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    Alan Van Egmond

      Model UN Chair

NCWA provided more than $60,000 in awards, the highest amount ever, largely through private donations from Council members. Our Model UN is unique among programs in the U.S. in that it provides financial awards and scholarships to winning teams and delegates. NCWA sponsors and administers the Model UN program as part of its educational outreach objectives. This season's Model UN XXXII competition was March 3-4, 2025 at Florida Gulf Coast University.

Some of the top student winners were Siddharth Chaudhari of Fort Myers High School, first place Position Paper, Barbara Markel Memorial Award, $2,500; Jack Welsby, Gulf Coast High School, Ralph J. Bunche Award for attending the most Model UN competitions, $5,500, of which $2,500 was funded by Richard Clemens; and Isabella Lala, Gulf Coast High School, Best Single Year Performance Howard and Nancy Cohen Award, $2,000.

Fort Myers High School won the Edith Hunt Award and $500 for Most Improved School. Top School was Gulf Coast High School, Edith Hunt Award, $1,000. The three Model UN clubs that presented the best proposals on curbing the rise of land-based plastics in SW Florida waters were Cypress Lake High School, first place, Howard and Nancy Cohen Award, $1,000; Cardinal Mooney High School, second place, Patrick Mattingly and Jill Force Award, $750; and Gulf Coast High School, third place, Rollie Crawford Award, $500.

Ali Hofstetter of Port Charlotte High School was named Coach of the Year and received $750 funded by Bob and Erna Place, Patrick Mattingly and Jill Force.      

Model UN Leadership

Executive Committee

Alan Van Egmond  Chair

Mo Winograd  Vice Chair

Robert Roussel, Treasurer

Beth Foss, Administrator

Dr. Richard Coughlin, FGCU Academic Advisor

Dennis Parass and Mo Winograd, Judges

Martha Williams, Public Outreach

Lillian Veri, Position Paper Review Team Chair

Rollin Crawford, Strategic Planning and Resolution Review 

Chris Korkoian, Registration Team Chair