Chinara Wyke

SECRETARY-GENERAL

Chinara is a fourth-year at the college majoring in Public Policy, minoring in the Biological Sciences, and on the pre-medical track, originally from Houston, TX (the best city in the state).

Previous to being Secretary-General for ChoMUN, Chinara was an Under-Secretary-General for ChoMUN XXVII, Chair for the Large GA Rewriting the Unwritten: A Summit on Information Ethics for ChoMUN XXVI, and Assistant Chair for State of Terror: The Most Serene Republic of Venice, 1508 for ChoMUN XXV.

Outside of ChoMUN, Chinara competes with our traveling Team and staffs MUNUC our high school conference. She is also a research assistant for the Keenan Lab that studies racism and maternal mortality, a tour guide for the admission’s office, and is heavily involved with the Women in Medicine non-profit organization. For fun, Chinara dances, cooks, shops till she drops,  and reads the most sensational of romance novels. She is so excited to host the best ChoMUN yet, and can’t wait to see you all at the conference.

If you have any questions, concerns, or need fashion advice please feel free to email her at secgen@chomun.org.

Amman Kejela

DIRECTOR-GENERAL

Amman is a fourth-year majoring in Molecular Engineering and pre-law. Originally from New York City, he still thinks of Chicago as a college town and is slowly coming around on deep-dish pizza.

Despite promising himself he’d quit MUN after high school, he joined ChoMUN in sophomore year and keeps coming back. Before becoming the twenty-eighth Director-General of ChoMUN, Amman previously served as the CFO for ChoMUN XXVII and staffed the Bega Board of Directors for ChoMUN XXVI.

Outside of ChoMUN, Amman staffs MUNUC, our high school conference, and he’s on the editorial board for the Law Review, a staff writer for the Maroon, and an avid member of the sailing team. For fun, you can find Amman at the gym, hanging out with friends on the beach, or trying to teach himself Spanish fast enough to graduate.

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, feel free to reach out to him at dg@chomun.org.

Alex HolzMan

chief administrative officer

Alex is a fourth year majoring in Molecular Engineering and minoring in Immunoengineering. Prior to this year, Alex was a Crisis Director for Sally Sells Seashells...: Phoenician Maritime Council 1200 - 800 BCE for ChoMUN XXVII, an EAC on The Cold War Takes Off: Rebuilding West Germany, 1948 for ChoMUN XXVI, and an AC on The Mayor Strikes Back: Chicago City Council, 1986 for ChoMUN XXV.

In addition, Alex is involved in UAID (United Against Inequities in Disease) as part of the campus awareness subgroup and serves on the SME (Society for Molecular Engineering) board as the head of the events committee. Alex is also the Co-Leader of CLIME (Collaborative Learning in Molecular Engineering). If he's not in classes, or in a club meeting, you'll likely find Alex in Sweis Lab, where he works as a research assistant to elucidate mechanisms of immunotherapy resistance in cancer. In his free time, Alex plays piano, constantly tries new restaurants, and explores the buildings on campus with the goal of finding the longest possible indoor route from one end of campus to the other when temperatures fall below zero.

If you have any questions, concerns, or have good Chicago restaurant recs, please feel free to email him at alexholzman@uchicago.edu.

Leo Li

Director of Delegate Affairs

Leo (He/Him/His) Leo is a third-year at the college double majoring in Cognitive Science and Economics. From Shenzhen and Hong Kong, he is one of the “few” international Chinese-Canadians active in the North American circuit. Previous to being DDA for ChoMUN XXVIII, Leo was a Crisis Director for Haiya! It’s the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis in ChoMUN XXVII, and a Co-Crisis Director for Ding Dong! It’s the Sherman Antitrust Act! in ChoMUN XXVI.

Aside from the MUNiverse, he is also the President of Hong Kong Student’s Association and a research assistant in a Cognitive Science lab. For fun, Leo also cooks Chinese and Italian food, and loves to play badminton and rock climb in his free time.

He looks forward to meeting you all in ChoMUN XVVIII, and will probably be sitting close to the registration table on the day! If you have any questions, concerns, or need recipe suggestions, always feel free to contact him at dda@chomun.org.

Tim Pouring

Chief Financial Officer

Tim is a fourth year at the college majoring in Economics, originally from Southern Maryland.

Outside of ChoMUN, he is involved with Promontory Investment Research and is a student director for the Chicago Urban Explorers pre-orientation program.

For fun, he loves running when he’s not injured and learning about urban design. He can’t wait to see you all at ChoMUN! If you have questions, or you want to talk about cold plunges and meditation, you can reach him at cfo@chomun.org.

Tanaka Nemarundwe

CHIEF of Staff

Arjun Bhakoo

Chief Design Officer

Arjun is a second-year at the college, originally from New York City. He plans on majoring in Economics and Media Arts and Design.

Previous to being the Chief Design Officer for ChoMUN, Arjun was an Admin Exec for ChoMUN XXVII, working on photography and design projects as well as serving as an AC for All's Well That Ends Well(s Fargo): The Creation of Wells Fargo, 1852.

Outside of ChoMUN, Arjun is a writer for Firebird Magazine, a student-run music publication at UChicago, and an Associate Copy and Layout Editor for the Chicago Maroon. For fun, Arjun loves watching movies and TV, listening to music, taking photographs, and keeping up with Formula 1.

You can see him at ChoMUN XXVIII taking pictures or staffing the registration desk, and you can see his work on everything from background guides to this website!

