Yu-Chia Cheng

Secretary-General

Yu-Chia Cheng is a rising senior at Wyoming High School and is beyond excited to welcome delegates to WYOMUN V. Serving as the Secretary General of WYOMUN has been one of her long-time dreams, and words cannot describe how grateful she is to have this opportunity. She is a veteran in WHSMUN; Yu-Chia has attended various conferences including NUMUN and JHUMUNC, and has won awards at SSUNS and MUNUM. She previously served as the Director-General of High School Committees at WYOMUN IV, and before that she was the Under-Secretary-General of Logistics at WYOMUN III. This past year, she was a member of WHSMUN’s Secretariat, serving as the Secretary of General Operations.
    Outside of Model UN, Yu-Chia is involved with medical research at the University of Cincinnati, and she is an avid violinist, volunteer, traveler, and foodie. She loves spending her free-time exploring ethnic food places around the tri-state area and going to the symphony. Yu-Chia is extremely excited to serve as the Secretary General of WYOMUN V and cannot wait for the best WYOMUN yet!

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Rasleen Krupp

Chief of Staff

Rasleen Krupp is a senior at Wyoming High School. She loves Model UN and is active in WHSMUN. This past year, she served as the Secretary of Programs and Recruitment for the club. Rasleen has attended many conferences over the past three years, including SSUNS and MUNUM, where she won awards. However, her love for Model UN extends beyond the typical conferences, which is why she enjoys WYOMUN. Rasleen ran committees at the past two WYOMUN conferences and this year will be serving as the Chief of Staff.
    In addition to Model UN, Rasleen is involved in activism. She has volunteered for local city council campaigns in Cincinnati and Wyoming. Rasleen is the leader of the Young Feminists Coalition, which is a group committed to bringing together feminists around the local area. She also spoke at the Cincinnati Women’s March this year and was the point person for planning for the March For Our Lives. Rasleen is very excited for WYOMUN V and hope that you all gain valuable knowledge and experience.

Molly Brown

Director-General, Middle School Committees

Molly Brown first found her love of Model UN in sixth grade when she attended her first conference. Her passion for global politics skyrocketed in WYOMUN II, her freshman year, when she helped the development in her first conference. Since then, Molly has ran a committee on the Cincinnati City Council looking at the gentrification crisis in Over-the-Rhine. In WYOMUN IV, Molly started on the Executive Committee as the Director-General of Middle School Committees, and she is very excited to continue this role for WYOMUN V. In the club’s Secretariat, Molly has served as both a representative and as the Secretary of Communications. She loves being apart of the club as she is able to learn about the world around her while making life-long friendships.
In any spare time outside of Model UN, Molly uses all the energy she has to fulfill her roles as a co-stage manager in the school’s Drama Department, a member of the high school’s Academic Team, a co-founder of Wyoming’s Women’s Equality Club, and a recreational soccer player. Molly would like to wish luck to the delegates of WYOMUN V, especially the middle schoolers and hopes that everyone can become a better delegate no matter how experienced in Model UN you are!

Isabel Coyle

Director-General, High School Committees

Isabel Coyle is a senior at Wyoming, and this will be her sixth year participating in Model UN and her fourth year in WYOMUN. Sophomore year, she was the crisis director for the JCC China Committee, and Junior year she was the Co-Director General for High School Committees. She is beyond excited to be sharing another WYOMUN experience with the delegates. She is thrilled to have the opportunity to help crisis directors from many diverse committees and intends to do her best in making sure they are exciting and efficient. Isabel is involved in WHSMUN’s Secretariat and is currently serving as the Secretary of Finances. In addition to MUN, Isabel is the Editor in Chief for The Horizon, Wyoming High School’s newspaper, and is involved with mock trial, cross country, and piano. She loves writing and history and is very excited to take a creative writing course this summer!

Sara Morehous

Director-General, High School Committees

    Sara Morehous is a rising junior at Wyoming High School and is an avid participant in Wyoming High School’s Model UN club as well as WYOMUN. She was a co-chair for the China in Chaos committee during WYOMUN III, and last year, she was one of the USGs of Registration as well as the crisis director for The San Francisco Conference for WYOMUN IV. In addition to her continuous involvement with WYOMUN, Sara has served as the Secretary of Conferences for the Model UN Club over the past year. She has enjoyed attending many conferences over the last two years including JHUMUNC, SSUNS, MUNUM, and MUMUNC.
    In the spare time between participating with Model UN and fulfilling her love of learning new things, Sara enjoys travelling with her friends and family to new places as well as being involved with the Women’s Equality Club at Wyoming High School. Sara has travelled to her favorite city, New York, to attend the UN Commission on the Status of Women for the past two years. More than anything, Sara looks forward to serving as one of your Director-Generals for High School Committees in her junior year at Wyoming High School!

