Mari Angelopoulos is the chair of the X-Men committee at MUMUNC XVII. She also serves as the Co-Deputy Secretary-General of MUMUN. Mari is a senior double-majoring in International Studies and Data Analytics, with minors in Japanese and Political Science. She is from Hinsdale, Illinois, and has been involved in Model UN since high school.

Outside of MUN, Mari has served as the President of Sigma Iota Rho, an honor society for International Studies. She is also a member of Women in Law and hosts a radio show through Miami’s Redhawk Radio. In Fall 2024, she studied abroad at Toyo University in Tokyo!

Mari is looking forward to an enjoyable and engaging MUMUNC!

McKenzie Paul is the co-backroom head of the X-Men: The Quiet Council committee. She is a junior biochemistry major with a pre-med co-major and minors in molecular biology and geography from Springboro, Ohio. McKenzie joined Model UN in her freshman year of college, co-chaired the 1968 DNC committee and the Fall of the Romanov Dynasty committees at MUMUNC in previous years, and has attended the UNCMUNC and NCSC collegiate conferences.

McKenzie also serves as the Undersecretary of Logistics for Model UN and the Deputy Secretary General of MUMUNC XVII! Outside of Model UN, she is the Vice President of Alpha Omicron Pi and a member of the Miami Chemical Society. McKenzie is so excited for MUMUNC and can’t wait to work to make it an incredible, educational experience for everyone!