from Fremont, CA. While he was initially hesitant about studying the Linguistics portion of his major, it has grown over him in the past three years and he particularly enjoys learning about syntax.
Pradyumn entered the world of Model United Nations seven years ago in his freshman year of high school. His experience in high school taught him a lot of interpersonal skills and debating techniques, which has held him in good stead ever since. In his senior year of high school, he became the co-president of his school club, leading the organization through the uncertain days of the COVID era.
Pradyumn joined MUN @ UCLA in his fall quarter of freshman year when he staffed a BruinMUN GA committee in the 2021 iteration of the conference. He has staffed or senior staffed a BruinMUN committee during all of his years of college. He has traveled to seven conferences on the collegiate circuit, with a roughly even split of west-coast and east-coast conferences. When it comes to LAMUN, the collegiate conference hosted by MUN @ UCLA, Pradyumn staffed it his freshman year, senior staffed it his sophomore year, and, most recently, served as the USG of Crisis in his junior year. Pradyumn had the additional pleasure as serving as the Director of Technology for the club in his sophomore year. In his eight, and what should be his final, year in Model UN, Pradyumn looks forward to the opportunity of leading this vibrant student organization onwards and upwards.
While Pradyumn does enjoy studying the linguistics portion of his major, it is to little avail as Pradyumn intends on pursuing a career in software engineering post-graduation. He is open to joining a tech start up or joining a large tech company. In his spare time, one would find Pradyumn watching YouTube videos (especially ones pertaining to cricket, his favorite sport), reading e-books, or exploring the great outdoors.
USG - Crisis
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Sophie Kogan is a third-year student at UCLA, majoring in Applied Mathematics with a Specialization in Computing while conducting materials research in a computational chemistry lab. Sophie previously served as the Undersecretary General of Crisis for BruinMUN and has also contributed her talents to staffing LAMUN. Beyond her academic pursuits, she recently got into golf and Pilates, and in her downtime, she enjoys delving into philosophy, curating her Beli, scouring ThredUp, and rewatching classic sitcoms. From time to time, she's been known to yap about her lore too much.
Director of Finance
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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.
Director of Marketing
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Sydney is a fourth year Sociology major and Middle Eastern Studies minor who hails from Huntington Beach, California. This will be her fourth year in MUN at UCLA, though her experience spans years prior in through her participation in her high school program at HBHS. She is an avid nap enthusiast, proud cat mom, and border line professional hammocker. She beams about her experiences in this program, the amazing friends she has made, and the experiences she will never forget.
USG - Crisis
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Mathilde is an International Development Studies major with a Professional Writing minor here at UCLA. Originally born in France, Mathilde hails from all over the US (but mainly Tustin, CA). She first became involved in Model UN her freshman year of college, after competing in Mock Trial in high school. Mathilde staffed the Ad Hoc at LAMUN last year, and actively competes with our travel team — she’s fallen in love with the community and public speaking skills MUN has given her. After she graduates, Mathilde aspires to work in foreign affairs, whether that is through government work or law school. Beyond MUN, she can be found at the nearest thrift store, coffee shop, or bookstore, playing a New York Times game, scrolling through Pinterest or getting her LinkedIn connections up. When asked about her hobbies, she will tell you that she reads, likes to go to the gym, and does in fact spend half of her free time MUN-ing.
Director of External Relations
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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.
Director of Technology
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Samantha is a second-year Political Science and Statistics and Data Science double major. While she cherishes her time in LA, her favorite city is her hometown, Las Vegas. She joined MUN during her 1st year of college after debating for 7 years on the local and national circuit. Last year she staffed BruinMUN and LAMUN and has enjoyed competing as a member of the travel team. Beyond MUN, Sam is a member of UCLA’s rock climbing team, and she loves listening to live music, taking her Labrador Lily on car rides, and going to the beach. After graduating Sam hopes to be a policy analyst or work for a political think tank.
USG - GA/Spec
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Lauren is a third-year Political Science and something-humanities-related double major originally from Huntington, Beach California. This will be her 7th year involved in MUN after competing (as a chronic GA delegate) on the high school Socal circuit and joining UCLA MUN her freshman year. After previously serving on her high school secretariat and as the USG of GA for last year’s BruinMUN, she looks forward to expanding her focus into Specialized committees and meeting new faces on the collegiate circuit. She also hopes to use her experience in MUN and as a “hilltern” to pursue a path in law or business after college. Outside of MUN, Lauren’s second home is the tennis courts, as she is a member of Bruin Club Tennis. But, coming in close second is Michael’s as Lauren loves to make jewelry, up cycle thrifted clothes, and bake Great British Baking show worthy desserts. If not one of these two places, you can find her exploring new coffee shops, farmers markets, or countries around the world!
Director General
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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).