All-American Model UN Professional Team

Frank Pobutkiewicz

Founder, Executive Director
https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankpob/

Frank Pobutkiewicz is the founder and Executive Director of All-American Model UN. With over 20 years of experience in Model United Nations, Frank has worked with thousands of students, parents, teachers, and other professionals to use Model UN as a catalyst for academic research, career exploration, and leadership development.

At Boston University, Frank transformed the university’s Model United Nations program as the first president of the Boston University International Affairs Association. He helped launch the college conference as the first Secretary-General, grew the high school conference to over 1500 students, started an undergrad-led academic journal, and expanded the international programming. 

In 2011, Frank founded All-American Model UN as a single competitive team that competed at the WEMUN Expo in Beijing, China. Since then, All-American Model UN has added US travel teams, digital learning tools, summer academies, and additional international programs. Frank has taught and consulted in many countries, including China, India, Qatar, and Romania.

Frank is a serial entrepreneur and innovation community builder outside of Model UN. He has worked as an Entrepreneurship and Ecosystem director at Venture Cafe Cambridge and Activation Capital in Richmond, VA.

He holds a B.A. in International Relations and B.S. in Business Administration from Boston University. 

Frank can be reached at frank@allamericanmun.com.

Sarah Schwartz

Vice President of Operations and Programs
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-schwartz

Sarah is Vice President of Operations and Programs at All-American Model United Nations. She brings several years of experience mentoring and coaching students of all ages and skill levels, having worked at All-American Model UN since 2019.

Sarah graduated magna cum laude from Vanderbilt University in May 2024 with a triple major in Public Policy Studies, Economics, and German Studies. She earned honors in Public Policy Studies following the successful defense of her senior thesis, “Die Mauer im Kopf wird Realität: The Energy Crisis, Right-Wing Radicalism, and Germany’s East-West Divide.”

Sarah is an avid traveler and has visited over 50 countries.

She can be reached at sarah@allamericanmun.com.