Share Your Story

    The Share Your video series began in June 2016 when three staff members were filmed during Staff Appreciation Day. To date, we have 26 videos of Yale staff members. Scroll down to view the most recent video as well as all the ones we’ve produced.

    Jennifer Mulligan

    Jennifer Mulligan, lead administrator and United Way champion, shares why she is committed to giving back to the Yale-New Haven community.

    Patrick O'Brien

    Patrick O’Brien, Communications Officer, United Way champion and Yale-United Way core committee member, shares why he is so involved in the Yale in Action 2018 campaign.

    Cliff Brown Jr.

    Yale’s Cliff Brown, an HR Generalist in Employee Relations and a co-chair of the Yale African-American Affinity (YAAA) group, shares his thoughts on his connection with YAAA, and what he is thankful for.

    Dinee Dorame

    A citizen of the Navajo Nation, Dinee praises Yale’s commitment to a diverse community and speaks of her Yale experience as both an undergraduate and a staff member.

    After you watch the video, read this YaleNews article on Dinee.

    Kathryn Vieillard

    Kathryn Vieillard, associate director of Program Administration, Yale Conferences and Events shares what she enjoys about Yale.

    John Yi

    John Yi graduated from Yale in 2013 and then accepted a job in the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. Watch him tell a story about a memorable business trip.

     

    Charmaine Rohde

    Yale Medicine’s Charmaine Rohde shares career moments that include meeting a colleague who helped her become a licensed balloonist.

     

    Wayne Stuckey

    Wayne Stuckey, TR&S/CampusMail roundsperson, shares his story in the year of his 25th anniversary at Yale.

     

    Keri Logan

    Keri Logan, head baker at Yale Hospitality, shares her culinary story, which includes her experience baking on Food Network’s “Bakers vs. Fakers”.

     

    Craig Grant

    Craig Grant, physical plant, has worked at Yale for 45 years and he is one of the 286 staff members celebrating long-service anniversaries this year.

     

    Beata Fiszer

    Beata Fiszer recently graduated from Yale and is working full time in the Office of Sustainability. She helps Yale’s community go green by coordinating campus activities to help achieve Yale’s 2025 Sustainability Strategic Plan. Fiszer will be celebrating Earth Day in New Haven and enjoys visiting Yale’s green spaces.

     

    Cesar and Cindy Cabral

    Cesar and Cindy Cabral are two of the 286 staff members celebrating long-service anniversaries at Yale. They are 35-year honorees who also happen to be husband and wife, and mom and dad to four girls, including a set of twins.

    Yale Diaper Drive

    For the second year in a row, Kristen Plock, YSM Alumni Affairs and Development, and Jordan Jefferson, Law School Library, are running a campus-wide diaper drive as co-chairs of the WWN’s Family Network and WWN’s Work-Life Committee, respectively. The drive ends tomorrow, Feb. 17.

     

    Valarie Stanley

    Valarie Stanley, director, Office for Equal Opportunity Programs, shares career advice and the reason she loves Yale..

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    Kevin Garvey

    Yale staff member Kevin Garvey, delivery representative, YPPS (Yale Printing and Publishing Services), shares his story with It’s Your Yale.

    Bonibelle Candelario

    Boni Candelario, HR, Organizational Effectiveness and Staff Development, reflects fondly on how the Yale community came together for a block party during President Peter Salovey’s inauguration.

    Santo Galatioto

    Santo Galatioto, Senior HR Generalist and co-chair of Yale Veterans Network, tells his veteran story and remarks on veterans programs at Yale.

    Nandi Cummings

    Nandi Cummings

    Senior Administrative Assistant Nandi Cummings shares a couple of memories about her time at Yale.

    Kelley James

    Kelley James, senior administrative assistant in Neurology and this year’s Representative Working Mother of the Year, shares a defining moment for her at Yale.

    Heidi Richard

    Heidi Richard, administrative director, Office of the Dean, School of Public Health, talks about how she incorporates her passion for protecting the environment into her job at Yale.

    Marinda Brown

    Marinda Brown, coordinator, Diversity Programs, shares a memorable Yale experience.

    Jeffrey Hughes

    Jeffrey Hughes, area manager for Facilities, came to Yale from the restaurant business six years ago.

    Pik-Yiu Lee

    Watch Pik-Yiu Lee from the catalog management team, university library, as she shares her story about her experience at Yale.

    Susan Abramson

    Manager of work-life and child-care programs, Susan Abramson reflects on when she met performer, songwriter and author, Carole King, at a Yale Master’s Tea.

    Brian & Melissa Funaro

    Husband and wife Yale staff members, Brian and Melissa Funaro, share their story about planting a tree on campus to commemorate their milestone anniversaries at Yale.

    Michele Potter

    Best practices manager Michele Potter shares her story about a special memory at Yale.