Stanford Model United Nations Travel Team

What is the Stanford Model United Nations Travel Team?

As Stanford’s competitive MUN travel team, we compete at conferences around the world on the collegiate Model UN circuit. At conferences, we simulate serious UN sessions and absurd crisis committees that require diplomacy skills and knowledge of international policy. All conference costs are covered by the organization.

Get Involved

Students interested in joining the Model UN Team should attend our weekly practices held in the Haas DK Room at 5:00 PM on Sundays. All students are welcome to attend, regardless of experience level. Attendance at individual conferences is determined by application.

Meet the Team

  • Elkin Mantilla

    CO-CAPTAIN

    Elkin is a junior from Queens, New York studying International Relations with a focus on Latin American Studies and International Security. Previously a finance fellow, Elkin is excited to be one of Model UN's team vice-captain. Elkin enjoys gaming in his free time as well as doing pretty much any sport as long as it is not baseball or tennis. He is a New York Giants fan and supports the Colombian national soccer team. Contact me at elkinm27@stanford.edu.

  • Colin McKhann

    CO-CAPTAIN

    Colin is a junior likely studying Computer Science, specializing in Artificial Intelligence. After spending last year as a Model UN fellow, and a member of the travel team, Colin is now excited to be a Vice Captain for the 2023-24 school year. He is originally from Edina, Minnesota, a fact that some members of the board claim he talks about too much. Colin is a huge football fan (SKOL Vikings), loves any sort of strategy game, and will talk your ear off about anything related to Chelsea Football Club. Contact me at colinmck@stanford.edu

  • Emily Suh

    VICE CAPTAIN FOR WELCOMING

    Emily is a junior studying Public Policy with a concentration in International Security. She is from San Diego, CA and spent her summer doing data analytics for the U.S. Agency for International Development. In her free time she enjoys swimming, hiking, and going to the beach!

  • Josh Bahk

    BOARD FELLOW

    Josh is a frosh from Rancho Cucamonga, California interested in studying just about anything and everything. He’s super excited to be a SIAS board fellow this year as part of the Model UN social team. He loved staffing SMUNC and being part of an amazingly fun FTX meltdown crisis committee. He can’t wait to go to travel conferences like HNMUN and NYUMUNC later this year. In his free time, he enjoys the simpler things in life like finding random buildings to climb and being abnormally good at Roblox Bee Swarm Simulator.