Lisa Boyd – Secretary General
Lisa Boyd is a fourth-year student on the Pre-Med track with a major in Public Health Studies and a minor in Entrepreneurship and Management. She’s from Nottingham, Maryland and grew up just 25 minutes away from campus. Prior to HopMUNC she served as the Training Director and then President for the traveling team.
Outside of MUN she is the President of Beta Mu Delta, a society for black premedical students. She also volunteers for Hopkins Community Connection—an organization dedicated to connecting Hopkins patients with the resources they need to maintain health and wellness in their lives. In her free time you can find her searching through YouTube for a new chord progression to learn on the piano or writing poems in one of her many notebooks. She also loves finding new Italian restaurants to try in the city.
Lisa is incredibly excited to serve as the inaugural Secretary General for HopMUNC and looks forward to a stellar conference. If you have any questions feel free to contact her at [email protected].
Achyuth Parola – Director General
Achyuth Parola is a third-year student on the Pre-Med track majoring in biophysics, applied mathematics and statistics, and philosophy. He grew up in the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan and finds the temperate climate of the Hopkins campus a familiar taste of home. Alongisde being Director General of HopMUNC, Achyuth has served as a Training Director and currently serves as Treasurer of the Hopkins MUN travel team.
Alongside his work in Model UN, Achyuth likes to spend most of his time on his research projects. He works on computational modeling of cellular systems in the biophysics department alongside writing about complexity and emergence and genetic technology regulation in the philosophy and political science departments. Outside oflab, Achyuth likes to spend his free time in the weight room or on the mats, training for his next Brazilian Ju Jitsu competition, or reading a good book on a bench on campus
Achyuth is looking forward to an incredible inaugural HopMUNC and hopes to serve diligently as its Director General. If you have any questions or concerns, contact him at [email protected]
Aaradhya Diwan – Director of Delegate Affairs
Aaradhya Diwan is a second year at Johns Hopkins majoring in Molecular & Cellular Biology and International Studies, studying Environmental & Health Policy. He originates from the same city as the waffle cone, Listerine™, and the Gateway Arch – Saint Louis, Missouri. Before joining the Hopkins Model UN Team, he dabbled in Congressional and Public Forum Debate in the National Speech and Debate Association.
Outside of MUN, you might find him in the lab researching biomolecular condensates in C. Elegans, mindlessly scrolling Wikipedia for a random country’s politics to binge on, or speed running chess games.
He is thrilled to serve you as the Director of Delegate Affairs, solve any problems or inconveniences you may have, and answer all of your questions. You can contact him at [email protected].
Elliott Rosen – Director of Marketing/Communications
Elliott Rosen is a third year student pursuing degrees in political science, philosophy, and a minor in English literature. He’s from Oak Park, California but is a huge New York Yankees fan (not a bandwagon though). Elliott joined HopMUN as a first year, and has been on the traveling team since. He’s competed around the circuit at NCSC, ChoMUN, and McMUN.
Outside of HopMUN and HopMUNC, Elliott is involved in Hopkins Hillel, the center for Jewish life at JHU. More often than not, you can find him in the C-level of the library listening to music. And usually, that music is Lil Uzi Vert. In Fall 2023, Elliott studied abroad at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. He studied seventeenth century drama and poetry. His favorites of the era include Macbeth by William Shakespeare and Essay of Dramatick Poesy by John Dryden.
Elliott is eager to serve as HopMUNC’s inaugural Director of Marketing and Communications, and looks forward to seeing, recording, and sharing all of the great moments the conference will have. If you have any questions, you can contact him at [email protected].
Jeffrey Wang – Director of Fundraising
Jeffrey Wang is a second-year Pre-Law student at Johns Hopkins majoring in International Studies and Economics. He is from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, but he usually just says South Florida because PB Gardens is somewhat irrelevant. Jeffrey first started participating in MUN in college, and has since joined the Hopkins Model UN Team.
Outside of Model UN, Jeffrey has competitively played piano for the past 14 years. He also loves playing volleyball, and has played intramural volleyball at Hopkins. You also might find him mindlessly scrolling through food delivery apps, playing tennis, or watching obscure sports highlights.
Jeffrey is excited to serve as Director of Fundraising at HOPMUNC, and hopes everyone enjoys their time at the conference. You can reach out to him at [email protected].
Dan Quezada – Director of Logistics
Daniel Quezada is a fourth year student at Johns Hopkins majoring in international studies, with a focus on Latin American politics! He proudly hails from the northwest corner of the great state of Arkansas, but is elated to call Baltimore his second home. Prior to HOPMUNC, Daniel served two years as recruiting director for HopMUN, JHU’s competitive model UN team.
Outside of MUN, he is the president of the International Studies Leadership Council, the umbrella organization for many student organizations in the international studies major, as well as the publisher of the Johns Hopkins Foreign Affairs Review. He also moonlights as a union organizer, occasionally. When not in the classroom, you can probably find him flying his virtual Boeing 747 in Microsoft Flight Simulator, or listening to music from a new country every day!
If you have any questions about your HOPMUNC experience, be sure to reach out to him at [email protected].