Cabinet & Secretariat
Hello all! My name is Alivia Seard, and I am thrilled to be one of your Co-Presidents for 2024-2025! Throughout my going-on four years of high school, Model UN has been my absolute favorite community to be a part of. I have learned and grown so much through the program, but what I cherish most are the incredible people I’ve come to know and the memories I’ve made with them. As Co-President this year, I am honored to help lead the club that has meant so much to me, whether I am running meetings, planning events, or answering the immortal question, “What exactly is Model UN?”.
Beyond MUN, I am Co-President of Poly’s Creative Writing Club and a member of Female Leadership Academy and Book Club. I am also a decade-long participant of Girl Scouts, a program that has given me the opportunity to be a Youth Delegate at the Commission on the Status of Women and that has offered me an outlet to bring awareness to medical deliberate indifference faced by incarcerated women through my Gold Award. No matter what I’m doing, though, I’m always here to answer questions or give a helping hand, so don’t hesitate to reach out! Let’s have an amazing year!
Alivia Seard
Co-President
Jackson Trunelle
Co-President
Hello, my name is Matthew Inui and I am so excited to be one of your presidents for the ‘22-23 school year! I will be in charge of running meetings, organizing conference assignments, and much more, but I’m really here for you all. If you ever have any questions about how/why/when/where to MUN, I’m your guy! I’m always happy to talk about MUN, international policy, and other related topics. Besides MUN, I’m involved with UNICEF, Speech and Debate, and Japanese clubs here at Poly. I’m also a member of our orchestra and symphonic winds programs. I LOVE coffee, listen to too much k-pop, and am now obsessed with Bungou Stray Dogs ;) You should also know that I use an unhealthy number of emotes. But once again, I am here for you all! Anything you have, even if it’s just ranting about school work or complaining about your noisy neighbor, you can come to me. I’m looking forward to a great year!
Hi! My name is Max Beranek, and I’m one of your Secretaries General for the 2024-25 year. I’m a Senior, and I've been in MUN for 4 years, since I was a freshman. As Secretary General, my responsibility is to lead the two conferences we put on at Poly, Bunny MUN III and Jackrabbit MUN VII! My experience in MUN has been nothing short of a blast, as it has been a fun experience which has improved my public speaking and research skills. MUN has also been a great way to expand my knowledge of the world in which I live. Outside of MUN, I play violin in the Poly Symphony Orchestra, Mellophone in the Marching Band, and play tennis on Poly’s Varsity team. I’m also a part of the Creative Writing Club and Speech and Debate. In my free time, I love to watch sports, especially football (Go 49ers!). I also listen to music in my vinyl collection. I also like to cook and play video games. I can’t wait for this wonderful year in MUN and all the great experiences we will have!
Max Beranek
Co-Secretary General
Tejus Deo-Dixit
Co-Secretary General
Hello Delegates! My name is Katelyn Van Andel and I am honored to serve as Poly MUN’s Under-Secretary of Logistics for the ‘22-‘23 school year. My job is to oversee every logistical aspect of the conference: volunteers, food, committee rooms, etc. I help take care of often overlooked details to ensure our conference runs smoothly! I joined Model UN my sophomore year, and it’s been a blast since then. Being able to debate about topics you are enthusiastic about with other passionate delegates is amazing. It’s why I fell in love with MUN! Outside of Model UN, I am active in Key Club, Female Leadership Academy, and softball. In my free time, I enjoy reading classics, watching movies (Dead Poets Society is my favorite), and making cartoons of historical figures. Above all else, I am an unapologetic history geek muahaha! I sincerely look forward to meeting all of you at Jackrabbit V. Let’s have a great conference this year!
Hello delegates! My name is Solene Millsap and I am this year’s Director General, working with the Secretary Generals to orchestrate Jackrabbit MUN V. I am a senior and have participated in MUN for all four years, enjoying the theatrics that intertwine with articulate political debate. Outside of MUN, I am a member of Poly’s chamber and vocal jazz choirs, as well as a Co-President of Cereal Club, meeting monthly to eat cereal and celebrate community. Outside of school, I love exploring artistic interests — film photography, watching movies (particularly campy horror), reading, and discovering new music. I’m a big fan of dissecting the human experience via the humanities — devouring art history, literature, and political theory in my free time. I’ll be studying philosophy at Barnard College of Columbia University in the fall. Please feel free to reach out with any questions.
