Maher Nasser, from Palestine, has over 26 years of work experience in the United Nations System during which he has worked in various capacities in Gaza, Jerusalem, Vienna, Amman, New York, Cairo, back to Vienna and again back to New York.

Prior to assuming his current post as Director of the Outreach Division in the Department of Public Information in New York, Mr. Nasser was the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Vienna from July 2008 and Director of the United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) in Cairo from January 2006.

Before joining DPI in 2006, Mr. Nasser was the Chief of the New York Liaison Office for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) from 2001. He also worked for UNRWA, in Vienna and Amman from 1996 to April 2001. From 1992 to 1994, Mr. Nasser worked as an Associate Information Officer for the United Nations Drug Control Programme in Vienna (now UNODC). Mr. Nasser also served as UNRWA's Public Information Officer and Spokesperson in Gaza and in Jerusalem from 1987 to 1991. Prior to joining the United Nations, he worked for two non-governmental organizations based in Jerusalem.

From October to December 1991, Mr. Nasser was the personal assistant to Dr. Haidar Abdul Shafi, the Head of the Palestinian Negotiating Team to the Madrid Middle East Peace Conference and subsequent bilateral negotiations in Washington, D.C. Mr. Nasser has a degree from Bir Zeit University in the West Bank, and a postgraduate diploma in business administration from the University of Warwick, in the United Kingdom.
From 1 April to 13 August 2012, he was Acting Head of the Department of Public Information.

Mr. William Yotive is responsible for creating educational materials for schools around the world on the United Nations and global issues on its agenda. Part of these responsibilities include supervising the UN Cyberschoolbus which aims to involve teachers and students in finding solutions to global problems and provide a platform where they can exchange information and express opinions on global issues.

Prior to working at the UN, Mr. Yotive was a Director of Research at Sesame Workshop which produces educational television programmes for children, such as Sesame Street. He has designed and conducted many studies to evaluate the impact that these programmes have on the cognitive, social and emotional development of children.

Mr. Yotive gives talks to students from the primary school to university level on the history and structure of the United Nations as well as a general introduction to the principles that the UN was founded on. In addition, he speaks to students participating in Model UN programmes about how to prepare for conferences and gives briefings on UN priority topics linked to peace and security, human rights and development issues catering his remarks to the appropriate educational level of the audience. When speaking to teachers, Mr. Yotive provides an overview of educational resources on the United Nations and the social issues on its agenda that can be used in the classroom.

Rachel Bradford has been attending MUN conferences for upwards of 10 years, starting in 2002. She recently graduated from Cornell University with her Bachelor of Arts in History and a minor in Law & Society. She has previously served on the Secretariat of Cornell's HS level conference the Cornell Model United Nations Conference (CMUNC), twice as Under Secretary General of Crisis committees and once as Conference

Development Executive. She also served on the founding secretariat of the Cornell International Affairs Conference (CIAC),Cornell's collegiate conference. Rachel has attended over 25 conferences and served on staff or secretariat for an additional 19 conferences. Outside of traditional MUN, Rachel also served as Chief of Staff for Team USA at the Youth G8+ in London during the summer of 2013.