Meet Our Advisory Council

The Advisory Council for Women’s Health Research at Yale includes community leaders from across the country with a commitment to advancing women’s health research. Council members share professional and personal advice. They raise awareness about the importance of our center. And they lead efforts to ensure that Women’s Health Research at Yale thrives long into the future.
The Advisory Council for Women's Health Research at Yale
Laurie M. Benjamin, Carmel Valley, CA
Elisa Spungen Bildner, Montclair, NJ
Kim A. Healey, Fairfield, CT
Sharon Wolfsohn Karp, New Canaan, CT
Katharine Kenny, Richmond, VA
Susanna E. Krentz, Chicago, IL
Ruth L. Lansner, New York, NY
Kevin McCann, Hartford, CT
Cynthia H. McCraven, Wallingford, CT
Ellen Gibson McGinnis, Ruxton, MD
Ruby H. Melton, West Haven, CT
Wendy Underwood Naratil, Warren, NJ
Eve Hart Rice, Bedford, NY
Barbara Masters Riley, Guilford, CT
Carol F. Ross, Chair, New Haven, CT
Diane Young Turner, Hamden, CT
Diana Seton Wakerley, Hamden, CT
Special Advisors
Kitty Northrop Friedman
Kimberly Goff-Crews, Vice President for Student Life, Yale University
Linda Koch Lorimer, Senior Counselor to the President and Provost, Yale University
Patricia Doukas Zandy
Honorary Members
U.S. Representative Rosa L. DeLauro
Joanne Woodward
Nancy Wyman