Celebrating our YC&E graduates

Wednesday, May 31st 2023

This month, we celebrated the graduation of some of our fellow YC&E team members! We are bursting with pride for them as they achieve this significant milestone, and we wholeheartedly extend our wishes for their continued success at YC&E and in their future endeavors. Check out further details about their degrees and future plans below.
 

Kelly Vailette

Program Manager at Yale Conferences & Events

Degree: Master of Science in Management and Organizational Leadership

School: Albertus Magnus College, graduated with honors

 

Emily Ganon

Marketing Program Assistant at Yale Conferences & Events

Major: Marketing

School: Central Connecticut State University

Dream Career: Marketing for a major concert venue

Emily is looking forward to making connections with incoming summer staff and seeing everyone’s hard work on the summer programs pay off during her summer with YC&E.

Jackson Chamberlain

Program Assistant at Yale Conferences & Events

Major: Hospitality and Tourism Management with a Concentration in Hotel and Resort Management

Minor: History

School: University of New Haven

Dream Career: Working at a resort or hotel

Jackson is looking forward to working on a team with the other Program Assistants and meeting all the new people coming in to host their events on campus during his summer with YC&E.

Avery Stone

Program Assistant at Yale Conferences & Events

Major: Public Relations

Minor: Sociology

School: Quinnipiac University

Dream Career: Event coordinator at Disney parks

Avery is looking forward to spending quality time with the amazing people she has met here during her summer with YC&E.

Natalia King

Program Assistant at Yale Conferences & Events

Major: Business Management

Minor: Event Management

School: Southern Connecticut State University

Dream Career: Working as an event planner for Vogue magazine and get to be a part of the team that coordinates the Met Gala one day

Natalia is looking forward to gaining more experience in the event managing field as well as learning from her superiors. Natalia is super excited to build bonds with the summer staff and become a better manager overall during her summer with YC&E.

Maddie Ceci

Program Assistant at Yale Conferences & Events

Major: Marketing

Minor: Sociology

School: Central Connecticut State University

Dream Career: Something that will keep her busy and happy! Ultimately, Maddie hopes to work in NYC or LA coordinating anything that has to do with social media or events in the entertainment industry (streaming services, TV broadcasting etc.)

Maddie looks forward to experiencing events on a professional level while strengthening my leadership skills and working with the other PA’s during her summer with YC&E.

Marvin Medina

Program Assistant at Yale Conferences & Events

Major: Marketing & Management Information Systems

School: Central Connecticut State University

Dream Career: Marketing Manager

Marvin looks forward to the connections to be made and the many new people to meet during his summer with YC&E.

Presley Hill

Summer Assistant Office Manager at Yale Conferences & Events

Major: Psychology with a concentration in Forensic Psychology 

School: University of New Haven 

Victoria Cagley

Hospitality Coordinator at Yale Conferences & Events

Degree: Masters in Public Relations 

School: Quinnipiac University 

Aliveya Gebhardt

Hospitality Coordinator at Yale Conferences & Events

Major: Accounting & Business Management

School: Albertus Magnus College