YCSC Community Spotlight: Meet Joanne Richardson

For the latest Q&A spotlight in a series highlighting Yale Child Study Center (YCSC) community members and their work, meet Joanne Richardson, who will be retiring from Yale in January 2026. She has been part of the greater Yale community for over 30 years and currently serves as a training coordinator at Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence (YCEI), where she has worked for ten years.

Parties! I love throwing parties and events and what better way to do what you love at home and at work. My main job at the office is to coordinate and run events for YCEI, whether they are virtual, at an external location, or in person at Yale. Making sure every detail is covered and each and every person attending the event feels special.

Coordinating our in-person RULER conferences with over 700 guests. I was able to meet and connect with so many people from all over the world.

I love playing pickleball and doing crafts like chair-caning and flower arrangements.

Italian American, volunteer, athlete, and a good cook, too!

Outgoing, energetic, and friendly

Raising my three sons with my husband.

Italy, to visit where my grandparents lived in the mountains.

Two of my sons are Eagle Scouts and I hiked over 50 miles in one weekend with them on Bear Mountain, part of the Appalachian trail in New York. In January 2026, I plan on retiring after working 23 years at The Consultation Center, Inc. (an affiliate of Yale University) and then 10 years as a Yale employee!

This spotlight series is a spin-off of a similar effort launched in 2023 to feature integrated business operations (IBO) and administration staff at the Yale Child Study Center (YCSC), Department of Psychiatry, and Department of Pediatrics, All in the YCSC community are welcome (and encouraged) to nominate colleagues for this new spotlight series. Self-nominations are also welcome.