About Yale Summer Session

Rich is the Director of InformationTechnology & Online Education and a member of Summer Session’s senior leadership team, providing strategic planning and guidance guidance for YSS. Rich directs all information system related initiatives, processes, and technologies for Summer Session and co-founded Yale Summer Online in 2012. Prior to joining Summer Session, Rich held information technology positions in Massachusetts higher education. He holds a Master's of Education and Bachelor of Business Administration. When he’s not thinking about technology, you’ll find him skiing, on the links, or hitting the beach.

Following her graduation from Baylor University with a B.A. in History, Catherine was employed at Texas State University in San Marcos working in three different departments over 9 years. Though her heart remains in Texas, she has fallen in love with fall in New England. When not at work, you might find her knitting in coffee shops or visiting various fiber festivals around the country. Catherine is responsible for ensuring that all courses are entered correctly into Banner so students are able to register and for ensuring that students are eligible for all of the courses they want to take. She also helps process I-20s for international students studying on campus over the summer.

As Senior Administrative Assistant for Yale Summer Session, she’s the first point of contact for Yale students, faculty, staff and visitors. She handles all of the daily administrative duties for the office, helps to review applications during the admissions process, and supervises all of our student workers. Julia earned her B.A. in Psychology from the University of California, Irvine, and lived abroad in Seoul, Korea, for six years where she tutored English to middle school students. Her favorite part of summer in New Haven is going out to the many restaurants in town and enjoying the outdoor patios and live music. Maybe you’ll see her there!

Victoria loves the calm and quiet of Yale Summer Session after working as the Assistant for 9 different Police Chiefs at the Stamford Connecticut Police Department. Prior to that she worked as the Registrar at the American Institute for Foreign Study. This gave her the expertise and knowledge to handle our International Group Students and the Certificate Program for International Students. She also coordinates the Yale Writers Workshop and the Shafer Students Program. Victoria graduated from Barat Richmond International University in London, England with High Honors in her double major of Business Management and Economics. In her spare time, she volunteers in the community, loves to read, attend plays and concerts and travels extensively.

In Yale Summer Session, Kathy is the liaison for our partner universities who send undergraduate students to study at Yale in the summer. She’s also part of the Study Abroad team, advising students going to the U.K., Ireland, Czech Republic, Croatia, and Russian language programs. She’s been with Summer Session since 2007, after working as a middle school Spanish teacher and a college academic advisor. She holds an M.S. in Counseling from Central Connecticut State University and a B.A. in Spanish from the University of Connecticut. Her year abroad in Granada, Spain boosted her Spanish fluency and helps her identify with international students who are adapting to a new culture. She enjoys multicultural food, traveling (she’s been to 31 countries!), tennis, and yoga.

Kelly earned her B.S. from Cornell University in 2013 and her M.S. Ed. in Higher Education from the University of Pennsylvania in 2015. Since graduating she has worked in Student Affairs at Cornell University and Princeton University, Undergraduate Admissions at the University of New Haven as the Events Coordinator and Cornell University as a Seasonal Admissions Reader (for 4 cycles), and Alumni Relations at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. Most recently, she worked in the wedding industry at the Wadsworth Mansion and for a private event planner! In her free time, she is an avid baker and board game player. She is also a member of the Run 169 Towns Society – a club where runners race in every Connecticut town!