2020 CONFERENCE WINNERS
Top Delegations
1st Place ($1,000): Russia (Gulf Coast High School)
2nd Place ($700): United States (Port Charlotte High School)
3rd Place ($500): China (Cape Coral High School)
Most Improved School ($400)
Palmetto Ridge High School
Top New School ($400)
Donahue Academy
Child Soldiers Special Competition
1st place: $500 - Port Charlotte High School (Funded by Howard and Nancy Cohen)
1st place: $500 - Lely High School (Funded by Howard and Nancy Cohen)
1st place: $500 - Gulf Coast High School (Funded by Mickey and Mo Winograd)
2nd place: $350 - Cypress Lake High School (Funded by Mickey and Mo Winograd)
3rd place: $200 - Cape Coral High School (Funded by Pat and Leonie Cacho)
Honorable Mention: $100 - Palmetto Ridge High School (Funded by Alan and Julie Van Egmond)
Position Paper Awards
School Country Student
1st: Gulf Coast Russia Skylar Fry ($1000 Greg Hudson award)
2nd: Palmetto Ridge Belgium Yasmin Lountchenko ($500 Barbara Markel Memorial award)
3rd: Gulf Coast Romania Sarah El-Hefnawy ($250 award)
4th: Cypress Lake France Kennedy Mann ($150 award)
5th: Port Charlotte United States Kajsa Carlsen ($100 award)
Multiyear Participation Awards
Gulf Coast Jenia Browne Ralph J. Bunche award $5,500
Port Charlotte Anna Belevitch Robert King award $3,000
Port Charlotte Carson McNamara Mimi Gregory award $2,500
Gulf Coast Stevie Gauta Thomas J. O'Gorman Award $2,500
Gulf Coast Ethan Upson Gregor Zore & Edith Hunt award $2,500
Cape Coral Elizabet Ortiz Ron & Marianne Gymer award $2,500
Gulf Coast Alec Liberman David & Beverly Worthington award $2,000
Gulf Coast Skylar Fry Iqbal & Shelby Mamdani award $1,500
Gulf Coast Kayla Mathai Iqbal & Shelby Mamdani award $1,500
Port Charlotte Michelle Bifaretti George Gotschall award $1,500
2020 Performance Award
Lely Eden Krumholz Naples Council on World Affairs $1,000
Committee Awards
Economic & Social Cmte
1st: Russia Jenia Browne Gulf Coast
2nd: United States Anthony Bellino Port Charlotte
3rd: Brazil Jeremiah Paul Gulf Coast
Int'l Telecommunication Union
1st: Russia Christie Ryan Gulf Coast
2nd: Brazil Win Hlaing Gulf Coast
3rd: China Elisabet Ortiz Cape Coral
UN Development Program
1st: China Shannon Dougherty Cape Coral
2nd: Russia Stevie Gauta Gulf Coast
3rd: Brazil Sara Hooper Gulf Coast
UN Environment Program
1st: Russia Skylar Fry Gulf Coast
2nd: China Hank Yang Cape Coral
3rd: Brazil Noelle Morey Gulf Coast
Int'l Maritime Organization
1st: United States Jonah Katz Port Charlotte
2nd: Russia Clarisse Fontes Gulf Coast
3rd: China Melanie Peña Cape Coral
Int'l Atomic Energy Agency
1st: Russia Alec Liberman Gulf Coast
2nd: Brazil Walezka Abdala Gulf Coast
3rd: United States Alanna Belevitch Port Charlotte
Int'l Monetary Fund
1st: United States Brennen Fender Port Charlotte
2nd: China Jennifer Jacoby Cape Coral
3rd: Russia Sydney Shaw Gulf Coast
Counter-Terrorism Cmte
1st: Russia Surya Dodia Gulf Coast
2nd: United States Michelle Bifaretti Port Charlotte
3rd: United Kingdom Eden Krumholz Lely
Cmte on Peacekeeping
1st: Russia Kayla Mathai Gulf Coast
2nd: China William Ellis Cape Coral
3rd: United Kingdom Corazon Holloway Lely
UN Women
1st: United States Carson McNamara Port Charlotte
2nd: Russia MaryKate Arbuckle Gulf Coast
3rd: Brazil Osei Allen Gulf Coast
UN Int'l Children's Emergency Fund
1st: United States Anna Belevitch Port Charlotte
2nd: Russia Ethan Upson Gulf Coast
3rd: Romania Sarah El-Hefnawy Gulf Coast
Security Council
1st: United States Kajsa Carlsen Port Charlotte
2nd: China Roan Borghi Cape Coral
3rd: Russia Hadi Dalao Gulf Coast