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INFORMATION FOR

    Lena Smith Parker

    Senior Program Leader and Relationship Manager
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    Contact Info

    Office of Communications

    2 Science Park

    New Haven, CT 06510

    United States

    About

    Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.

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    Senior Program Leader and Relationship Manager

    Biography

    Lena is the Senior Program Leader & Relationship Manager for YSM Communications.

    She started out as a Internet Specialist in communications for Yale Medicine in 2004, and in 2006 was promoted to have purview over the web for all of YSM. Within months she created the first iteration of the brain trust dedicated to the mission of a "world-class" web presence for YSM, which has now grown to a full web team.

    The group is dedicated to these goals:

    • Beautiful, useful, consistently branded websites that as a unit speak to the excellence of YSM
    • All faculty and organizations being able to promote their important work, regardless of whether or not they have resources
    • Ease of accessibility for users and web editors
    • Excellent communication with clients and administration
    • Efficient use of accurate data across websites

    In 2016, Lena was promoted to be the Operations Director for the Yale School of Medicine Office of Communications, and in 2021 again to Senior Program Leader & Relationship Manager for YSM Communications.

    Departments & Organizations

    Education & Training

    MA
    Western Michigan University, Non-Fiction Writing and Religion
    BA
    Beloit College, English Literature

    Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

    • activity

      Research.Yale.Edu and Yale Cores Website Committee

    • activity

      Yale Mobile App Committee

    • activity

      Program for Art in Public Spaces (PAPS)

    • honor

      Linda K. Lorimer Award

    • activity

      100 Years of Women at YSM

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    Contacts

    Mailing Address

    Office of Communications

    2 Science Park

    New Haven, CT 06510

    United States

    Administrative Support

    Locations

    • Office of Communications

      Academic Office

      2 Science Park

      50 Division Street, Ste 300

      New Haven, CT 06511

      General Information

      203.785.5824