Robert Beatty
Secretary-General

Robert Beatty is from Naples Florida and misses it every day that he lives in Gainesville. He is a Junior majoring in International Studies with a focus in the Middle East. In his studies of the Arabic Language and Middle Eastern politics, Robert has traveled to both Jordan and Morocco. This year, Robert will serve as the Secretary General of GatorMUN XVII, a conference he attended three times as a delegate during high school. Outside of Model UN, Robert enjoys playing piano, cooking, and following Soccer, Football, and Formula 1.

Chandler Whitenton
​Undersecretary General of Logistics

Chandler is a 3rd year Public Health major, with a minor in International Development and Humanitarian Assistance. This is her second year as USG of Logistics, as she also had the role for GatorMUN XVI. She joined MUN to help keep up to date on world issues and to be able to explore them from different perspectives. This GatorMUN, she is most looking forward to helping everything run behind the scenes and making it the smoothest GatorMUN ever. A fun fact about her is that she lived in Brazil for almost 10 years and speaks Portuguese. Outside of MUN, you can find her at chapter meetings for her honors fraternity Phi Sigma Pi, cuddling her roommate's dog, and finding new places to eat french fries in Gainesville.

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Joseph Lee Robinson
​Undersecretary General of Finance

Joseph is thrilled to be serving with this amazing team as the USG of Finance! As a second year accounting major, he is excited to do everything in his power to help make the financial side of the conference as simple and efficient as possible. He always has had an intense interest in money and politics, and Model UN allows him to bring those two passions together! A fun fact about Joseph is tha he was an extra in a Twenty One Pilots music video, and his favorite food is strawberries.

Sneh Patel
Chief of Staff

Sneh Patel is a junior studying Political Science, Spanish, Latin American Studies, and Sociology. He is the Chief of Staff for GatorMUN XVII. His hobbies include cliff jumping and working out. He joined MUN bc of the FLCS social and is looking forward to being the Chief of Staff. A fun fact about him is he can write with his left hand but throw with his right hand. His favorite food is donuts.

Hannah McTiernan
Undersecretary General of Public Relations

Hannah is a third year studying psychology with a minor in studio art. She joined MUN because of her passion for public speaking, but stayed due to all the amazing people she met. As this is her second year in the USG of Public Relations position, she is looking forward to making the conference even more fun and exciting than ever before! She loves the job because she can incorporate her passion for art into a unique medium, adding creative twists all around the conference. Some interesting about her is she has seen the entirety of Friends more times than she can count and her favorite food is chai tea lattes (is that a food?).

Brianna Pawlyshyn
Undersecretary General of Assembly Committees

Brianna Pawlyshyn is in her second year at the University of Florida. She is majoring in biomedical engineering with a potential minor in mathematics. She originally joined Model UN in high school and decided to continue it in college due to her love for a good debate. She is looking forward to seeing you all debate topics that are normally unaddressed especially within the political climate of today. Aside from Model UN, she also works at the cancer and genetic research center where she performs gene therapy using the CRISPR-Cas system along with protein engineering (she literally loves gene therapy). Outside of school she loves binging Netflix, hanging out with friends, and riding her motorcycle.

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Alejandra Carrasquilla
Undersecretary General of Specialized Committees

Alejandra Carrasquilla is a third-year student pursuing a major in Business Administration, a minor in French and a specialization in International Studies. Besides Model UN, she is involved in the Global Business Society, the Financial Education Group, the University Honors Program, and the Peace Corps Prep + International Scholars Program, in addition to working as the Communications Coordinator at the Innovation Academy. She enjoys artistic expression, like photography and design, and studied abroad in southern France last spring.

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Maya Kelly
Undersecretary General of Crisis Committees

Maya Kelly is a fourth-year biology and agricultural education and communication majors with a specialization in communication and leadership development and a minor in leadership. She joined Model UN because she has a passion for learning about various cultures and people all all around the world, and this club serves as the outlet for this passion while she prepares for veterinary school. Maya is very excited to see all of the crisis committees come to life and is actively working to help create the best competing for all delegates who attend GatorMUN this upcoming year. A fun fact about Maya is that she has camped in the middle of the Sahara Desert in Morocco, and her favorite foods are Krispy Kreme donuts, and Italian and Mexican foods.

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Fotini Sisois
Undersecretary General of Advisor Relations

Fotini Sisois is a third year economics and public relations student whose pronouns are she and her. She loves watching Friends and Gilmore Girls, playing with her dog Franklin and cooking. She loves trying new recipes for how to make brussel sprouts so if you have any that you love, feel free to share them with her. She is passionate about mental health and about civil rights and is always willing to have a positive conversation about those topics . Fotini is especially excited for this GatorMUN because she has the opportunity to work with all of our amazing advisors.