Will Weaver
Director General
Sophie Nishikawa
Vice President
Hello! My name is Sophie Nishikawa and I will be serving as Vice President for the 2024-2025 school year. I’ve been working for this club since my freshman year and I am currently a junior. My job as Vice President mainly consists of working with the local conferences we attend, whether that be assigning people to different emailing advisors to ask about delegation changes. MUN has been hard, but also very important, teaching me time and time again the power of collaboration and innovation with different types of people. It’s been such a delight researching all the wildly interesting and different conflicts and concepts within MUN and leading discussions to find resolutions to today’s (and history’s) greatest issues. Outside of my MUN duties, I also serve as president of Poly’s UNICEF club, and am a member of the Female Leadership Academy. In my spare time I enjoy playing piano, reading, and drawing. Hoping for another great year with everyone and I’m so excited to see what everyone manages to achieve this year!
Hello Delegates! My name is Katelyn Van Andel and I am honored to serve as Poly MUN’s Under-Secretary of Logistics for the ‘22-‘23 school year. My job is to oversee every logistical aspect of the conference: volunteers, food, committee rooms, etc. I help take care of often overlooked details to ensure our conference runs smoothly! I joined Model UN my sophomore year, and it’s been a blast since then. Being able to debate about topics you are enthusiastic about with other passionate delegates is amazing. It’s why I fell in love with MUN! Outside of Model UN, I am active in Key Club, Female Leadership Academy, and softball. In my free time, I enjoy reading classics, watching movies (Dead Poets Society is my favorite), and making cartoons of historical figures. Above all else, I am an unapologetic history geek muahaha! I sincerely look forward to meeting all of you at Jackrabbit V. Let’s have a great conference this year!
Noah Coles
Co-Under-Secretary of Outreach
Janice Jung
Co-Under-Secretary of Outreach
Hello Delegates! My name is Katelyn Van Andel and I am honored to serve as Poly MUN’s Under-Secretary of Logistics for the ‘22-‘23 school year. My job is to oversee every logistical aspect of the conference: volunteers, food, committee rooms, etc. I help take care of often overlooked details to ensure our conference runs smoothly! I joined Model UN my sophomore year, and it’s been a blast since then. Being able to debate about topics you are enthusiastic about with other passionate delegates is amazing. It’s why I fell in love with MUN! Outside of Model UN, I am active in Key Club, Female Leadership Academy, and softball. In my free time, I enjoy reading classics, watching movies (Dead Poets Society is my favorite), and making cartoons of historical figures. Above all else, I am an unapologetic history geek muahaha! I sincerely look forward to meeting all of you at Jackrabbit V. Let’s have a great conference this year!
Hello! I’m Lee Danks, one of Poly’s Co-Crisis Directors for the 2024-2025 year, meaning that I am one of two people charged with organizing and executing the various crisis committees at Poly’s conferences. I am a senior (go class of ’25!) and have been part of Model UN for a little over 2 years. Outside of MUN, I am a lecturer and fundraising manager of nonprofit EcoJustice, a volunteer at the Aquarium of the Pacific, and a researcher at Cabrillo Marine Aquarium. In my precious spare time, I enjoy crocheting, reading, testing my upper caffeine limits, and putting too much thought into Letterboxd reviews. I feel that my involvement in MUN has been an integral part of my growth not only as a public speaker and debater but personally as well. Model UN can be strange and formidable, but its chaos is what makes it so rewarding! That said, debate can be anxiety-inducing, so if you find yourself needing extra support, feel free to reach out to me. I hope that we at Poly can provide valuable, enriching, and mildly insane debate for everyone that leaves every delegate feeling confident in themselves. Gooooooo Jackrabbits!
Lee Danks
Co-Crisis Director
Sarah Madden
Co-Crisis Director
Hello, my name is Sarah Madden and I’m one of Long Beach Poly MUN’s Crisis Directors for 2024-2025. I’m a senior, and I’ve been in MUN since my freshman year. As Co-Crisis Director, it is my job to plan, organize, and pull off all crisis rooms we host at Poly, which will include several at Jackrabbit MUN VII and–for the first time ever–one at Bunny MUN III! MUN has given me a fantastic first three years of high school. I’ve made so many friends here and attended all manners of conferences with them, but more importantly, MUN has given me a voice. People want to hear what you have to think and say in MUN, which means both your nation’s opinions during conference and your actual opinions during breaks are listened to. I’m looking forward to getting out there and raising my placard in my final year of MUN. In the rest of my free time, I’m the girl’s Varsity tennis co-captain, the PACE Mentorship Program Vice President, and CSF treasurer. At home, I love to bake with my sourdough starter and read. I currently have a TBR list so long that it can be considered a fire hazard. I have a feeling that this year will be an awesome year for Poly MUN!
