About Us

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President & Secretary General  (He/Him)

Email: lnelso30@asu.edu

Liam is the Secretary General of this year's conference after being Under Secretary General as a Freshman in the class of 2025, currently in progress for a BA of Global Studies and a BA of History. He also plans to minor in the Japanese Language. He has been in MUN for five years as both the President of his High School MUN Chapter and the Undersecretary General of SunMUN at ASU. He enjoys Model UN not only because it helps him engage in critical debate about politics and international relations- a field he wants to base his career around- but it also gives him the opportunity to lead and help create meaningful experiences through meetings, committees, and conferences. A fun fact about him is that he knows how to do ceramics!

Deputy Secretary General (He/Him)

Email:  kapete31@asu.edu 

Karl is part of the Class of 2025 and was Treasurer as a freshman at ASU for three years. He majors in Economics and has been doing MUN for 2 years. He founded and became president of his high school's MUN club in early 2020 so he has specialized experience in building and running an organization from the ground up. He enjoys MUN because he loves to explore different sides of various geopolitical issues. A fun fact about our Treasurer is that he has played trombone for 8 years and loves all music, especially orchestral symphonies!

Deputy Secretary General of Finance (He/Him)

Email: scholler@asu.edu

 Sohan Chollera (He/Him/His) is a rising junior, majoring in Economics and minoring in Statistics. This year will be his 7th year in MUN as he led my high school's MUN program, and is now competing at ASU. Besides MUN, he participates in various other research projects at the university through the Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS). Sohan and his team are currently developing software to read PDF transcripts more efficiently, as opposed to manual data entry. He also has a firm, unequivocal belief that Dunkin' Donuts iced coffee is the best coffee.

Chief of Staff  (He/Him)

Email: ndyuhas@asu.edu

Nicholas Yuhas is a third year student at ASU majoring in Political Science and French while also being a member of the Barrett Honors College. He has participated in Model United Nations for five years, most recently representing ASU at Harvard World MUN in Taipei this past spring. This year, Nicholas is the club Secretary while also serving as the Chief of Staff for the 15th Session of SunMUN. In his free time, Nicholas enjoys watching movies and baseball, looking at maps, and spending time with friends and family. 

Senior Advisor (She/Her)

Email: rdas25@asu.edu

Ritisha, who also goes by Risha, was President & Secretary General of MUN@ASU as a sophomore in 2021 and has been for three years. In her final semester, she is happy to be advising the incoming Secretariat before she graduates. She is double majoring in Mechanical Engineering & Mathematics at Barrett Honors College, ASU. She is, most notably one of Arizona’s 2020 Flinn Scholars. With 6+ years of Model UN experience, she has won Best Delegate/Position Paper awards & was the VP of her high school MUN club.  In tandem with her STEM-oriented majors, Ritisha enjoys MUN because it allows her to channel her passion for global politics, specifically with issues highlighting minority rights. A fun fact about her is that she loves to sing jazz!

Club Advisor (He/Him)

Email: okey.iheduru@asu.edu 

 Dr. Iheduru joined the Arizona State University faculty in 2004 fall. He received his bachelor's from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, his master's from the University of Akron, and his doctorate from the University of Connecticut. Professor Iheduru is the author of "The Political Economy of International Shipping in Developing Countries" (1996). He has written numerous book chapters, and articles in journals such as International Studies Review, African Affairs, Journal of Modern African Studies, etc. He has consulted for the World Bank and the Canadian International Development Agency/SPCS Transport Consortium on the maritime policies of African states. He is also a visiting professor-at-large of national security governance at the Nigerian Defense Academy, Kaduna, Nigeria. His current teaching interests straddle comparative politics and international relations. We are so lucky to have him as our advisor!