EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
2023-2024
Katherine Wilson-Smith
President of CUUNA
Katherine is a second year historian at St Catharine’s College. She joined CUUNA in her first year and quickly discovered her passion for international relations and debate was a perfect fit for model UN. She is excited to be able to lead the diverse and wide ranging work of the society and expand its reach across Cambridge and beyond!
Katherine can be contacted via president@cuuna.org
General Secretary of CUUNA
Olivia is a second year English student at Lucy Cavendish College. She was previously a CUUNA debates officer and enjoyed attending external conferences from 2021-23. Olivia joined the society to improve her knowledge of international politics and her debating skills. She also enjoys the social aspect of the society and is looking forward to being the General Secretary over the next year.
Olivia can be contacted via secretary@cuuna.org
Olivia Ingham
Manuel is a second-year Land Economy student from Spain at Pembroke College. He has been involved in MUN since 2016, participating in and organising debates and conferences at school. Having discovered CUUNA events at the start of first year, he sees the society as a fun, social way to help promote international understanding whilst learning more about IR and diplomacy. Last year he worked as a publicity officer, and is looking forward to working with the rest of the committee this year, taking care of CUUNA’s finances.
Manuel can be contacted via treasurer@cuuna.org
Manuel Lara Aguado
Junior Treasurer of CUUNA
Alison Carless
Chair of the External Relations Committee
Alison is a First Year Human, Social and Political Sciences student at Murray Edwards. She is passionate about working towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and has previously founded a non-profit organisation to reduce educational inequalities. As Chair of the ERC, she hopes to work towards bringing attention to issues of importance and expanding the scope of current projects working with refugees and female education. She also aims to facilitate cohesion with the rest of CUUNA and further publicise the ERC.
Alison can be contacted via erc@cuuna.org
Alex Girban is a second-year Mathematics student at Christ’s College. He got involved with MUN in high school and has enjoyed participating in conferences ever since. Alex is very excited to create interesting and engaging social events suitable for all members of CUUNA, and to facilitate more networking opportunities with other societies. He is also Social Secretary for his college’s Maths Society, passionate about quantitative finance and statistics, and the worst player of Christ’s College Association Football Club’s second team.
Alex can be contacted via publicity@cuuna.org and events@cuuna.org
Alex Girban
Social Events Officer and Publicity Officer of CUUNA
Oliver Law
Speakers Officer of CUUNA
Oliver is a first-year HSPS student at Corpus Christi College. He started MUN at secondary school and has loved it ever since. He is looking forward to organising a variety of high-quality speaker and networking events for both the CUUNA membership and the student body at large.
Oliver can be contacted via speakers@cuuna.org
Matt is a second-year undergraduate studying History at Homerton College. He has been involved in CUUNA’s ERC via SAFE, working to expand the project’s reach within the University. He has previously attended MUN conferences in York and The Hague, and hopes to raise the profile and fundraising capacity of the ERC during his term.
Matt can be contacted via outreach@cuuna.org
Outreach Officer of CUUNA
Matt Hipkin
Jamilya is a first year MML student at St John’s College. In her role, she hopes to get even more people who are interested in international relations and current affairs involved in Model UN and CUUNA. She is looking forward to organising some great debates and conferences this upcoming year.
Jamilya can be contacted via conferences@cuuna.org and debates@cuuna.org
Jamilya Bertram
Debates & External Conferences Officer of CUUNA
Kacper Nowak
Debates & External Conferences Officer of CUUNA
Kacper is a second-year student of Human, Social and Political Sciences at St. John’s College. Having attended four conferences and being involved with MUN at CUUNA since Fresher’s Week, Kacper is passionate about debating, public policy and discussions around international relations. He wants to bring almost six years of MUN experience to his role as Debates and External Conferences Officer, and allow Cambridge students for many opportunities to practice their public speaking and policy formulation skills. Kacper hopes to host debates around interesting topics, and is excited to help all passionate debaters to get involved with the society!
Kacper can be contacted via conferences@cuuna.org and debates@cuuna.org
Sammy McDonald
Debates & External Conferences Officer of CUUNA
Sammy is a first year History student at St John's. He was Secretary General of MCS MUN Conferences in 2020 and 2021 and is delighted to serve as Debates Officer for this term. Outside of MUN he is active in the Cambridge Union and is passionate about the history of international relations.
Sammy can be contacted via conferences@cuuna.org and debates@cuuna.org
Secretary-General of CUIMUN HS
Angela will be Secretary General for the High School Model UN conference this year. She studies law at Lucy Cavendish. She hopes to be able to run a successful and fruitful conference. Her goal is for high school delegates to get a taste of the inner workings of the UN and life in Cambridge.
Angela can be contacted via secgen@cuuna.org in her capacity as Secretary-General of CUIMUN 2022
