Why do you want to serve on the Yale Corporation?

I’m running for trustee because I love Yale and am increasingly concerned for its future. This campaign is focused on light and truth, just like Yale’s motto. The quality of its graduates is perhaps Yale’s greatest accomplishment, and we should be justifiably proud of it. Those graduates – our alumni – could and should be one of the university’s most important resources as it confronts decisions about its present and future. But Yale’s alumni cannot contribute their viewpoints unless they have access to important information affecting the decisions of Yale’s governing body, nor can they participate meaningfully in the Alumni Fellow Election when trustee candidates are instructed to stay silent on issues. I want to help ensure that our alumni can be more engaged in the exchange of ideas, and to do this, we must bring transparency and openness to the Yale Corporation.

I also believe that it’s important, as we strengthen Yale’s position in the STEM disciplines, to preserve and reinforce at the same time Yale’s great tradition as a leader unequaled in the liberal arts and humanities. People who are educated not only to rise to new technical challenges, but also to think about and understand their effects on the world and its population and to provide a historical context for current affairs will be the best equipped to ensure that our civilization moves forward, not backward, and that society becomes more cordial and humane.

Finally, I believe it’s important to seek out alumni views on priorities and policies as actively as possible. If elected, I intend to approach alumni regularly through a variety of communication tools in order to be sure that I am properly conveying to Corporation colleagues their priorities and perspectives. 

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