The Steering Committee
President Salovey appointed Linda Koch Lorimer ’77 JD, retired Vice President of Yale and a former Yale trustee, and Eve Rice ’73, a physician and current Yale trustee to co-chair the anniversary.
The Steering Committee included:
Claire Bowern, Chair of Women Faculty Forum; Professor of Linguistics, Yale University
J. Weili Cheng ’77, Executive Director of the Yale Alumni Association (YAA); former Chair, YAA Board of Governors
Kyle Gibson ’78, Executive Producer & Managing Editor, Women in the World Summit
Kim Goff-Crews ’83, ’86 JD, Secretary and Vice President for Student Life, Yale University
Laura T. Grondin ’85, President and CEO, Virginia Industries; former Chair of YaleWomen, Inc.
Susan E. Lennon ’85 MPPM, former President Women’s College Coalition; Chair of YaleWomen, Inc.
Maria Lopez-Bresnahan ’78, Vice President, Clinical Research, Neuroscience, Alkermes; former Executive Officer, Yale Alumni Association Board of Governors
Linda K. Lorimer ’77 JD, retired Vice President of Yale; former Trustee, Yale University
Mindy A. Marks ’00, Director for Shared Interest Groups, Yale Alumni Association
Ellen G. McGinnis ’82, Partner, Haynes and Boone; former Chair, Yale Alumni Association Board of Governors; one of the founders of YaleWomen, Inc.
Miko McGinty ’93, ’98 MFA, Principal in the design firm, Miko McGinty, Inc.; Co-chair, Jonathan Edwards College 2014 Reunion; Yale School of Art Dean’s Council Steering Committee
Marta E. Moret ’84 MPH, President of Urban Policy Strategies; former member, Yale Alumni Association Board of Governors
Stephanie Ramos Reynolds ’18, Woodbridge Fellow, Yale Office of Public Affairs & Communications
Eve Hart Rice ’73, Trustee, Yale University; former Chair, Yale University Council; physician
Constance Royster ’72, Principal, Laurel Associates, LLC; retired Director of Development, Yale Divinity School; member of the first Yale Alumni Association Board of Governors
Sharon Ruwart ’85, Certified Executive Coach; member, Yale President’s Council on International Activities. Formerly: Member, Yale Committee on Reputation; Co-founder, Bulldogs in Beijing
Vera Wells ’71, Retired Executive of National Broadcasting Company (NBC); former member, Yale University Council
Advisors to the Committee
Jay Gitlin, Senior Lecturer in History, Yale University
Joan O’Neill, Vice President for Alumni Affairs and Development, Yale University
The 50th Anniversary Committee
This Committee designed the special commemorative event for September 19-22, 2019 - a gathering of the women in the classes of 1971, 1972 and 1973 and those who matriculated in the fall of 1969.
The committee was chaired by Eve Rice ’73.
The committee included:
Cynthia Brill ’72, General Counsel, NewsGuard Technologies, Inc.
Andrea DaRif ’73, ’74 MFA; novelist; Senior Fellow of Saybrook College; Class of ’73 Secretary
Nina Glickson ’73, Assistant to the President and Advisor on Student Affairs
Pam Myerson Huntington ’72, Outreach Committee, Chair
Kathryn Cochrane Murphy ’71, Partner, Krokidas & Bluestein LLP; Co-Chair Agents, Class of ’71, Yale Alumni Fund; former board member, Yale Alumni Fund; formerly, Class Officer, Reunion Chair, Reunion Gift Co-Chair, and Yale Club of Boston officer and director
Eve Hart Rice ’73, Trustee, Yale University; former Chair, Yale University Council; physician
Constance Royster ’72, former Director of Development, Yale Divinity School (retired)
Vera Wells ’71, Retired Executive of National Broadcasting Company (NBC); former member, Yale University Council
Carol R. Whitehead ’72, Retired Principal, Zweig-DiMenna Associates, Inc.; Co-founder, Yale ’72 Women’s Scholarship Fund
Joan O’Meara Winant ’73, President, The Eppley Foundation for Research, Inc.; retired MBA/CPA specialist in not-for-profit organizations; founding member of YaleWomen
Performances & Exhibitions Committee
The charge of this Committee was to identify, engage and encourage campus partners to participate in the 150th and 50th commemorations in 2019-2020 with performances, lectures and/or exhibitions.
This committee was co-chaired by Amy Meyers ’79, ’85 Ph.D., Director of the Yale Center for British Art, and Vera Wells ’71.
This committee included:
Nicole Bouche, W. S. Lewis Librarian & Executive Director of the Lewis Walpole Library
Toni Dorfman, Professor, Theater Studies, Yale University
Tom Duffy, Professor (Adjunct) of Music and Director of University Bands
Susan Gibbons, Stephen F. Gates ’68 University Librarian and Deputy Provost for Collections and Scholarly Communication, Yale University
Lisa Hodemarsky, Sutphin Family Senior Associate Curator of Prints and Drawings; Senior Deputy Director
Joyce Hsiang ’99, ’03 M.Arch., Assistant Dean & Critic, Yale School of Architecture
Martin Jean, Professor of Organ and Director of the Yale Institute of Sacred Music
Marta Kuzma, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Dean, Yale School of Art
Amy Meyers ’79, ’85 Ph.D., Director of the Yale Center for British Art
Vicki Nolan, Deputy Dean Yale School of Drama; Managing Director Yale Repertory Theatre, & Professor in the Practice of Theater Management
Constance Royster ’72, former Director of Development, Yale Divinity School (retired)
EC Schroeder, Director of the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Vera Wells ’71, Retired Executive of National Broadcasting Company (NBC); former member, Yale University Council
Laura Wexler, Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Yale University
Stephanie Wiles, Director, Yale University Art Gallery
Committee for the 50WomenAtYale150 Celebration Weekend
This committee was co-chaired by Linda Koch Lorimer ‘77 JD, former Vice President of Yale, and Nancy Yao Maasbach ‘99 MBA, former Director of Yale-China Association and current President of the Museum of Chinese in America.
