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Colloquium Speakers

Policymakers, corporate leaders, research faculty, and other experts visit campus for frank, meaningful conversations. Every class weekend you'll have the chance to deepen your understanding of industry trends and how companies are facing societal challenges.

Robert Shiller

Featured Colloquium Speakers

Name Title
Matt Mendelsohn Chief Investment Officer, Yale University
Adam Blumenthal, MBA Managing Partner, Blue Wolf Capital Partners
Shereef Elnahal, MD, MBA Under Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Cliff Asness, PhD Managing and Founding Principal, Founder, Managing Principal and Chief Investment Officer, AQR
Pradeep Kurukulasuriya, PhD ('06) Executive Coordinator and Director-Environmental Finance for Nature, Climate and Energy, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Catherine Sandoval, JD, MA Board Member, U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
Susan Carter Lecturer, Yale School of Management; Independent Director, BlackRock Multi-Asset Mutual Fund Board; Advisor to Finance Committee, Altman Foundation; Member Advisory Board, Private Capital Research Institute
Paulette Frank Chief Sustainability Officer, Johnson and Johnson
William Nordhaus Sterling Professor Emeritus and Research Professor of Economics; Professor Emeritus of Forestry and Environmental Studies
Robert Shiller Sterling Professor of Economics Emeritus Yale University
Danielle Merfe Vice President and CTO, GE Renewables

Colloquium Speakers 2025-2026 Schedule

Date Name Title
August 22, 2025 Brad Gentry, JD Director of the Research Program on Private Investment and the Environment; Co-Director, CBEY​, Yale School of the Environment​
September 05, 2025 Mandy Cohen, MD, MPH National Advisor, Manatt Health; Former Director, CDC
September 19, 2025 Ben Langworthy, MBA Senior Managing Director, Head of Europe, London Centerbridge
October 03, 2025 Seema Hingorani, MBA Managing Director - Investment Management, Morgan Stanley
October 17, 2025 Pedro Guazo, MBA Representative to UN Secretary General for Investments, United Nations
October 31, 2025 Laurie Zephyrin, MD, MBA, MPH Senior Vice President for Advancing Health Equity, The Commonwealth Fund
October 31, 2025 Charley Ellis, MBA, PhD Founder, Greenwich Associates Author
November 14, 2025 Liddy Karter, MBA Managing Partner, Mizzen Capital
December 05, 2025 Garth Graham, MD ('01), MPH ('01) Managing Director and Global Head of Healthcare and Public Health, Google/YouTube
January 16, 2026 Richard Kidd, MBA ('93) Former Deputy Assistant Director of Defense for Environment and Energy Resilience, US DoD
February 13, 2026 Matthew LeBlanc, MBA ‘98 Managing Director, Chief Investment Officer, JP Morgan Infrastructure Investments Group
February 27, 2026 Juan Carlos Garcia, MBA Managing Director, Quadrant Capital Advisors, Inc.
March 13, 2026 Carlos Alvarado Quesada, MA, MS Presidente de Costa Rica (2018-2022); Professor of Practice, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
March 27, 2026 Evan Sussman, MBA ('14) Chief Executive Officer, Granata Bio
April 10, 2026 Anna Goldstein, PhD, MS Director of Impact, PRIME Coalition
April 24, 2026 Pamela Sutton-Wallace, MPH Chief Operating Officer, Yale New Haven Health