Meet the ECOFIN Chair
Benjamin Della Rocca, the ECOFIN
chair for YMUN Korea 2014, is a junior at Yale majoring
in Ethics, Politics, and Economics, and has been serving as the Vice President
of YIRA this past year. Having served “on the executive board that oversees the organization as
a whole”
and participated in numerous YIRA constituent programs, Benjamin is familiar
with the amount of time, effort and commitment that is required to organise
this conference. His past experience includes helping organize high school
conferences in Budapest as a secretariat member, and he applies all that
accumulated knowledge whenever he commits himself to college
conferences. Similarly, he makes use of all his valuable experience as a member
of the competitive Model UN Team at Yale when he works alongside Miranda
Melcher, the USG of Committees, to train the chairs.
As a very experienced delegate who
has copious amounts of experience in both conferences held in the United States
and overseas, Benjamin is able to dish out very valuable advice for this conference. During Model UN conferences, the
one most important thing that delegates must do is to make things happen – to be the one that leads
the committee forward, to demonstrate his or her full potential, to give
speeches, as well as participate in negotiations. It is important to showcase
the hard work and preparations that you have put into the conference. “Because YIRA emphasizes the
teaching and education aspect of its programs”, Ben states, “YIRA-run conferences have far more educational value
than any of our
competitors.”
As such, Benjamin is enthusiastic about helping delegates learn about the
topics with more depth and breadth.
by Danette Chun
by Danette Chun
