Our Team

Team history

Tampa Bay Homeschool Model United Nations was founded in 2016 as a small team of six highschoolers and one coach. In our first year of competition, we traveled to three conferences across the state. 

We have since served dozens of students throughout the Tampa Bay region and look forward to continuing this tradition as we emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic.

TBHMUN at KnightMUN XVIII: 

General Assembly Committees

• Democratic People’s Republic of Korea - United Nations Economic and Social Council

  • Represented by Bart Richter

• Democratic People’s Republic of Korea - United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs

  • Represented by Job Macht

Specialized General Assembly Committees

• Byron William Brown II - Democratic National Convention, 2020

  • Represented by Jacob Keene

Crisis Committees

• Marcellus, Comes Excubitorium - Renovatio Imperii

  • Represented by Sophia Schiereck

• Minister of Imperial Affairs - Kamikaze: Divine Winds

  • Represented by John Paul Bencomo

• Peter Pettigrew - JCC: The Rise of the Dark Lord (Order of the Phoenix)

  • Represented by Collin Greenhalgh

• Bellatrix Lestrange - JCC: The Rise of the Dark Lord (Death Eaters)*

  • Represented by Patrick Oefelein

*denotes that this delegate received an individual award for their performance in this committee.

**denotes that this delegate was a visiting member of the team.

Next, we will head north to Gainesville where we competed at GatorMUN, hosted by the University of Florida. Held in January, our delegates competed in eight different committees held at the Reitz Union Building at UF. 

TBHMUN at GatorMUN XVII:

General Assembly Committees

• Republic of Indonesia - United Nations Commission on the Status of Women

  • Represented by Sophia Schiereck

• Republic of Indonesia - United Nations Human Rights Council

  • Represented by Jacob Keene

Specialized Assembly Committees

• Michel Le Tellier - Court of the Sun King, Louis XIV**

  • Represented by Claudia Vitale

• Elmar Brok (Germany) - Convention on the Future of Europe

  • Represented by Collin Greenhalgh

• RedR International - The NGO Global Assembly 2020: Response to Typhoon Mekkhala

  • Represented by Bart Richter

• John Gorton (Australia) - The Commonwealth Prime Ministers’ Conference**

  • Represented by Clare Youngster

Crisis Committees

• Minister of Foreign Affairs, Count Vladimir Lamsdorf - JCC: Russo-Japanese War (Russia)

  • Represented by Job Macht

• Agent Z: Marty the Zebra, Zoo - Organization Without a Cool Acronym (O.W.C.A)

  • Represented by John Paul Bencomo

• David Phillips: Treasurer - Publix, Where Crisis is a Pleasure

  • Represented by Patrick Oefelein

*denotes that this delegate received an individual award for their performance in this committee.

**denotes that this delegate was a visiting member of the team.

To cap off the year, we will return to the Orlando area to compete at FHSMUN, hosted by Florida High School Model United Nations, Inc. in Altamonte Springs. The members of team competing in this conference represented the Kingdom of Belgium in six general assembly committees. The team was awarded an Honorable Mention Delegation Award for their performance at FHSMUN.

TBHMUN at FHSMUN 41:

General Assembly Committees

• Kingdom of Belgium - United Nations Security Council

  • Represented by Job Macht

• Kingdom of Belgium - United Nations General Assembly, Second Committee**

  • Represented by Mark Thivierge

• Kingdom of Belgium - United Nations Committee on the Status of Women

  • Represented by Sophia Schiereck

• Kingdom of Belgium - 2020 Climate Change Conference

  • Represented by Collin Greenhalgh

• Kingdom of Belgium - 2020 Sustainable Innovation Forum

  • Represented by Patrick Oefelein

• Kingdom of Belgium - European Union

  • Represented by John Paul Bencomo

*denotes that this delegate received an individual award for their performance in this committee.

**denotes that this delegate was a visiting member of the team.

Our Mission

Tampa Bay Homeschool Model United Nations was founded in order to give homeschool students throughout the Tampa Bay area the opportunity to participate in the Model United Nations circuit which would otherwise be closed to them as homeschoolers. 

We strive to develop not only the skills necessary to succeed on the circuit, but also tools to help our students in the real world: public speaking, networking, research, writing, negotiation, and teamwork. 

Our goal is to help produce well-rounded citizens who will make a positive impact on the world around them. 

2023-2024 Team

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