Prf. ELIE 

ANTONIO SAMIA 

CEO  –   ALTITUDE  for  LEADERSHIP 

Chief Executive Officer of Altitude MUN, Professor of Political Economy, Program Director of Altitude MUN, former Global Classrooms International MUN program director, former program director of prestigious simulation models such as LAU Harvard World MUN, LAU MUN, LAU Model Arab League, LAU Model European Union, LAU Model African Union, LAU Model Good Governance, and former Assistant Vice President for Outreach & Civic Engagement at Lebanese American University. A prolific author of multiple publications on peacebuilding and international relations, he was recognized at the MUN Hall of Fame for his contributions to spreading MUN culture worldwide. He has provided more than 1,000 workshops about leadership development to 60,000 middle school and high schools students and to 25,000 cadres in the public sector, civic society organizations, and the educational sector. Click HERE to view milestones.

PAULA  BOLAND

Chair  for   UNA-USA  

President  of UNA-NCA 

President of the United Nations Association of the National Capital Area (UNA-NCA) and Chair of the UNA-USA National Council, is an attorney specializing in environmental law and international affairs. Although born in the United States, she received most of her academic and earlier professional experience in Argentina. Paula worked for three years on regulatory and corporate compliance matters at the law firm of Klein & Franco in Buenos Aires. Her strong interest in the protection of the environment led her to the LL.M. program in Environmental Law at Vermont Law School, from which she graduated cum laude. Following a clerkship with the Environmental Enforcement Section of the US Department of Justice, Paula assisted a number of environmental nongovernmental organizations in the development of conservation projects to be carried out in Latin America.