Robert Cole '75 - President

College: Jonathan Edwards

Major: Engineering & Applied Science

Hometown: Bethesda, MD

In DC Since: March, 1989

Favorite Club Event: Maya Lin: Systematic Landscapes- Corcoran Gallery or

                                      U.S. Supreme Court - Linda Greenhouse

Robert is currently President of the Yale Club of Washington, DC. He previously served as Program Chair and Membership Director, as well as Ivy Singles Liaison since 2004. You can often find him greeting Members and guests at Club events.

Robert currently serves as Program Manager in the Container Security Initiative in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security where he focuses on strategic planning, reports for Congress and internal evaluations relating to maritime cargo security. He previously served as Program Coodinator at the Office of the Police Corps in the Office of Justice Programs in the Department of Justice. He enjoys biking and playing tennis, arranging his newly acquired house, and volunteering for Yale and Stanford.

Robert B Cole '75 - Program Chair (Acting)

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Celeste Bagley '78 - Vice President for Community Service

College: Pierson

Major: Economics

Hometown: North Haven, CT

In DC Since: August 1997

Favorite Club Event: Evaluating scholarship applications for the DC College Success Foundation

Celeste has served as the Vice President, Community Service for the past three years.  She is also a Class Agent for the Class of 1978.  Other Yale activities include participating in the AYA’s inaugural service trip to the Dominican Republic, serving as a panelist on eldercare at her 25^th reunion and volunteering as an Alumni Schools Interviewer when she lived in New York City and Framingham, Massachusetts.

Celeste is currently the Director, New Product Development at the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.  She received an MBA from Harvard and has worked in all three sectors of the economy – private, public and nonprofit.  In her spare time, she enjoys traveling, visiting museums and going to concerts.

Lucy Lowenthal '75

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Lucy serves on the Yale Club of Washington, DC Board of Directors.

Lucy is the Director of Development at Second Genesis, a non-profit dedicated to providing support for individuals recovering from substance abuse.

Marla Grossman '90 - Secretary

College: Trumbull

Major: English

Hometown: Potomac, MD

Favorite Yale Club Event: Congressional Forum

Marla currently serves as the Recording Secretary of the Yale Club of Washington DC.  She is also the Chair of Agents for the Yale Alumni Fund, Class of 1990. 

Marla is a partner at the lobby firm, PCT Government Relations, where her practice focuses on intellectual property, technology and entertainment lobbying.  She was previously a Partner at the law firm of DLA Piper, and before that a Partner at the law firm of Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson and Hand.  She served as Minority Counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee for the current Senate Judiciary Chairman, Senator Patrick Leahy.  Aside from being a true, blue Yalie, Marla spends her time with her husband, Eric Steinmiller, and her two elementary school aged children.  Marla has been featured in the Washington Business Journal: "Women Who Mean Business: Honoring the Region's Most Influential Business Women" (November 2004), the Washingtonian Magazine: "Women to Watch: Women Under 40 Who are Beginning to Make Their Mark on Washington " (September 2001); the New York Times (March 20, 2000) and the National Journal (September 2008).  She was honored with a Peabody Award for Outstanding Achievement in Broadcast and Cable in 2001 for a film that she produced, “Things Behind the Sun,” which also was nominated for an Emmy, and an Independent Spirit Award for “Best Picture,” “Best Actress” and “Best Supporting Actor”.

Davis Buckley '70 M.Ed, '71 B. Arch.

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Davis serves on the Yale Club of Washington, DC Board of Directors.  He is a past President of the club.

Davis is the founder and President of Davis Buckley Architects and Planners, an international Architecture firm.

John Choate 69'LAW

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John Choate serves on the Yale Club of Washington, DC Board of Directors.  He is also involved in the Yale Law Alumni Association.

John serves as an Administrative Law Judge at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Tony Cotto '03 - Nominating Committee Chair

College: Calhoun

Major: Political Science

Hometown(s): Spokane, WA / Huntsville, AL 

In DC Since: July, 2003

Favorite Club Activity: Yale vs. Georgetown Tailgate

Tony is the chair of the Nominating Committee and an ex officio member of the Yale Club of Washington, DC Board of Directors.  He has previously served as the club’s President (2008), Program Chair (2007), Secretary (2006), Young Alumni Coordinator (2004-2008), and CAN representative (2005-2007).  You can usually find him leading the cheers on the sideline supporting all of the club’s CAN teams or swapping stories about life in Calhoun/Bookworld.

