Secretariat
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Rohini Mudinur
Secretary-General
Rohini Mudinur is a senior at Maggie Walker and is absolutely honored to serve as the Secretary-General for the 26 iteration of GSMUN. Previously, she served as a crisis director and chair for GSMUN and attended conferences at William & Mary and Old Dominion. Outside of Model UN, she is the Co-President of National Honor Society and Latin National Honor Society, the Founder for Bonsai Balance Seminars, MLWGS’ mental wellness organization, and a member of the We the People team. In her (very limited!) free time, she goes on long runs, sculpts, and obsessively reads Cicero, Dostoevsky, and Fitzgerald. Rohini can’t wait to meet all the delegates and make GSMUN XXVI the best one yet!
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Devesh Kumar
Director-General
Devesh has been a part of GSMUN since 7th grade and is honored to serve as director-general for this year’s GSMUN. Devesh enjoys politics and public speaking through competing at model UN conferences, debating Lincoln-Douglas, and participating in Maggie Walker’s We the People team. He also leads the school’s programming club as president and engineering club as co-president. He competes in TSA, Quiz Bowl at multiple national tournaments, and robotics up to the international level. Moreover, he enjoys coding and building AIs. In his free time, he enjoys swimming and playing basketball. Devesh can’t wait to meet the sponsors and delegates at GSMUN this March!
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Aashka Shah
Undersecretary-General for External Communications
Aashka is a senior at Maggie Walker who has been involved with Model UN since seventh grade. She has attended various conferences at the University of Virginia and William & Mary and has been a crisis staffer, co-chair, and secretariat member at GSMUN in the past. She is very excited to serve as the Undersecretary-General for External Communications this year! Outside of Model UN, she loves playing tennis, listening to music, baking, and going on runs. She is also co-president of the Maggie Walker Operation Smile chapter and the Future Medical Professionals Club. She cannot wait to meet all the delegates in March!
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Nate Stewart
Undersecretary-General for Logistics
Nate is a senior at Maggie Walker and is excited to serve as your Undersecretary-General for Logistics. He has six years of Model UN experience, including attending several conferences and serving once as a crisis staffer and twice as chair for past GSMUNs. Outside of Model UN, Nate is an avid member of the Maggie Walker Quiz Bowl team, the We the People team, as well as the Economics and Investment club. In his free time, Nate enjoys playing board games with friends and watching baseball. He is excited to help prepare for an extraordinary conference!
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Parth Tornekar
Undersecretary-General for Crisis Simulations
Parth is a senior at Maggie Walker, and has been involved in Model UN since seventh grade, and is delighted to serve as your Undersecretary-General for Crisis Simulations for the second year in a row! Parth has been involved in GSMUN as last year’s USG for Crisis, a chair, and a crisis staffer. His experience spans six continents, as he has served on 12 international conference secretariats and executive boards, chaired at 6 different conferences, attended 33 conferences as a delegate, and created a Model UN Training Programme. In the little time he has after MUN, Parth is the Chief Operations and Projects Officer for FIRST Robotics Competition Team 422, President of the Photography Club, and is involved with the debate team along with TSA. Parth is also an avid member of the Civil Air Patrol, where he is the Command Chief of his Squadron, and is training to be a Private Pilot. He also enjoys chocolate and teddy bears. Before college, Parth plans on taking a gap year to fight dragons in the forests of Scotland. Parth cannot wait to take GSMUN’s Crisis Simulations to even greater heights, and is truly excited for GSMUN XXVI!
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Sania Jain
Chargé d’Affaires
Sania is a senior at Maggie Walker and has been involved in Model UN since seventh grade, attending conferences at UVA, William and Mary, and numerous local conferences. She has been involved in GSMUN since her freshman year as a vice chair and then a chair. Outside of Model UN, she spends her free time dancing, playing violin, and participating in many clubs at school. At Maggie Walker, Sania is co-captain of the Bhangra team, COO of FIRST Robotics Team 422, and co-president of the Engineering Club! She cannot wait to meet and work with all the delegates and sponsors next March!
