Administrative Staff

Marlon Bennett is a Business Operations Support Specialist for the Anesthesiology Department at Yale University. Marlon received his MBA from Southern Connecticut State University.

Kristina Karaivanov is the Chief of Staff for the Anesthesiology Department at Yale New Haven Hospital.  Karaivanov received her BA in English from Barnard College at Columbia University and her MA in English Education from Columbia University's Teachers College. She worked in Advertising at a boutique agency in New York and at Martha Stewart Omnimedia with a focus on Consumer Insights before receiving her teaching degree. She taught Advanced Placement Language and Composition at a high school in New York, where she received tenure in 2016 for her work. Karaivanov went on to become a Qualitative Researcher at a Market Research firm in Branford, CT where she programmed surveys and conducted interviews to screen candidates for research projects conducted by Google, Facebook, Disney, and Nickelodeon.

Bachelor's Degree from Southern Connecticut State University in Liberal Studies w/ the focus on psychology, sociology, and wellness. Prior to Southern I attended Gateway Community College and received an Associates Degree in Business Office Technology. While attending Gateway I was in the New Haven Residents Training Program, which guaranteed an entry level position into Yale University upon completion of a certificate/degree in BOT. I have been a Yale University employee since 2004.