The Yale Model African Union’s Secretariat is based in New Haven, Connecticut.
Programming, operations and external relations move as one conference system. The four officers below are public now; remaining Secretariat portraits and biographies will be released in October 2026.
Remaining Secretariat portraits and biographies will be released in October 2026.
Abyssinia Haile is a junior at Yale University studying Global Affairs, with a focus on African studies. Born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and now based in the greater Boston area, she carries her Habesha roots, its dancing, food, and music, into everything she leads, including her return to Addis Ababa for YMAU VI.
Meti Negewo is a junior in Ezra Stiles College, double majoring in Global Affairs and Anthropology, with a Certificate in Education Studies. Originally from Ethiopia and now based in Minnesota, she leads sponsorship outreach as well as branding and communications for YMAU VI.
During YMAU V in Accra, she served as Co-USG of Branding and Marketing and chaired ECOSOCC. Beyond YMAU, Meti is Head Choreographer of Yale’s Ethiopian and Eritrean Dance Team, Desta, preserving and sharing her culture through performance, and Co-Vice President of the Yale African Students Association.
Gumana Elrufai is a sophomore in Ezra Stiles College and intends to major in Global Affairs. Born in Khartoum, Sudan, and raised in Brooklyn, New York, she oversees delegate recruitment and technology operations for YMAU VI.
She previously served as Co-USG of Delegate Recruitment for YMAU V. Outside YMAU, she founded The Voice of Sudan, a New York youth group bringing awareness to the civil war, and serves as secretary of the Yale African Students Association. Registration questions may be sent to programs@yalemodelau.org.
Amin Abdellatif is a junior in Saybrook College studying Global Affairs with a certificate in Human Rights. He spent most of his life in Khartoum, Sudan, before moving to the United States for university.
At YMAU V he served as Under-Secretary-General of Committees. He now oversees committees, conference programming and speaker outreach as the inaugural Director-General of Conference Programming. Having grown up in Sudan during a series of political revolutions, he is devoted to encouraging the capacity for change that African youth possess.