Secretariat Bios

Sasha Sleiman is returning to NWMUN-Seattle this year as Secretary-General after serving as Director-General at NWMUN-Seattle 2013. Sasha has been involved with Model United Nations since 2006.  She has been involved with NWMUN-Seattle since 2007 and previously served as Assistant Secretary-General for Conference Services in 2008, both Assistant Secretary-General for Logistics and Director-General in 2012, and Director-General in 2013.  Sasha also has experience staffing several other conferences, most recently as an Under-Secretary-General for National Model United Nations in New York City. Sasha graduated in 2009 from Western Washington University, where she served as Advisor of the Western Model United Nations program. She completed her MA in International Policy Studies, focusing on Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding, at the Monterey Institute of International Studies in California. 

Sasha's email address is sg@nwmun.org.

Galen Stocking has been involved with Model UN for over a decade, and is serving as Director-General of NWMUN-Seattle 2014 in his 7th year with the conference. He has had several roles at NWMUN-Seattle, including Director, Chief of Staff, and most recently, Director of Special Simulations. Previously, he has been on staff for NMUN-NY, where he was Director-General in 2008; NMUN-DC; and several smaller conferences. He is also the MUN Advisor at UC Santa Barbara. Galen holds a BS in Computer Science and an MA in National Security Studies from CSU San Bernardino. He is currently a Ph.D Candidate in Political Science studying political communication, and expects to complete his studies in 2015.

To reach Galen, please email him at dg@nwmun.org.

Morgan Deters has been involved in MUN since she was a freshman in high school in 2005. Since then, she has attended over 30 conferences as a delegate, including NWMUN-Seattle 2009. She has also served on Committee Staff for the last 4 years at NWMUN-Seattle, and is very excited to be returning to the conference as the Chief of Staff for NWMUN-Seattle 2014. Morgan graduated from Lewis & Clark College in Portland, OR in 2013 with a double major in International Affairs and Economics, having served 3 years as President of the Lewis & Clark Model UN Club. She now works for a financial adviser in Portland, OR.

Morgan can be reached via email at cos@nwmun.org.

Sabrina Grover returns to the Secretariat as Assistant Secretary General for Logistics this year after having served as a Chief of Staff at NWMUN-Seattle 2013. Sabrina has been involved with Model United Nations since 2006 in a variety of roles; she previously served for five years as the Secretary-General of the Calgary High School Model UN, as well as serving as a staff member at National Model United Nations - New York since 2010. Sabrina graduated from the University of Calgary with a BA in Political Science and a minor in Economics. She currently works in external and government relations in Calgary.

You can contact Sabrina at asgl@nwmun.org.

Charlie Walentiny joins the NWMUN-Seattle 2014 Executive Secretariat as Assistant Secretary-General for Conference Services after serving as the Networking and Technology Manager in 2013. Charlie has participated as both a delegate and staff member at several MUN conferences locally and within the Pacific Northwest before joining the NWMUN-Seattle staff. He is currently pursuing a degree in Journalism at Western Washington University, focusing on Public Relations. Charlie also works as a Technical Support specialist and in his free time is an avid mountain-biker and musician. 

Charlie's email address is asgcs@nwmun.org.