MOMIN AHMED

Founder and President

Momin Ahmed is a social entrepreneur and change agent for human rights and education. He is studying at Columbia University and is the Founder and President of Model UN Academy, an award-winning edtech 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization providing free diplomacy education to students. The organization focuses especially on those from low-income and non-English speaking backgrounds, the demographic most consistently excluded from the spaces where global decisions get made and justified.

Momin is the youngest member of the 2026 Forbes 30 Under 30 list and his work has been featured on Forbes, FOX News, NBC, the Chicago Tribune, the United Nations Economic and Social Council, and more. He has also spoken at TEDx, the United Nations Association of the United States of America, MedGlobal, and Manhattanville University, among others.

Momin is the first-ever Advisor and Ambassador on Youth Engagement to MedGlobal, an NGO that’s provided lifesaving healthcare to more than 43 million people in the world’s most vulnerable regions, including Bangladesh, Colombia, Ecuador, Gaza, Lebanon, Mexico, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, and Yemen.

He was a United States Congressional Delegate at the United States–United Nations Advocacy Summit and has received the United Nations Association of the United States of America Ambassador Award, the Youth Service America Everyday Young Hero Award, and the United Nations Association of Chicago Global Goals Award.