Secretariat Bios
Alexander Rodewald is the acting Secretary-General for Northwest Model United Nations - Seattle 2024, and is the Secretary-General for Northwest Model United Nations - Portland 2025. Alexander served as a staff member at NWMUN conferences in the distant past of 2007-2009, and has recently returned to NWMUN during the 2021-2022 academic year. He is honored to be serving for the fourth (and soon to be fifth!) time on the Executive Secretariat. Prior to 2022, he served in various Committee Staff positions, and originally came to MUN as a student in both High School and College. He is very excited to be back in the flow of the Model UN world.
Outside of MUN, Alexander owns and operates a small business in Vancouver, WA, and spends his free time with his children, woodworking, being a snob about books and coffee, and enjoying the beautiful Pacific Northwest.
Tiffany Dao returns to NWMUN-Seattle this year as Director-General. She was previously Secretary-General of NWMUN-Seattle 2020 and 2021. Tiffany has taken part in over 15 MUN conferences, including 10 NWMUN conferences. Her favorite thing about MUN is its ability to bring people of all backgrounds together, help people develop skills and personally grow as an individual, and increase awareness about important global issues.
Tiffany speaks English and Cantonese Chinese, and is currently re-learning French and Mandarin Chinese. Her hobbies include watching Hong Kong lifestyle vlogs on YouTube, singing and listening to K-pop - her favorite group is Got7, which is a multi-national group consisting of 7 members from Korea, Thailand, Hong Kong and the US.
Kelsey Cook (she/they) is the Assistant Secretary-General of Conference Services for Northwest Model United Nations - Seattle 2024. They have previously served in Conference Services for the last two years of both NWMUN-Seattle and NWMUN-Portland. While they didn’t participate in Model UN, they were heavily involved in DECA, representing their school for four years and holding positions as Treasurer, Historian, and Vice President.
Outside of Model UN, Kelsey operates their own business as an animal nanny. They are a fiber arts enthusiast, passionate about the entire process of creating garments—from spinning fleece to crafting sweaters through knitting, crocheting, and pattern creation. Photography, particularly capturing nature and animals, is another creative outlet, along with traveling and exploring other cultures and traditions. They also have a talent for finding and rescuing feral cats.
Kelsey is excited to continue contributing to the success of NWMUN conferences while bringing their creative energy and diverse interests to the table.