ABOUT
STAFF
NATHANIEL WOOD
SECRETARY - GENERAL
Nathaniel Wood is a fourth year microbiology major and literature - writing minor at UCSD's Marshall College. He has been in Model UN since his junior year in high school and has served in various upper secretariat positions since then. Outside of MUN, he likes to read, write, play games, and research random topics for fun.
CYRUS LIU
SECRETARY - GENERAL
Cyrus (Wesley) Liu is a current 2nd year at UCSD's Marshall College, studying in field of Political Science with a concentration in International Relations with a planned minor in Japanese and Chinese studies. He has been involved in the MUN program since freshmen year and has served as both a contestant and as deputy upper secretariat for MUN at UCSD. Outside of academics, he likes to cook, play video games, and taste different boba milk teas!
ANDREW MORRISON
DIRECTOR - GENERAL
Andrew Morrison is a 2nd year at UCSD's Marshall College, majoring in Nanoengineering. He's been a massive nerd his whole life but only started doing MUN in his freshman year. His other hobbies include building rocket engines, crying while reading textbooks about pump cavitation, and rock climbing. No, he doesn't know how he ended up in MUN either.
WILL TIPTON
UNDER - SECRETARY - GENERAL OF LOGISTICS
Will Tipton is currently a 4th year student studying Political Science with a focus on International Relations within UCSD’s Eleanor Roosevelt College. This passion focuses primarily on Europe, involving German biliteracy and Czech work experience. This is his second year involved with UCSD’s MUN team after transferring from Moorpark College in 2023, both as a competitor and an organizer. Outside of politics, he is a former farmer, collegiate Overwatch player, and real football enjoyer (soccer).
DAVID WU
UNDER - SECRETARY - GENERAL OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS
David Wu is a current 3rd year at UCSD's Sixth College majoring in Political Science with a concentration in international relations. Born and raised in San Diego where its perpetually 70 degrees; he thinks that seasons and "winter" are government conspiracies. Outside of MUN he loves to read history, draw, cycle, and play games.
FAISAL EL-KHOURI
UNDER - SECRETARY - GENERAL OF COMMITTEES
Faisal is a second year student in Warren College at UCSD working towards a Math-Computer Science major with a Cognitive Science minor. He was born and raised in Amman, Jordan, where he started his MUN career. After 4 years of high school MUN, and a year in university MUN, he is now on his 6th year of MUN. When he isn’t studying, he often finds himself playing various indie games (especially Hades!) and watching F1 races.
TAHRIR SALAM
CRISIS DIRECTOR
Tahrir is a third year neurobiology major major at ERC and has done MUN for three years in high school alongside two years at UCSD for five years total. Originally, he comes from Bakersfield, a beautiful city in the Central Valley notorious for breathtaking scenery. For nonresidents, that prior statement is a joke. Other than MUN, other activities he enjoys include reading political theory or light novels/manga, listening to music, staying connected to friends with the infinite power of the Internet, and going to the gym. Feel free to ask him about his interests if you see him at SGMUN!