Yale Grad Journeys: Insights on Career Paths and Personal Growth
Alumni of the Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences teach and conduct research in virtually all the world's most distinguished universities, and serve in leadership roles in industry, government, non-profit, and entrepreneurship settings. There are now over 30,000 living alumni of the Graduate School.
The Yale Grad Journeys: Insights on Career Paths and Personal Growth is a interview series that seeks to connect current GSAS students with recent alumni who have utilized their graduate degrees to succeed in fields like academic administration, law, consulting, business, government service, and many more. Participants speak to the ways in which their Yale experiences prepared them for their future careers, discuss skills and networking advice, and finally share what being a Yale alum means to them.
Video Interviews
Eric Hughes
| '98 MD, '99 PhD Immunology // Executive VP Global R&D, CMO Teva Pharmaceuticals
Gregg Keaney
| '05 Synthetic Organic Chemistry // Senior Vice President of CMC (Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls) and Product Development at Rapport Therapeutics
Mynoon Doro
| '75 MA // Senior Vice President and Senior Financial Advisor in the Doro Group Wealth Management at Merrill
Vishal Agrawal
| '96 BS, MS Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, ’02 MD // Chief Strategy and Corporate Development Officer at Humana
Kitty Koo-Tse
| '01 MS Psychology // Director of Global Wealth and Investment Management at Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Richard Foster
| '63 BS '65 MS '65 PhD Engineering and Applied Sciences // Senior Partner Emeritus at McKinsey & Company Inc
Emily Greenwald
| '87 BA '94 PhD History // Principal Historian, Historical Research Associates, Inc.
Kevin Oliveira Callender
| '14 PhD Psychology // Partner at Boston Consulting Group
Shayna Liberman
| '15 MA Biological Anthropology // Director of Global Women's Strategy, Nike
Carol Chiodo
| '14 PhD Italian Language and Literature // Director of Distinct Collections and Digital Scholarship, Claremont Colleges Services
Anne Toker
| '88 BA English '98 PhD MB&B // Partner, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP
Nathan Nguyen
| '20 PhD Cell Biology // Cryptologic Warfare Officer, United States Navy
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Yale Office of Career Strategy (OCS)
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