This committee included:
Anna Chavez ’90, Executive Vice President and Chief Growth Officer at the National Council on Aging; former Chief Executive Officer Girls Scouts of the U.S.A.; member of University
J. Weili Cheng ’77, Executive Director of the Yale Alumni Association; former Chair, Yale Alumni Association Board of Governors
Jennifer Ebisemiju Madar ’88; Member, Yale Alumni Association Board of Governors; Chair, YaleWomen; Former President, YaleBoston Board of Directors
Kyle Gibson ’78, Executive Producer & Managing Editor, Women in the World Summit
Laura T. Grondin ’85, President and Chief Executive Officer, Virginia Industries; former Chair of YaleWomen, Inc.
Linda Koch Lorimer ’77 JD, retired Vice President of Yale and a former Yale trustee
Margaret H. Marshall ’76 JD, ’12 LLDH, First Female Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court (author of the first U.S. judicial opinion upholding gay marriage); first female Senior Fellow of the Yale Board of Trustees
Nancy Yao Maasbach ‘99 MBA, former Director of Yale-China Association and current President of the Museum of Chinese in America
Miko McGinty ’93, ’98 MFA, Principal in the design firm, Miko McGinty, Inc.; Co-chair, Jonathan Edwards College 2014 Reunion; Yale School of Art Dean’s Council Steering Committee
Eve Hart Rice ’73, Trustee, Yale University; former Chair, Yale University Council; physician
Sharon Ruwart ’85, Certified Executive Coach; member, Yale President’s Council on International Activities. Formerly: Member, Yale Committee on Reputation; Co-founder, Bulldogs in Beijing
Jeannine Scott ’85 MA, former President, U.S.-Angola Chamber of Commerce; Founder & Principal, America to Africa Consulting (A2A), LLC; former member of the Yale Alumni Association Board of Governors
Ex Officio Members:
Claire Bowern, Chair, Yale Women Faculty Forum
Beverly Jurenko ’86, Director of Diversity & Inclusion, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation; Vice Chair, HBS Houston Alumni Angels; Deputy Chair of the Events Beyond New Haven Committee
Sarah Malkowski ’17 MS, 2020 PhD, former Inspiring Yale Chair and Public Relations Chair of the Graduate and Professional Student Senate
Saloni (Sal) Rao, Yale College 2020, current President of the Yale College Council
Savannah Thais ’17 MS, ’17 M.Phil., 2020 PhD, former President of the Graduate and Professional Student Senate
Celebrating Women’s Athletics at Yale Committee
As part of the larger 50WomenAtYale150 events, a group of athletic alumnae have been planning events and activities to commemorate 50 years of women athletes in Yale College.
The committee is ongoing and includes:
Anne Boucher ’80; Crew (Captain)
Nancy Cahill ’81; Softball (Captain), Swimming
Barbara Chesler
Alison Cole ’99; Lacrosse (Captain)
Ilona Emmerth ’98; Golf
Shoshanna Engel ’03; Gymnastics (Captain)
Kim Fulton ’91; Track & Field and Cross Country
Kristen Gengaro ’00; Softball (Captain)
Melanie Ginter ’78; Swimming
Zerline Goodman ’84; Squash
Maura Grogan ’78; Ice Hockey
Beth Hadley ’77; Field Hockey, Lacrosse (Captain)
Anne Keating ’77; Field Hockey, Lacrosse (Captain)
Bray Ketchum ’11; Hockey
Susanna Krentz ’80; Basketball, Volleyball (Captain)
Karen Krieger ’79; Hockey, Soccer
Claire Leatherwood Slebonick ’09; Track & Field and Cross Country
Patricia Melton ’83; Track & Field and Cross Country (Captain)
Christina Minnis ’87; Squash
Mary O’Connor ’79; Crew
Laura Pappano ’84; Field Hockey
Margot Putukian ’84; Lacrosse, Soccer
Carol Roberts ’81; Field Hockey, Softball
Sharon Robinson ’96; Lacrosse (Captain)
Wendy Thum ’75; Swimming
Barbara Wagner ’73; Gymnastics (Captain)
Karen Yarasavage ’87; Basketball (Captain), Softball
Events Beyond New Haven
This committee was designed to engage alumni in clubs, regional associations, shared interest/identity groups, and classes to plan and execute events and activities featuring alumnae, or highlighting women’s accomplishments, issues and concerns.
This committee was co-chaired by Ellen McGinnis ’82, former Chair of the Board of Governors of the YAA and Sheryl Negash ’82, co-chair of the YAA Task Force on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.