Our Staff

22% of CIMUN Staff are Secretary-Generals of Other Conferences, or Presidents of Collegiate MUN Teams

Unlike traditional conferences, CIMUN staff members do not come from one particular university. Instead, CIMUN draws a diverse and talented collection of students, post-graduates and professionals from around the world selected through a highly-competitive application process. In 2008, 22% of our 80 staff members were either current or former Secretary-Generals or Presidents of prestigious university-level Model UN programs.

Since CIMUN's early days, we have been pleased to receive former CIMUN delegates as part of the staff cadre. This year, there are more staff applications of this nature than ever. We are proud and excited to welcome these staff members to the conference! Many Model UN conferences have difficulties recruiting staff, some even requisitioning delegates during the conference to become staff members. MUNDO is grateful that it has never had a shortage of interest among skilled MUNers, and that we are continually impressed each year by the quality of staff that apply.

CIMUN has one of the lowest staff-to-delegate ratios of any conference in the world. In 2008, we had as many as 80 staff members, giving us a staff-to-delegate ratio is 1:7.5. Most conferences will feature staff-to-delegate ratios of 1:11 or more (equivilant to CIMUN having 50 staff members). The direct effect of having more staff is the continuously improving quality of our simulations. In 2010, the Department of Simulations will comprise more staff than any other Department, including Committees.

To MUNDO, our staff is our most important asset, as it is their diligence and ability that makes ours conference truly special. If you are interested in joining the CIMUN staff, please fill out our staff application.

Academic Affiliations of Staff (local universities listed first):

• University of Illinois at Chicago
• DePaul University
• Northwestern University
• University of Chicago
• Columbia College Chicago
• University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana
• Western Illinois University
• Northern Illinois University
• Southern Indiana University
• University of Notre Dame
• University of Wisconsin - Madison
• University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
• Michigan State University
• Western Michigan University
• Northern Michigan University
• University of Iowa
• Johns Hopkins University
• Brown Univeristy
• University of Innsbruck (Austria)
• Seattle University
• London School of Economics
• Vassar College
• George Washington University
• Wesleyan University
• American University
• Warsaw University (Poland)
• Dartmouth College
• Malaspina Universtiy
• Mount Holyoke College
• Kings College London
• University of Rochester
• University of Toronto
• Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (Mexico)
• University of Washington
• University of California-Berkeley
• Seton Hall University
• Boston College
• Tufts University
• American University
• Creighton University
• St. Louis University
• University of Pennsylvania