
The New York City branch of Yale Blue Green (YBG) seeks to actively bring together Yale alums in the area to foster dialogue, learning and networking in our vibrant city. We curate monthly events that take advantage of our urban surroundings and all the city has to offer. Events always include a sustainability angle and range from alumni talks, museum excursions, and service opportunities to networking cocktail hours. We very much encourage members of YBG-NYC to share ideas about the events they would like to attend or host.
YBG-NYC Co-Chairs
Seojin Park ’17
Sylvia Wang
Tera Hofmann ’20
Uma Bhandaram ’15 MESc
You can be in touch anytime at ybgnyc@gmail.com.
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Upcoming Events
Tree Census at Riverside Park and More, August 29, 4:00-6:00
| Did you know that New York City conducts a decadal tree census? Since 1995, NYC has counted its trees and the latest census is underway!Join Yale Blue Green as we team up with Yale/City to participate in Trees Count 2025 – the fourth participatory inventory of NYC’s urban trees. We will record the species, size, location, and condition of the trees and contribute to the study and measurement of the urban forest. Please bring a phone for gathering data. Register HERE (closes 8/27) Date and time: August 29 from 4-6pm Location: Riverside Park, Manhattan Meeting point: Dinosaur Playground at West 97th St Afterwards, we will head to a bar nearby and get to know the alums at Yale/City. Cheers, Uma Bhandaram, YSE 2015 Seojin Park, YC 2017 |
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“Investors for a Better America”, at the Fordham Gabelli School of Business, September 3, 2026
This September 3 will be the first-ever conference on “Investors for a Better America”, at the Fordham Gabelli School of Business, West 62nd St. 🇺🇸
- Speakers are senior investors from leading family offices and such firms as the Nigerian sovereign wealth fund, UBS, RBC Capital Markets, JP Morgan Asset Management, Bank of America, Millennium, Rothschild Asset Management, Harvard Management Company, Goldman Sachs, B Capital, First Round, Renaissance Technologies, District of Columbia Retirement, International Finance Corporation, Cantor Fitzgerald, and TIAA-CREF.
This is a nonpartisan conference for family offices and other investors. We believe an open and fair democracy is foundational to a strong investment climate. Capitalism depends on civic conditions that markets cannot create on their own, including:
- Representative and accountable democracy without over-centralization and with anti-corruption safeguards,
- Social trust,
- A responsive, fiscally responsible, and effective government with an independent Federal Reserve
- The ability to recruit the best people globally, and
- Strong alliances and open trade, especially with other capitalist democracies.
Admission is complimentary for investing principals of family offices, foundations, endowments, and other institutional investors with at least $100m AUM.
All others: Use 50% discount code: IBA_Teten50_2026 (very limited availability.)
RSVP: https://www.investorsforabetteramerica.org/ .
All revenues go to Mediators Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit
Cheers,
Uma Bhandaram, YSE 2015
Seojin Park, YC 2017







