The Executive Committee
Secretary-General
Mr. Mateo Lopez (he/him)
Born and raised in the western suburbs of Chicago, Mateo is a fourth year majoring in Economics and Spanish. His prior experience includes being an assistant chair for the HGA committee of MUNUC 35, committee chair of the LEGAL committee of MUNUC 36, and USG of ECOSOCs for MUNUC 37. He has also been an assistant chair for the UNSC, Ad-Hoc, and JCC committees of ChoMUN. Aside from Model UN, Mateo is a member of BlackGen Capital, an investment club, as VP of Recruitment and club water polo on campus. He otherwise enjoys binging a good show, making too many niche playlists, trying a new restaurant, and planning an itinerary for a trip that likely won’t happen.
Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Viren Maira (he/him)
Viren is a fourth-year in the College studying Biology and Public Policy and is on the pre-med track. He is from the northern suburbs of Chicago, although he spent much of his childhood in New York and thus naturally believes thin crust pizza is superior to deep dish. Prior to serving as the Chief Operating Officer of MUNUC 38, he served as USG of GA for MUNUC 37 and served as Chair of SPECPOL at MUNUC 36. Outside of MUNUC, he participates in ChoMUN, UChicago’s collegiate MUN conference, where he most recently chaired Do You Hear the People Sing?: The June Rebellion, 1832. He also researches in an immunology lab on campus, volunteers for a few hospitals on the South Side, and tutors children at a Hyde Park elementary school. In his free time, you can find him exploring and eating through Chicago with friends, watching football and basketball, and catching up on TV shows people tell him to watch.
Chief Strategy Officer
Ms. Jessie Wang (she/her)
Jessie is a fourth-year Public Policy and Anthropology double major from Shanghai. Prior to her role as Chief Strategy Officer for MUNUC 38, Jessie served as Chief Administrative Officer for MUNUC 37. In addition to MUN, she performs with UChicago’s premier improv troupe Off-Off Campus, is Lead Caseworker for the Student Advocate’s Office, and is a member of Undergraduate Student Government’s Committee for Campus Sustainability. In her free time, Jessie loves reading, hiking, and playing her ukulele.
Member-at-Large
Ms. Emma Tung (she/her)
Emma is a fourth-year student at UChicago studying Psychology and Neuroscience from Bay Area, California. She loves learning about the brain and the connection to human behavior, and she works in a lab that studies human attention through fMRI imaging. Emma is incredibly excited and grateful to serve as MUNUC 38’s Member-at-Large, and she cannot wait to meet you all. Before serving as the MAL, she served as the USG of Regional Bodies for MUNUC 37, chaired for OPEC in MUNUC 36, and chaired multiple committees for CHOMUN. Emma also enjoys her time as a tennis player on the club team, the president of UChicago’s Behavioral Economics Association, and dancer on UChicago’s NEXUS dance group. Outside of school, you can find her playing basketball, running random marathons, or enjoying time with her friends by having dance parties in the living room. She still continues her dream to make the big-screen at a basketball game (This dream has slightly diminished after receiving 18 percentile points on her 2025 March Madness bracket).
Chief Administrative Officer
Mr. Ravi Mangar (he/his)
Ravindra (Ravi) Mangar is a third-year Computer Science and Biological Sciences double major from Queens, New York. Despite spending his day struggling with Quantitative Genetics and spending hours on StackOverflow, Ravi is very strangely involved in the performance scene at UChicago being a choral performer, soundboard operator, and a part of the Le Vorris and Vox Circus. Before becoming the CAO, Ravi served as a Deputy Director for MUNUC 37 and was an Admin Staffer for MUNUC 36, and also participates in UChicago’s collegiate MUN conference ChoMUN as a Crisis Director. Outside of academics, Ravi can be located at “anywhere but where he is expected to be,” as he loves traveling and has a collection of transit cards, train schedules, and random aviation memorabilia hung all over his dorm room.
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Anthony Luo (he/him)
Anthony Luo is a third-year Computational and Applied Mathematics major from New Jersey. Prior to his role as Chief Financial Officer for MUNUC 38, he was an assistant chair for MUNUC 36, ChoMUN XXVII, and ChoMUN XXVIII. Outside of MUN, Anthony is the co-president of the UChicago chapter of Paragon Global Investments, an intercollegiate investment fund. In his free time, he enjoys DJing, cooking, and playing intramural sports such as soccer, volleyball, and wallyball.
Chief Registration Officer
Ms. Rain Hu (she/her)
Rain Hu is a third-year student at UChicago studying Public Policy and Data Science from LA, California. She is interested in education policy research and nonprofit consulting. She is currently working part-time as the curriculum developer at an educational nonprofit organization. Before taking on the role of CRO, she was an admin staffer where she sells adorable MUNUC 37 merch, MUNMUN. Outside of school, Rain enjoys reading, playing jigsaw puzzles, yapping with her friends, and going on 7h+ road trips.
Chief Marketing Officer
Ms. Kami Bermudez (she/her)
Kami is a third-year Economics Business and Psychology double major and Visual Arts minor from Costa Rica. She is so excited and eager to serve as Chief Marketing Officer for MUNUC 38, and she previously served as a Deputy Director for MUNUC 37. Outside of MUNUC, she is the Operations Manager at Ex Libris Cafe. She loves matcha, trying new foods, finding new movies, and art galleries. Above all, she loves to sleep.
