Four security officers recently promoted to security manager

Yale Public Safety is pleased to announce the promotion of four Security Officers to the position of Security Manager. Congratulations to William Hewitt, Nathan Kyder, Eric Traester, and Ronnie Williams on their recent promotions.

William Hewitt has been at Yale for 15 years and worked in the security field for almost a decade before joining the Yale Security team. He has served as a shift coordinator since 2011 and, in 2019, added field training officer (FTO) to his responsibilities. He has been a certified International Police Mountain Bicycling Association (IPMBA) instructor since 2014 and serves as a Segway/T3 instructor. A certified Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Part 107 Drone Pilot, William is currently enrolled in the Business Administration and Management program at Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven.

Ronnie Williams has been at Yale for eight years as part of the Yale Security team. Before Yale, he worked as a State of Connecticut Corrections Officer for over 20 years. Ronnie started his career at the former St. Raphael’s Hospital (now part of Yale-New Haven Hospital) in their security department. He studied sports medicine at Southern Connecticut State University and served as a Yale Security FTO in recent years.

Eric Traester has been at Yale for seven years as part of the Yale Security team. Prior to Yale he worked as a customer service representative and in contract security. He served as an FTO and is a certified Basic Life Support Instructor with the American Heart Association. Eric has a B.A. in Communications from New England College in Henniker, New Hampshire, where he received the Gold Honor for High Cumulative GPA. In 2015, he received the grand prize in Yale’s Presidential Carbon Charge Task Force Contest. He served as a department co-chair at Solarfest in Tinmouth, Vermont; as a board member of the Greater New Haven Green Fund; as a Mentoring Program Volunteer for the Branford Public Schools; and as a founding member of the Woodbridge Community Emergency Response Team (CERT). Eric also holds an FCC Amateur Radio Technician license.

Nathan “Nate” Kyder has been with Yale Security for three years. Nate previously worked as a group home manager providing services to persons with developmental or physical disabilities. He also worked as a clinical social worker for the Visiting Nurse Association of South-Central Connecticut, assigned to Spooner House, a New Haven area homeless shelter. Nate received an M.A. in Social Work from Springfield College in Massachusetts and a B.A. in Liberal Arts and Professional Studies from Mitchell College in New London, CT. He currently serves as a member of the CT National Guard, where he is assigned as an Infantry Unit Training Officer and Unit Public Affairs Official.

These new managers are currently going through orientation and training; their shift assignments will be announced soon.