Peyton Austin is a member of the Class of 2026 in the Walsh School of Foreign Service, majoring in International Politics and minoring in Chinese. Born and raised in Hong Kong and currently living in Basalt, Colorado, Peyton was introduced to MUN as a sophomore in high school, and since then he’s never looked back. He has competed with Georgetown's collegiate MUN team and staffed NCSC, NAIMUN, and DistrictMUN, Georgetown’s college, high school, and middle school Model UN conferences. Peyton was also on the staff of SDG Youth Summit II and has served as a training deputy for GIRA Local’s training programs. He is excited to serve as Chief Local Strategist this year and deliver a fun (and educational) experience to students across the DMV area!

Aubrey Miller is a member of the Georgetown University class of 2029, studying International Politics in the Walsh School of Foreign Service. She is from Sacramento, California, and has lived there her entire life. This is Aubrey's first year with GIRA, and she is very excited to serve as Director of Outreach for Community Programs on the GIRA Local Secretariat. She will also be staffing NAIMUN in the spring as the director of the UNESCO committee. Outside of GIRA, Aubrey works as a teller at the Georgetown University Alumni and Student Federal Credit Union. In her free time, she enjoys hanging out with friends, playing music, getting coffee, playing chess, and reading.

Emma Hu (she/her) is a member of Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service’s Class of 2027, serving as the Director of Community Programs for GIRA Local this year. At Georgetown, she is majoring in International Politics and pursuing a Certificate in Asian Studies. Originally from Shanghai, China, she has also called McLean, Virginia, home for the past eight years. Emma has been an active member of GIRA since her freshman year, staffing both NCSC and NAIMUN three years in a row, and serving as the Director of Outreach for the Local community programs last school year. She is passionate about international relations education and promoting Model UN as a beneficiary tool for students' political awareness, public speaking skills, and confidence. When she has free time, she loves watching soccer games, playing card games with friends, and exploring new music.

David Volonte is a freshman at the Walsh School of Foreign Service who is excited to serve as the Director of Training for GIRA Local for the 2025-26 school year! He is from northern New Jersey, and this summer, participated in a study abroad program in Taipei, Taiwan to learn Mandarin. David attended his first Model UN conference in 5th grade, and was involved in the club throughout high school. He will also be staffing NCSC, NAIMUN, NAIMUN China, and DistrictMUN this year. In his free time, David enjoys hanging out with friends, playing volleyball, and watching figure skating.

Caroline Sippel is a member of the Walsh School of Foreign Service class of 2027, with a major of Culture and Politics and minors in Public Health and (hopefully, if her credits work out) Art History. She is originally from St. Louis, Missouri, but currently lives in Reston,Virginia. She has served as the Under-Secretary-General of Historical Crisis for NAIMUN LXII, Georgetown’s conference for high school students, as well as a staffer for NAIMUN LXI, and NCSC LXI, NCSC LXII, and NCSC LXIII, the conference for college students. Caroline began Model UN in her freshman year of high school and never looked back, especially in regards to historical crisis committees. However, competing was never really her style: education and community always backed her love of the extracurricular, driving her to join GIRA Local during her sophomore year as a Crisis Manager for DistrictMUN V.  Besides Model UN,  Caroline is also on the board of Georgetown’s chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta, a host on Georgetown's radio station, a cast member of Georgetown’s Rocky Horror Picture Show, and a lifeguard for the on-campus pool. Her greatest passions are caffeinated beverages, rock music, and her dog. Seeing the ways in which Model UN and international relations can impact students of all ages drives Caroline to continue pursuing her passions, and she hopes this drive is shown to all of those involved in the program.  

Dylan Sobol is a member of the class of 2029 in the College of Arts and Sciences, majoring in Justice and Peace studies and minoring in Environmental Science. Born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, Dylan first started MUN her Junior year of high school, and has enjoyed participating in MUN activities ever since. She has competed as a delegate at the high school Harvard MUN conference and plans to staff the NAIMUN and DistrictMUN conferences (Georgetown's high school and middle school Model UN conferences) later this year. This year, Dylan is excited to serve as the Director of Operations for Community Programs.