Ryan Villanueva is the Co-Founder and Chief Education Officer of Best Delegate, the leading K-12 company for Model United Nations and global citizenship education in the USA. He has shaped Best Delegate’s strategic reorientation during the covid pandemic, launching new, interactive virtual Model United Nations programs. Regarded as a thought leader in global citizenship education, Ryan has advised school systems, foundations, national governments, and the United Nations. In 2017, THIMUN Foundation and THIMUN Qatar recognized him with a lifetime achievement award at the Qatar Leadership Conference. Prior to Best Delegate, Ryan was a risk analyst at Goldman Sachs during the 2008-2010 financial crisis. He is a member of the Entrepreneurs Organization, where he volunteers as champion for social entrepreneurship and the Sustainable Development Goals. Ryan holds a bachelor's degree in political science from Yale University and certificates from Harvard Business School and Harvard Graduate School of Education.