Best Delegate has expanded! After a successful expansion with our first class of Media Associates this past Fall, we have doubled the size of our team and brought on a very diverse set of Model UN leaders to be part of the Spring 2013 class of Media Associates. Everyone on the Best Delegate team has the same mission: to maintain the best Model UN resource in the world.
The new Media Associates from the college ranks are:
- Chloe Blanchard, Columbia University
- Conna Walsh, Cornell University
- Laura Boning Zhu, Bard College at Simon’s Rock / Columbia University
- Marta Canneri, McGill University
- Valerie Garcia, Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar
- Zohreen Badruddin, Georgetown University
The new Media and Marketing Associates from the high school ranks are:
- Ajay Nadig, Cherry Hill High School East (NJ)
- Beatriz Martinez-Godas, Saint John’s School (Puerto Rico)
- Calvin Price, Home school (CA)
- Cristobal Cardenas, ITESM High School (Mexico)
- Ellen Perfect, California High School (CA)
- Gabriela Taveras, Colegio San Judas Tadeo (Dominican Republic)
- Gordon Tsai, William P. Clements High School (TX)
- Ju Lee, North Hollywood High School (CA)
- Julian Bava, TASIS School of Dorado (Puerto Rico)
- Justinas Mickus, Kaunas Jesuit Gymnasium (Lithuania)
- Parth Shingala, J.P. Stevens High School (NJ)
- Shannon Lee, Gahr High School (CA)
- Shreshta Balachandar, Indus International School (India)
- Soraya Ferdman, Saint John’s School (Puerto Rico)
- Will Van Nispen, Millburn High School (NJ)
You can read everyone’s biography here.
As some of you may have noticed already, we now publish a lot more content on a weekly basis including more articles on strategies and tips as well as better coverage of conferences worldwide. The Media Associates will also be working on special projects including launching several pages in other languages and producing free, downloadable guides for the community.
In addition, the Marketing Associates team is entirely made up of alumni from our Model UN Summer Programs and will be helping us promote this fun and educational opportunity to those who want to improve in Model UN. Learn more about the Summer Programs here!
Everyone on the team is excited to help you succeed at Model UN and beyond. Thank you for your continued support of Best Delegate!
