Communications Officer, Diversity & Inclusion
Zoe Keller leads communications for Yale School of Medicine's Office of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (ODEI). She is responsible for developing, coordinating, and implementing a dynamic communications strategy in support of ODEI as it seeks to build and sustain a diverse community. She also supports other YSM organizations in their DEI efforts, including building and improving inclusion and equity for women and others underrepresented in medicine and science, and addressing systemic barriers to health care that affect the most vulnerable.
Zoe has served Yale in communications roles since 2008, including as communications director at the Yale Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning, and at the Yale University Office of Public Affairs & Communications, where she managed Yale’s top social media accounts and created communications around the organization’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. She earned the Linda Lorimer Award for Distinguished Service in 2020.
Zoe earned a BA from Smith College and an MS in public relations from Quinnipiac University.
Her volunteer leadership includes serving on the Board of New Haven’s Edgerton Park, developing a new community garden, and in tackling healthcare equity issues through Yale’s LGBTQ staff affinity group. She grew up in Alaska and has lived in New England her entire adult life.