Hi! My name is Taylor Chay and I am thrilled to be the secretary for Poly Model UN 2024-2025! As secretary I am responsible for keeping track of our members and maintaining contact information. In 8th grade I attended my first conference (the one and only Bunny MUN!). Now I’m a sophomore at Poly and have since gained more experience, learned about our world, built new friendships, and grown confidence. I know that Model UN can be uncomfortable, but I think the best way to overcome fear is to push yourself and be confident, even if you have to fake it! Outside of school I love to travel, hang out with my friends, and write. Besides Model UN, I am an editor of our school newspaper and I serve as Poly UNICEF’s co-vice president! I still have a lot to learn from MUN but I am eager for the journey!
Taylor Chay
Secretary
Brynn Jolly
Treasurer
Hola! My name is Nathan and I will be your 2022-2023 treasurer for Model UN. My main responsibility will be keeping track of the money flow without the club/class whether that be delegate fees, merch order payment, etc. Current events going on in our world have always been something that have interested me and are always subjects in which I try to keep up with informing myself about thus, MUN was a great outlet for me to be able to further my knowledge on those subjects whilst debating about them in a real world situation… The UN! Other than that you can regularly find me on the golf course as I play for Poly’s golf team and am proudly the number one starter on our varsity team. Additionally music is something I’m very passionate about as I play both guitar and bass. I spent two years here at Poly playing in our jazz band playing the bass there. I look forward to working with all of you!
Hola! My name is Nathan and I will be your 2022-2023 treasurer for Model UN. My main responsibility will be keeping track of the money flow without the club/class whether that be delegate fees, merch order payment, etc. Current events going on in our world have always been something that have interested me and are always subjects in which I try to keep up with informing myself about thus, MUN was a great outlet for me to be able to further my knowledge on those subjects whilst debating about them in a real world situation… The UN! Other than that you can regularly find me on the golf course as I play for Poly’s golf team and am proudly the number one starter on our varsity team. Additionally music is something I’m very passionate about as I play both guitar and bass. I spent two years here at Poly playing in our jazz band playing the bass there. I look forward to working with all of you!
Mackenzie Mathieu
Social Media
Hey! My name is Corina Frank and I’ll be part of the social media team this year. My job consists of managing the Instagram, and other fun tasks our co-prezes and secs-gen assign me. I am a PACE senior and joined the MUN class my junior year to improve my worldly knowledge and speaking skills. I love soccer and I am on the Varsity team for Poly. I also have a great love for cooking and work in the restaurant business. I am very excited for what this year has to come
Corina Frank
Social Media
Hello! My name is Quinn VanWagner and I help run social media for Long Beach Poly MUN. I work almost exclusively on our instagram @jackrabbitmun keeping it up to date and filled with the latest doings of our MUN program. I joined MUN as a freshman during online school. Following in the footsteps of my sister, who was also a member, I found my own place in MUN. I am very excited to be Co-Head Chair of a room at our conference Jackrabbit MUN V in May. In addition to MUN, I am the captain of the Poly varsity golf team and a member of the philosophy club. In my free time, I enjoy, surprise, playing golf with my friends and family, doing escape rooms, listening to music and playing video games. I can’t wait to see you all at Jackrabbit MUN V!
Tika Jonnum
Social Media
Henry Otey
Webmaster
Hello! My name is Nisha Patel, and I am thankful for being able to serve as part of Poly MUN’s Webmaster and Social Media team this year. As a webmaster, I update the information on the site, and make sure everything is up to date. Through MUN I was able to meet new people, learn more about policy, and grow my love for research. I had my first conference online, and I genuinely loved Jackrabbit IV last year, so hopefully you will join us in our wonderful preparations for Jackrabbit V. Asidefrom MUN, I am also in Key Club, and UNICEF! I also have a great interest in art, and often sketch or paint (currently trying to figure out how to do digital art, but it is tough <|:,D) If you have any questions or just want to have mundane conversations I am here! I will do my best to help, and I cannot wait to meet you all!
Hi! My name is Lail Khansa and I’m one of the webmasters for Long Beach Poly’s Model UN. As your webmaster, my role is to keep the Jackrabbit MUN website up to date with all the new committees, Dias, and conferences. I have been in Model UN for 3 years and it has given me a unique experience of working with people. Since you often need to work with people with different policies, you find a way to work together and compromise to create solutions, a lesson that has helped me in the real world. Outside of MUN, I am in Speech and Debate, math team, swim, jazz, and Poly Global Fund. I also enjoy cooking, baking bread, and biking. I’m happy to help anyone with questions and am excited for a great year!
Earl Wright
Webmaster
Hi, my name is Elijah Wong. I’m a senior and one of the 3 webmasters here at Poly. I’ve been in MUN since junior year. As a webmaster, I’m largely responsible for the website. My favorite part of MUN is getting to visit new and interesting places when going to other conferences. If I’m not lazing around, you may find me playing tennis. I’m hopeful for another good year, go Jackrabbits!