Tony serves as Counsel to the Minority on the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, where he advises ranking Republican Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) on legal issues arising from the Subcommittee's investigations.  He previously served as the Associate Counsel to the General Counsel at the U.S. Department of Commerce, where his practice focused on responding to Congressional Investigations and Oversight.  Prior to his Appointment in 2007, Tony served as an Attorney at the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, and prior to that as the Assistant Director of the Republican National Lawyers Association.  Aside from bleeding Yale blue and devoting his time to the Yale club, he enjoys playing tennis and poker, cooking out, composing music, and being active in Arlington and Virginia politics.

Matt Dolan '82 - Co-Chair, Alumni Schools Committee - MD

College: Calhoun

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Favorite Club Activity: Congressional Forum

Matt serves on the Yale Club of Washington, DC Board of Directors.  He is a past President of the club (2002-2004) and currently serves as one of the club's AYA delegates and chair of the Alumni Schools Committee for suburban Maryland.

Matt is the a director at the Federal Policy Group, where he advises clients on a wide range of regulatory and legislative matters.  Prior to joining the Federal Policy Group, Mr. Dolan was a partner in the Washington office of Baker & Hostetler LLP, where he focused his practice on tax, regulatory and government relations matters. During Mr. Dolan's tenure at Baker Hostetler, he served at various times as head of both the firm's government policy practice and the firm's Washington tax practice.

Charlotte Hollister '65 Ph.D.

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Clay Kaufman '84 - Chair, Alumni Schools - DC

Major: American Studies

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Clay is an ex-officio member of the Yale Club of Washington, DC Board of Directors.

Clay has been an educator and administrator in the Washington DC area for over 20 years. In his long career at The Field School he served in a variety of capacities, including teacher, college counselor, director of admission, math department chair, accreditation chair and community liaison and design committee member during the school's move to a new campus in 2002. As a teacher, he has implemented hands-on, experiential learning and developed integrated curricula in the humanities and math/science, and has experience working with students with learning disabilities. Mr. Kaufman has been selected for a variety of leadership roles, including: the E.E. Ford Fellowship for private school leadership; the Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program in Ankara, Turkey; the National Endowment for the Humanities Independent Scholars program and Summer Seminar; and past-president of the Independent Schools Mathematics Association of Washington (ISMAW). He holds a B.A. in American studies from Yale University, and a M.A. in government from Georgetown University.

Gena Lai '95

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Roy Niedermayer '69 Co-Chair, Alumni Schools Committee - MD

College: Saybrook

Major: History

Hometown: Silver Spring, Maryland

In DC Since: 1972

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Roy serves on the Yale Club of Washington, DC Board of Directors.  He is a past president of the club (2006-2008).  He also sits on the committee for the Yale Club of Washington, DC Student Community Leadership Awards.  Roy has recently taken on the task of serving as Mid-Atlantic Regional Coordinator for the AYA's 2010 Day of Service.

Roy is a principal at the law firm Paley, Rothman, where he is a member of the firm's Litigation and Appellate Practice groups. He is primarily engaged in business counseling and risk management, complex commercial litigation involving commercial transactions, business torts, commercial/trade secrets and employment matters including restrictive covenants, real estate development and construction, corporate matters and estate and probate litigation.

Jack Reinhold '78

College: Davenport

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Jack serves on the Yale Club of Washington, DC Board of Directors.  He is a past President of the Club (2004-2006) and has served on the Board of Directors for over a decade.

Jack is an Insurance Agent with H.W. Phillips & Co. in Washington.

Sarah Schaffer '04, CAN Representative

College: Ezra Stiles

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Hometown: Severna Park, MD

In DC Since: 2004

Favorite Club Activity: CAN Flag Football

Sarah is an ex-officio member of the Yale Club of Washington, DC Board of Directors.

Sarah is the Yale Club's Capitol Alumni Network (CAN) Representative.  She also serves as co-captain of the club's CAN Flag Football and Soccer teams.

Dale Schmidt '70 - Chair, Alumni Schools - VA

College: Pierson

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Dale is an ex-officio member of the Yale Club of Washington, DC Board of Directors.

Dale is an attorney in Alexandria.

Shelita Stewart '04

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Edward West '79

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Muriel Wolf '59 MED

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Muriel serves as the ex-officio Historian on the Yale Club of Washington, DC Board of Directors.  She is a past President of the club.

Muriel is a pediatrician at the Children's National Medical Center, where she specializes in cardiology.

Russell Ahrens '96

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Russell is the Chair of the Strategic Planning Committee and an ex officio Member of the Board of Directors.

Sheila Summers

Sheila has been the Executive Director of the Yale Club of Washington, DC since 2005.

You can contact Sheila at 202-244-7119 or yaleclubdc@ix.netcom.com.

Ilona Emmerth '98

Ilona is the AYA Staff Member in charge of relations with the Washington, DC, Chicago, and New Haven Yale Clubs.  We are thrilled to have her representing us in the AYA's day-to-day efforts!