Kushal Gowda, a senior at Maggie Walker, is in his third year with Governor’s School MUN. He’s attended multiple MUN conferences and placed in each one, as well as served as a committee chair and crisis director in the previous two years. Additionally, Kushal is the State President of Virginia’s Technology Student Association (TSA), spending most of his time working with 270+ schools to participate in STEM competitions. He’s a big time sports fan, watching the Ravens and Orioles day in and day out. Kushal is a captain of the Varsity Baseball team, and also worked as a defensive assistant coach at DRHS. He also interns with VCU’s athletic department, assisting in administrative duties and gameday operations for various sports. Among other things, he can be found performing gigs around the greater Richmond area with his band. He’s very excited to serve as your Ad Hoc chair this year, and looks forward to making connections this year!

Deepanshi Kumar, a junior at Maggie Walker and current co-treasurer of the MUN club, is beyond excited to be your co-chair for the GSMUN XXVII Ad Hoc committee! She has been involved with Model UN for seven years, having competed in more than a dozen conferences and won several awards. In the past, Deepanshi has been both a vice chair and co chair for GSMUN committees. Outside of Model UN, she is the vice chair of the Honor Council and secretary of the Operation Smile club. Deepanshi also enjoys being a part of the MLWGS Bhangra team and playing tennis with her brothers in her free time. She is looking forward to meeting the incredible delegates at GSMUN XXVII!