Gold Diggers: California Governor's Cabinet, 1848
There is only one Golden Rule: he who has the gold makes the rules.
The California Gold Rush was not just a quest for glittering fortunes, but a fierce struggle for both political power and economic prosperity. As thousands of people flooded the West in a chase after the American Dream, California’s landscape of dusty ghost towns exploded into booming metropolises. The ealier Californian residents ascended up the economic ladder, while latecomers battled for every inch of land: staking claims, forging alliances, and scrambling for a foothold in a rapidly shifting social order.
Delegates will plunge into the turbulent heart of rural Coloma, California, stepping into the boots of the original governor’s cabinet as they traverse the chaos of the Gold Rush. The governor's cabinet will have to navigate demands from the local population while stabilizing this unprecedent expansion of wealth and population. With greedy prospectors, scheming politicians, and restless settlers all vying for control, you’ll have to fight tooth and nail to keep your seat at the table. So grab your trusty pickaxe and your favorite pan because not only are we cooking up policy—we’re digging for gold.
Anish Rao
Chair
Anish is a second-year student in the College majoring in Business Economics and Law, Letters, and Society. He is from Pleasanton, California, which is the perfect old person town and the home of slightly better than average ice cream. Previously, Anish served as an AC for ChoMUN XXVIII, and is excited to jump into being an exec this year!
Other than Model UN, Anish loves to take naps and will, in fact, fall asleep if there's even 2 minutes of silence anywhere. If he's not sleeping randomly, he watches odd German-Turkish movies with his roommates, plays Brawl Stars with his friends during breakfast, and sleeps (again) (all the time).
He is super excited to be your Chair for ChoMUN XXIX, and is definitely hoping that the delegates will come up with unique and awesome ways to make the committee a place of rainbows and sunshine. If you need any help with that, feel free to email him at anishrao@uchicago.edu.
Vickie Song
Crisis Director
Vickie is a third-year in the College majoring in Economics. They are from the 138th largest city in the nation, Chattanooga, Tennessee, meaning they have an infinite amount of knowledge. Ask them anything. In the prior year, Vickie served as a backroom assistant chair on Yongle's Bongle: Court of the Ming Dynasty, 1403.
Beyond MUN, Vickie does a macédoine of activities, including, but not limited to the following: approaching strangers in public parks, purchasing boxes of macarons to eat the pistachio ones, and separating the corrugated flutes on cardboard. You can also find them at the front desk of the Center for College Student Success, sitting on a finance committee for student government, or volunteering for a Chicago pro-bono law firm.
Vickie is eager (as a beaver?) to be Crisis Director for ChoMUN XXIX, and will be sitting in the same spot awaiting the delegates' arrival (and for them to do all sorts of exciting MUN things). They cannot move until you send them an email, so please reach out at vickiesong@uchicago.edu. Send help.
Annaelle Le Guellec
CRISIS DIRECTOR
Annaelle is a third-year pre-dental student majoring in Business Economics and minoring in Biology. She is from Frederick, Maryland, a town whose only role is to be a bedroom community for D.C. and Baltimore (she loves it dearly). Last year, Annaelle was an AC on Yongle's Bongle: Court of the Ming Dynasty, 1403.
Other than Model UN, you can find Annaelle foraging for edible plants along sidewalks, playing video games, or cycling along the Lakefront, racing elderly individuals on e-bikes. She also does cancer and oral health research at UChicago Medicine.
Annaelle is looking forward to being your Crisis Director. If you have any questions or want to know if the mushroom growing in your backyard is edible or not, feel free to email aleguellec@uchicago.edu.
Secretariat oversight:
ANNA Hatchikian, Under-secretary-general