Chief Technology Officer
Ms. Alissa Domenig (she/her)
Alissa is a fourth-year computer science and biological science double major from Zurich, Switzerland. As a quantitative ecology researcher, she works in two labs, one where she gets paid to stalk lynx (professionally, of course), and the other where she gets paid to stare at soil (professionally, of course). Outside of academics, she enjoys crocheting, skiing, dancing, attempting (unsuccessfully) to persuade her roommates to adopt jumping spiders, and fostering cats.
Chief of Staff
Mr. Isaías Vilato (he/him)
Isaías, a proud Dominican-American, is a fourth-year studying Philosophy, Global Studies, and Economics. He has aspirations to write a thesis on the Economics of Space. He’s also involved in BlackGen Capital as their co-president, UC Private Equity as their VP of Outreach, Business Organization for Latino Development, campusCATALYST as a Board Member, and Undergraduate Student Government on the Cabinet. In his free time, he enjoys reading, working out, and making candles.
Under-Secretary-General for the General Assembly
Mr. Nasario Miranda (he/him)
Nasario (Nas for short) is a third-year in the college who is double-majoring in Environmental Science and Economics. He grew up in Oklahoma, where the wind comes sweeping down the plains…so, so many plains. Prior to his duties as the USG of the General Assembly, he served as Chair for the LEGAL committee at MUNUC 37, as well as Assistant Chair for the DISEC committee at MUNUC 36. He was also most recently a Chair for Mischief and Met-dling: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2025 at ChoMUN XXVIII. His life isn’t all about MUN, though, as he is also the Publicity Chair for the UChicago chapter of the Alpha Phi Omega Community Service Organization, as well as a member of the Energy & Climate Club where he helps run UChicago and Northwestern’s annual collaborative energy conference. In his free time he also enjoys painting, going to concerts, dabbling with music production, exploring new places, and cooking Puerto Rican food while dancing (quite poorly) to reggaeton.
Under-Secretary-General for the Economic and Social Council
Ms. Lindsay Greenspan (she/her)
Lindsay is a third-year in the College majoring in Political Science and French. Born and raised “right outside of D.C.” (Northern Virginia), Lindsay loves being able to get to class without 30 minutes of traffic. Before taking on the role of USG of the Economic and Social Council, Lindsay served as Chair for UNICEF at MUNUC 37 and the Moderator for CCPCJ at MUNUC 36. Outside of MUNUC, Lindsay stays true to her D.C. roots by staying involved at the Institute of Politics through the Fellows Program and UChiVotes and working as a Research Assistant for a professor specializing in presidential politics and public opinion. Outside of the political science bubble, Lindsay loves running, baking, cheering for the Washington Capitals, and hanging out with friends at coffee shops across campus.
Under-Secretary-General for Regional Bodies
Mr. Pietro Stabile (he/him)
Pietro is a third-year Computer Science and Economics major from Chicago’s northwest suburbs, and he is very excited to serve as USG for Regional Bodies. He also chaired NATO for MUNUC 37 and was an Assistant Chair for FCC at MUNUC 36. In addition to MUNUC, he is involved in running committees for ChoMUN (most recently, Not That Castro: Cipriano Castro’s Cabinet, 1902), analyzing data for the environmental sustainability club, and tutoring high school students for the SAT and ACT. Pietro is also an avid film and digital photographer, amateur campus explorer, (impressively) amateur Italian chef, and pre-professional matcha enjoyer.
Under-Secretary-General for Specialized Agencies
Ms. Simar Narula (she/her)
Simar Narula is a third-year Computational Biology and Neuroscience major from Northern Virginia, just outside of D.C. Prior to serving as a USG for Specialized Agencies, she chaired CSW for MUNUC 37 and at ChoMUN, UChicago’s collegiate MUN conference, she chaired WHO and was an Assistant Chair for the Ad-Hoc Committee. She also competes (sparingly!) on the UChicago travel team, because she cannot seem to get enough of this activity. Outside of MUN, she conducts clinical research with a lab on campus, volunteers at UChicago Medicine, and often contemplates what she actually wants to do after college. In her free time, she loves trying new restaurants downtown or hanging out with friends and watching trashy rom-coms.
Under-Secretary-General for Hybrid Committees
Mr. Ben Tytell (he/him)
Ben is a third-year political science major and recovering theater kid hailing from just outside Boston. Before taking on the role of USG, Ben was an Assistant Chair for Botswana at MUNUC 36 and then a Crisis Director for Indonesia in MUNUC 37. He has also become entrenched in UChicago’s collegiate conference, ChoMUN, where he will most likely take part in the zany “Museum” committee for all eternity (or at least four years). When not exploring the world through MUN or one of his many accumulated atlases, Ben enjoys hanging out in International House (Go Phoenix! Go Booth!) and answering questions wrong in Quiz Bowl.
Under-Secretary-General for Continuous Crisis Committees
Mr. Wilson Mach (he/him)
Wilson is a third-year in the College studying Computer Science and Mathematics. He was born in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, before moving to New York City. Prior to his role as USG of Continuous Crisis, he served as Crisis Director for WINDIES at MUNUC 37 and an Assistant Chair for JCC: SHOGUN at MUNUC 36. Outside of MUNUC, he participates in CHOMUN, UChicago’s collegiate MUN conference, where he was recently a Crisis Director for Night at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and competes as a delegate with UChicago’s travel MUN team. In his free time, he enjoys visiting different ramen shops, playing board games with friends, and hoarding books.