Khristian Bass

UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL

Khristian is a fourth-year at the college majoring in Psychology and Public Policy, and he comes from the great town of Gun Barrel City, Texas. Before becoming a USG Khristian was a Crisis Director for a Night at the American Museum of Natural History at ChoMUN XXVII, a Crisis director for Bega Cheese 2017 at ChoMUN XXVI, and an Assistant Chair for the JCC: Kingdom of Serbia at ChoMUN XXV.

Outside of ChoMUN Khristian does a lot more MUN, competing with the traveling team and both staffing and teaching Model UN classes for high schoolers within MUNUC, UChicago’s high school conference. When not doing Model UN Khristian spends the rest of his time as Vice President for UChicago’s Pre-Law Frat, writing for the UChicago Law Magazine, and occasionally picking up the euphonium for the University Wind Ensemble.

For fun, Khristian loves to sit at the poker table and lose money, drink coffee, and cheer for his favorite premier league team, Arsenal (which he is sure are top of the table by now). He is giddy with excitement for what will be a ChoMUN to remember, and cannot wait to see everyone in April. If you have any questions or concerns especially relating to committees that he oversee, or just want to talk about how good Kai Havertz is please feel free to email him at khristian548@uchicago.edu.

Ashley Cross

UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL

Ashley originally hails from a small farm in Selkirk, NY (New York is an entire state, who would have guessed?) and is a fourth-year at the college majoring in Political Science and Business Economics.

Before her astonishing work as an Under-Secretary-General for ChoMUN, Ashley was a Chair for BYOC: The Zapatista Autonomous Municipalities, 1994 for ChoMUN XXVII, Chair for the Large GA Rewriting the Unwritten: A Summit on Information Ethics for ChoMUN XXVI, and Assistant Chair for It's Tonga Time: Tonga's Transition to Democracy, 2008.

Outside of ChoMUN, Ashley runs around campus participating in Women in Business, Delta Gamma Sorority, Public Policy Leaders Program, and International Policy Program with the Institute of Politics. In her free time, Ashley loves to co-exist with friends, attend arts events downtown, go to the gym, learn new languages, and procrastinate writing her honors thesis!

If you have any questions about ChoMUN or need a good theme for your next apartment party, feel free to email her at amcross@uchicago.edu.

Francisco Gutierrez

UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL

Francisco (he/him) Francisco, originally from Boston, Massachusetts (the City of Champions), is a third year at the college majoring in Public Policy and minoring in Spanish. Previous to being an Under-Secretary-General for ChoMUN, Francisco served as Crisis Director for Never Say Nether: Dutch Golden Age 1588. Outside of ChoMUN, Francisco works as a staff writer for the University Chicago Journal of Foreign Policy, assistant chairs for MUNUC (our high school conference), and plays Club Tennis and Squash. For fun, Francisco watches pretty much every sport in existence (except NASCAR), binges Game of Thrones, and enjoys reality TV shows and historical documentaries. He is excited to host the best ChoMUN of all time, and can not wait to see you all at the conference. If you have any questions, concerns, or want to know who the top 100 men's and women's tennis players in the world are, please email him at fgutierrez4@uchicago.edu.

Fawwaz hafizh

UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL

Fawwaz Hafizh (he/him) Under-Secretary-General Fawwaz is a fourth year at the College, majoring in Political Science and Economics, and the MA program in International Relations. Originally from Jakarta, Indonesia, he is interested in the intersections of international affairs, development economics, and public policy. Fawwaz has been involved in college MUN since his first year, starting as an Assistant Chair for the SPECPOL and Arab League committees in MUNUC and the State of Terror: The Most Serene Republic of Venice, 1508 committee in ChoMUN. Since then, he has chaired the CELAC committee for MUNUC 36 and the Sassanian Shenanigans: The Reign of Khosrow I, 531 AD for ChoMUN XXVII. Outside of the MUN-iverse, he works at the University of Chicago Insitute of Politics and is involved with the Society for International Relations, International Development Society, Indonesian Students Association, and Sensasia Cultural Show. In his free time, Fawwaz enjoys drinking iced chai from one of the coffee shops on campus (notably Harper Cafe) while sitting on the main quad (if weather permits). Otherwise, you’ll see him watching Netflix in the cubicles at the Regenstein library or strolling around campus with a film camera in hand. If you have any questions or want to chat about cats or architecture, feel free to email him at fawwazhafizh@uchicago.edu.

Daniel Zhang

UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL

Daniel is a third-year from Fort Myers, Florida, a small city in the southwest of the state, and majoring in History and Public Policy, with a minor in Creative Writing.

Prior to being an Undersecretary-General for ChoMUN, Daniel was a Crisis Director for Don't Worry DALL-E: Artists Against AI at ChoMUN XXVII, and an Assistant Chair for Emperor Menelik II's Cabinet at ChoMUN XXCI.

Outside of ChoMUN, Daniel is involved in the rest of the MUN-iverse, which includes MUNUC and team. He also has a job in the wood shop at the Logan Center, works as a student director for the Orientation office, plays oboe for the University Wind Ensemble, and is involved in Sliced Bread, a literary arts magazine.

He enjoys exploring Chicago cafes (but, shockingly, not drinking too much coffee), going on sporadic runs along Lake Michigan, and writing when he can. Daniel is super excited for this year's ChoMUN, and is looking forward to seeing everyone at conference!

If you have any questions for Daniel, you can find him at danielz031@uchicago.edu.