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Founding Executive Director

DMUN Foundation

The world’s largest international non-governmental organisation dedicated to the participation of children and youth in multilateral processes, with 27,000 members across more than 168 States and territories.

Entrusted by the membership — through election at the First Annual General Meeting and re-election for each successive term since 2021 — to direct the Secretariat, oversee more than 60 staff and volunteers, and represent the Foundation in high-level intergovernmental processes.

Secretary of the Governing Bodies (ex-officio)

DMUN Foundation

Secretary and non-voting member of the Governing Body and the Board of Trustees of the DMUN Foundation, which together constitute the supreme governing mechanism of the Foundation mandated by its Constitution. Represents the Foundation Secretariat and directs the organisation of ordinary and extraordinary meetings of the Governing Body and of the Annual General Meetings.

Founding President (ex-officio)

Katija Hyoungjoo Neuber Institute

An international policy think-tank on multilateral youth and stakeholder engagement policy, managed under the auspices of the DMUN Foundation.

Co-Head and Director of Non-Profit Incubation and Acceleration

Launchpad

A non-profit accelerator and incubator for startups and non-profits based in Andover, Massachusetts, designed for high-school students. Directed the establishment and implementation of a non-profit incubation and acceleration curriculum distributed across five chapters, launching seven non-profits in its first year of operation and supporting more than eight local youth organisations in obtaining 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status from the Internal Revenue Service. Leads ten staff members of the Non-Profit Incubation division and serves as an appointed member of the Executive Committee, the governing body of Launchpad.

Member-at-Large, Executive Committee

NGO Committee on Financing for Development, Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CoNGO)

Elected on 30 September 2025 by unanimous vote to a two-year term (2025–2027), directing the strategic focus and advocacy priorities of the Committee and its membership. Introduced numerous reforms to the Committee, including reactivating its presence on Instagram, establishing a new website, rewriting the Committee’s Bylaws to reflect the outcomes of FfD4, and creating a new Member-at-Large seat dedicated to website management, to be elected at the next election cycle.

Thematic Focal Point, Tax

United Nations Major Group for Children and Youth (MGCY)

Directs negotiations on behalf of MGCY’s 20,000 organisational members on the forthcoming United Nations Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation, the world’s first multilateral treaty on cross-border tax management and cooperation, and represents members at the ECOSOC Special Meetings on International Tax Cooperation, Credit Rating Agencies, and Financial Integrity, and in the FfD follow-up processes.

Contributed to means of implementation and FfD4 outcomes in intersectional processes, including the UN@80 reforms, the BBNJ High Seas Treaty, and subsidiary commissions of ECOSOC.

Chair of the Board of Trustees

Youth International Conclave

One of the largest youth organisations for leadership, entrepreneurship, and governance education in Pakistan. Led the ten-member Board of Trustees, the highest leadership body of the organisation, deciding major operational, financial, and other critical matters, for a one-year term, and managed the launch of the Youth International Conclave Fellowship Programme, an international fellowship dedicated to education in entrepreneurship through training sessions, mock interviews, and other educational programmes.

Councillor, Mayor’s Youth Council

City of Boston

Appointed by the Hon. Michelle Wu, Mayor of the City of Boston, as Councillor to the Youth Leads the Change Committee of the Mayor’s Youth Council, the only Councillor who was not a national or citizen of the United States. Operated the first youth participatory budgeting programme in the United States, administering an annual city budget of USD 1 million for causes voted on by young residents, and managed city-wide voting across 50 locations, collecting 4,284 ballots from youth aged 12–22 to select two winning projects for implementation by the Council and the City Government. Served in the advisory wing to the Mayor, conveying youth perspectives on city-wide issues requiring greater attention, including educational disparity, youth violence, and mental health.

Opening address, Ministerial Segment of the 2026 United Nations High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development

Keynote speech, 2026 United Nations Youth Forum of the Economic and Social Council

Panelist, “ECOSOC after 80: Strategic imperatives for the future” panel discussion of the 2026 Economic and Social Council Coordination Segment

Moderator, “Show Us the Money: From FfD-4 to SDG Summit 2027: A Dialogue on Means of Implementation”, panel discussion, 12th Session of the International Youth Conference

Featured interview, “Can diplomacy shape the future?”, UN Insider, China Global Television Network

Keynote speaker, “Youth Power for our Common Future: Unlocking Community Level Action for Climate & SDGs through Digital Innovation & Art”, Commemoration for the International Youth Day 2025

Opening address, Global Children and Youth Conference on Financing for Development, Major Group for Children and Youth

Panelist, SDG 6 Water Action Agenda Special Event 2025, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs

Panelist, “Climate and Tax Justice: Why One Couldn’t Go Without The Other” panel discussion, European Network on Debt and Development, European Youth Forum, and Youth for Tax Justice Network

Respondent, “Unlocking Means of Implementation: Mobilizing Financing and STI (Science, Technology, and Innovation) for the SDGs” segment, 2025 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development

Panelist, “Introduction to ESD and the Role of Youth in Shaping a Sustainable Future”, 2024 United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Forum on Education for Sustainable Development / High-level Forum of MED-9 (EU Med Group) on Education for Sustainable Development