WELCOME TO THE YALE CLUB OF WASHINGTON, D.C.

 



GET INVOLVED IN YOUR CLUB!


All graduates of Yale University (undergraduate, graduate, and professional), Yale educators, students, and their parents are invited  to take part in shaping the life and direction of the Yale Club of Washington, D.C.


Membership in the Club offers an exciting and unique opportunity to be part of the large, diverse and active Yale community in the greater Washington metropolitan area. 


Join today!


Founded in 1874, the goals of the Yale Club of Washington, D.C. are: 

  • To promote the welfare of Yale University, to spread its influence, and to uphold its tradition of service in private and governmental spheres of activity.

  • To bring a knowledge of Yale to potential college students in the Washington metropolitan area, to foster a desire in them to attend Yale, to assist the University in selecting those to be admitted from this area, and to assist deserving students by providing a financial scholarship program. 
  • To provide Yale alumni in the Washington metropolitan
    area with a variety of educational, recreational, and cultural programs and to provide opportunities to meet together to reconnect and to participate in carrying out the purposes and objectives of the Club.
  • To provide opportunities through the Club’s social services offerings for alumni to serve those in need in the Washington metropolitan area.
  • To promote closer liaison between Yale University and its students and graduates with the Federal Government.


Events Calendar

 

The Club organizes an exciting calendar featuring a variety of continuing education and intellectual, community service, networking and professional, singles, young alumni, special interests, All-Ivy, sporting, and performing arts events. 


A full listing of upcoming events
 

Serve on the Board of the Yale Club of Washington! 


The Yale Club of Washington, D.C. invites alumni to submit self-nominations and nominations to join the Board of Directors. Board members represent the interests of alumni, support and enhance existing Club initiatives, and help foster innovative ways to facilitate interaction between alumni and the broader Washington and Yale communities. The position requires ongoing engagement with fellow directors, alumni, Club staff, and the Association of Yale Alumni throughout the year.

 

Members serve three-year terms, beginning in July. Directors are required to attend monthly lunch meetings in downtown Washington. The nomination period ends in May, with voting taking place in June.


Submit a nomination here. 


Questions? Contact Robert Cole ’75, Chair of the Nominating Committee.

24rd ANNUAL CONGRESSIONAL FORUM 

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.


Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill

400 New Jersey Avenue, NW

Washington, D.C. 


The Yale Club of Washington's annual Congressional Forum has become the most prominent policy seminar of its kind. Each year, the event features leading Congressional Representatives and Senators from both parties who discuss a wide range of tax, budget, and other policy issues facing the country, as well as the legislative and political outlook. 

 

Speakers include senior members of the Congressional leadership and key Committee Chairmen and Ranking Members. The confirmed list of speakers for this year's Forum includes House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH). 


Others include: Senator Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), Senator Johnny Isakson (R-GA), Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA), Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI), House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), House Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Congressman Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Congressman Ron Kind (D-WI), Congressman Erik Paulsen (R-MN), Congresswoman Linda Sanchez (D-CA), Congressman Aaron Schock (R-IL), and Congressman Pat Tiberi (R-OH). 


This event is co-sponsored by The Federal Policy Group and Baker Hostetler LLP. 


Breakfast and lunch provided. 

 

$70 - Yale Club of Washington Members

$50 - Young Alumni (Yale College Classes 2002-2012) 

$40 - Those who sign up for an annual membership with the Yale Club

$110 - All Others 




All proceeds benefit the Yale Club of Washington D.C.'s Community Service Summer Fellowship Program. 

 

 


Pierson and Friends Dinner                                                                                         Wednesday, May 22


Join Pierson alums for an informal dinner. The group will meet at a restaurant in the city, time and place to be determined. What started as an informal gathering of Pierson alums for dinner every other month is now entering its sixth year still going strong as a great way to meet fellow Yalies in the D.C. area -- from classes spanning six decades. Alums from other colleges also welcome!  Interested? Please contact Anant Raut ’96 for more details. 

Join a Club Committee!


All alumni are welcome serve on a Club committee. Committee members help further the Club's mission by helping plan and execute its diverse roster of programs and initiatives. We invite potential members for the following committees: Programming, Community Service, Alumni Schools, Young Alumni, and Alumni Sports.


Interested? Contact the Club today! 
 

Suggest an Event!


Have you heard about an engaging event somewhere around town? An exhilarating performance? A great sporting event? A can't-miss exhibition? A stimulating lecture? A fun family event?  Let us know!     
 
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