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Keira Kinnier
Director of General Assemblies
Keira, a junior at Maggie Walker, is excited to be your Director of General Assemblies this year, for GSMUN XXVI. Keira has participated in Model UN since freshman year, attending conferences at William & Mary and Old Dominion. In previous years, Keira has served as a crisis staffer and chair for GSMUN. Keira also serves as Dance Team Captain at Maggie Walker, is a senior editor for the school newspaper, The Jabberwock, and enjoys finding ways to improve her leadership and service skills, having attended a program with the FBI National Academy. Outside of these activities, Keira also enjoys dance, reading and analyzing literature, wandering around book stores, and listening to music; especially every song ever written by Taylor Swift.
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Sonia Chornodolsky
Director of Specialized Agencies
Sonia is a Junior at Maggie Walker and is honored to serve as the Director of Specialized Agencies in the 26th iteration of GSMUN. She has been involved in Model UN since seventh grade and finds purpose and joy through participating in and organizing meaningful debate. Previously, she has served as a crisis staffer and as the co-chair of GSMUN’s prestigious Ad-Hoc committee. Sonia also serves as the Executive Director of the AcePrep tutoring organization, co-president of the Young Democrats club, deputy editor of the MLWGS Newspaper, the Jabberwock, and is a member of the School Advisory Council and Deadbeats, one of Maggie Walker’s A cappella groups. In her free time, Sonia enjoys running on the cross country and track teams, reading modernist literature, and trying new and exciting foods.
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Sriyutha Morishetty
Director of Press and Publications
Sriyutha is a junior at Maggie Walker, and has been involved in Model UN since sixth grade. Having previously served as a vice chair and a chair, she is ecstatic to serve as your Director of Press and Publications. She has attended several university and high school level conferences, notably including ones at the University of Virginia, William & Mary, and Old Dominion University. Outside of GSMUN, Sriyutha is the Secretary of the Economics and Investment Club, an Executive Editor on Maggie Walker’s publication, The Jabberwock, and a student officer for RampsRVA. In her free time, she enjoys baking, writing short stories, reading classics, and binging TV shows. She is excited to be a part of this enduring legacy, and she is looking forward to making this GSMUN the best one yet!
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Shorya Malani
Director of Technology
Shorya is a senior at Maggie Walker and is honored to serve as Director of Tech. He has been involved with GSMUN since 7th grade and the debate that it fosters. At GSMUN he has previously served as a Chair, Vice-Chair, and as a photographer. Outside of MUN, Shorya is an developer creating Fixate, a productivity app while having dabbled in almost everything to do with technology. At Maggie Walker, he created the CLiCC for coding club, is Director of Programming in Robotics, is President of Chess Club, and participates in debate, TSA, and Math Competitions. Outside of school Shorya is an avid event photographer with a focus in portraits. He is excited to part of this amazing team and can’t wait to make this the best GSMUN yet.
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Sophia Pareti
Director of Charitable Giving
Sophia, a senior at Maggie Walker, is beyond honored to be serving as Director of Charitable Giving for GSMUN XXVI and can’t wait to support this year’s charity, the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Sophia’s Model UN experience spans five years and two continents— alongside crisis staffing and chairing at GSMUN, she founded a Model UN club at her host school and chaired at MUNISS while studying abroad in Germany. When she isn’t struggling with Chinese stroke order or German article declensions, Sophia can be found solving the New York Times Crossword, playing the Legend of Zelda, or working with RampsRVA. She can’t wait to see all the delegates in March for a great conference!
Conference Sponsors
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Mr. Davide D’Urbino
Mr. D’Urbino is originally from Milano, Italy, but has also lived and studied in Japan and New Zealand. Since 2008, he has been calling Richmond home. At VCU, where he completed bachelor's and master's degrees in chemistry, he researched organic polymer synthesis and chemical education extensively. He taught taught chemistry at Clover Hill High School for five years prior to joining Maggie Walker, where he is now in his second year. He is excited to serve as assistant sponsor for Model UN!
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Mr. Kyle Rogers
Joining GSMUN as a coach this year, Mr. Rogers is the newest faculty member in the Maggie Walker Social Studies Department. Mr. Rogers just completed his Master of Teaching program at VCU, where he also received a bachelor’s and master’s degree in history. He is a passionate history educator with experience teaching US and world history at Varina High School and Deep Run High School (his alma mater) in Henrico County. Mr. Rogers is excited to assist GSMUN and support its dedicated and impressive members as they develop their research, public speaking, and leadership skills!
Photos by Shorya Malani