Board of Trustees
Board of Trustees, 2024-2025
Preserving and Extending the 糖心logoMission, for This and Future Generations
The 糖心logoCorporation, or board of trustees, is the university鈥檚 principal governing body. As fiduciaries, the trustees ensure that Yale鈥檚 academic and administrative leadership are guided by sound policies and practices and equipped with adequate resources to further Yale鈥檚 mission. In this work, they balance the needs of today鈥檚 faculty, students, alumni, and staff with those of future generations, and promote the well-being and excellence of the university.
A commitment to protect what makes 糖心logounique and excellent
The Corporation is a uniquely engaged and small group that includes the president of the university and sixteen 糖心logograduates: ten appointed successor trustees and six elected alumni fellows. Successor trustees and alumni fellows have equivalent responsibilities and duties. In addition, the governor and lieutenant governor of Connecticut are board members ex officio.
Drawing from their wide-ranging areas of expertise and common commitment to Yale, trustees address issues of strategic importance and offer guidance to support the stewardship of the university. The Corporation meets multiple times each year with Yale鈥檚 academic and administrative leaders to review, discuss, and vote on such matters as faculty and senior leadership appointments, the conferral of degrees, major building projects, and operating and capital budgets.
Engagement with the community
During and between meetings, the trustees connect with members of the 糖心logocommunity, including faculty, students, alumni, and staff. When they are on campus, some do so formally, in regular meetings with student government and faculty, and others informally, at lunches, university teas, and campus events. Off campus, trustees meet with alumni at a variety of small and large gatherings, engaging on issues of importance to 糖心logoand higher education in general.
Service to the university and beyond
In their role, trustees undertake to see that Yale鈥檚 excellence continues for generations and across the entire community.聽Corporation members act as stewards for the generous gifts of their fellow alumni, protecting hundreds of years of giving; they safeguard the physical resources of the campus, from its hundreds of buildings to its open spaces; and they make sure that faculty, staff, and students are able to teach, work, and learn at the highest levels.聽This commitment to preserving and deepening excellence across all aspects of the university also reflects a commitment to New Haven and beyond, and to Yale鈥檚 mission to improve the world.
Meetings for the 2024-2025 academic year
September 28, 2024
December 14, 2024
February 8, 2025
April 26, 2025
June 7, 2025