Richard Kang
Richard Kang is the Secretary General of the 2009 Academy Model United Nations Conference. He is a senior in the Academy for Engineering and Design Technology and his devotion to Model UN began with the Model UN elective during the first trimester of his freshman year and has grown consistently throughout his high school career.
This will be Richard’s fourth year participating in the Academy Model United Nations. He represented the countries of Australia and South Korea in UNCHR and UNDP, and served as a staff for UNCHR at AMUN 2008. Richard also has competed as a member of the BCA Model UN team in various university conferences hosted at Yale, Princeton, and George Washington University, further enriching his Model UN experience and broadening his views on how Model UN conferences are hosted.
In addition to Model UN, Richard has been actively dedicated in Amnesty International, National Latin Honor Society, and the Hackensack Meadowlands Environmental Center. Currently, Richard interns at Merrill Lynch as part of its Global Wealth Management. Richard intends to pursue a career in international economics or financial analysis.