Executive Director
Lauren Graham (YSE ’13) is the Executive Director of Yale Blue Green. She is the founder and CEO of Velvet Frame, LLC, a a boutique social impact strategy and communications consultancy which works with non-profits, social entrepreneurs, and mission-driven startups on their capacity-building and change management challenges in the areas of strategic communications, organizational design, and leadership development by applying a holistic, ecosystems approach to the creation of scalable and sustainable change. Lauren is also an adjunct lecturer at several universities, a board member of the Natural Areas Conservancy and Earthshot, and the Board Secretary of Yale Women, Inc.
Communications & Social Media
Georgia Silvera Seamans, YSE ’01
Chapters
Chapter Manager
YBG Austin Co-Chairs
Rachel Schoenin, YC ’15
YBG-Boston Co-Chairs
Divita Bhandari, YSE ’14
Michael Brod, YSE ’14
Kathryn Wright, YSE ’13
YBG-Chicago Co-Chairs
Judith Singleton, YGS ’00
YBG-Washington D.C. Co-Chairs
Dr. Michael Dorsey, YSE ’96
Brennan Hackett, YC ’04
Vijeta Jangra, YSE ’13
Barbara Bauman Tyran, SOM
YBG-London Co-Chairs
Olga Babakina, F&ES ’05
Simon De Stercke, F&ES ’12
Melissa Merryweather, YC ’83
Alexander Vernoit, YC ’16
YBG-New York City Co-Chairs
David Bergman, YC ’78
Sabina Byck, YSE ’10
YBG-San Francisco Co-Chairs
Laura Franceschini, YSE ’14
Berkley Rothmeier, YC ’09, YSE ’10
Lin Shi, YSE’14
Lisa Veliz Waweru, YSE/SOM ’17
Peter Wyrsch, YDS ’17
YAA Staff Liaison
Henry Kwan, MA ’05, Director of Shared Interest Groups