Libby Spera

Under-Secretary-General of Communication

Libby Spera is a rising junior who is beyond excited to serve as the Under-Secretary General of Communications at WYOMUN V! Starting with OMUN, Libby’s love for Model UN has only grown through attending WMHSMUN, SSUNS, and MUMUNC. WYOMUN is one of the highlights of Libby’s year, and she cannot wait to take on this new role in the upcoming year! In the past two years, Libby has served as a co-chair for the China in Chaos JCC during WYOMUN III and chaired the San Francisco Conference SA at WYOMUN IV. Libby has also served as a representative on the Secretariat for Wyoming High School’s Model UN Club. One of her favorite parts of Model UN is meeting new people and forming friendships across schools, so if you see her be sure to introduce yourself!
Outside of Model UN, Libby is a competitive swimmer and competes with the Cincinnati Marlins as well as the WHS team, and loves the relationships she has made through the time spent at the pool. She is also a passionate feminist and human rights advocate who recently had an incredible experience at the UN Commission on the Status of Women in New York City. Libby cannot wait to meet you all at WYOMUN and hopes you all are as excited as she is!

Sam Black

Under-Secretary-General of Logistics

Hello delegates, and welcome to WYOMUN V! Your Under Secretary-General of Logistics, Sam Black, is very excited to be a part of the WYOMUN staff and is ready to be at your service on October 27. Sam is a rising junior and an experienced MUNer, as he has been a delegate in six High School conferences over his Freshman and Sophomore years. This will be his second WYOMUN. In his first, he served as the crisis director in Fallout: The Division of the Survivors.
Outside of Model UN, Sam is a jack of many trades. He is a lifelong golfer, playing on Wyoming High School’s varsity golf team. Since beginning to learn piano at age 5, he has become a avid musician who plays the piano, guitar, trombone, and sousaphone. He is a member of a band called Awkward… Silence, who plays between four and eight times a year and has two tracks on various music streaming sites. During the spring, he participates in the school’s Ultimate Frisbee team, and plays baseball and basketball at the recreational level with his friends. Recently, he has begun to try his hand in political activism, taking part in Wyoming High School’s Walkout this past March. He loves to talk politics, and plans to major in Political Science and minor in Economics and Business. He is also a proud member of the left-handed minority, and a passionately long-suffering fan of various Cincinnati sports teams and the bands Smash Mouth and Earth Wind and Fire. Sam hopes that you will have a great time at WYOMUN V!

Ben Halsted

Under-Secretary-General of Registration

Ben Halsted is a Junior at Wyoming High School and has participated in Wyoming Model United Nations since his freshman year. Over the past years, he has grown to love Model UN because of its unique opportunity for interesting debate as well as the ability to step into someone else’s shoes, in some way similar to acting. Since then, he has attended conferences at McGill University, Johns Hopkins, and the University of Michigan. For past WYOMUNs, he has chaired for the Exodus committee and the Russian Revolution committee at WYOMUN III and IV respectively. Outside of Model UN, Ben is involved in theatre, Horizon (the school newspaper), Women’s Equality Club, and viola. In addition, his love for history, travel, foreign languages, and public speaking has led to his continued enjoyment of Model UN.
    Ben is looking forward to participating in his 3rd year of WYOMUN and hopes that you enjoy this conference to the fullest!

Seth Kahn

Under-Secretary-General of Registration

Seth Kahn is a sophomore at Wyoming High School, and this will be his fifth year of Model UN. He has gone to ten conferences, including SSUNS, MUNUM, WYOMUN, and many others. This will be his fourth year of participating in WYOMUN, and it will be his fifth conference there. He helped run the Fallout committee at WYOMUN IV, and this year, he will be the crisis director of a Vietnam War-based committee. Seth’s interests include math, computer science, and history, and he reads in his free time. He plays tennis and ultimate Frisbee, as well as participating in academic team and Spanish club. His love of Model UN comes from his love of public speaking and civil activism at his school and government, and he keeps himself informed about current events.
    Seth Kahn will be this year’s Under-Secretary General of Registration at WYOMUN, and he will work to make registering a smooth and easy process. He is very excited for WYOMUN V, and he can’t wait for what he hopes will be the best WYOMUN yet!

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