School Notes: School of Management
March/April 2019

Alumnus is new Connecticut governor

Edward M. “Ned” Lamont Jr. ’80MBA was sworn in as the 89th governor of Connecticut at a ceremony at the state armory in Hartford on January 9. In his inaugural address, Lamont said his administration would not “throw away its shot” to revitalize the state, adding he “will not allow the next four years to be defined by a fiscal crisis.” Last year, Lamont said in an interview that his Yale SOM education had taught him the value of partnerships between the public and private sector.

GBS students consult with businesses in class project

Last fall, students in the master’s degree program in Global Business and Society spent a week consulting with financial services firm Synchrony to implement a new product. The students worked with company leadership and went into the field to interview local merchants already using Synchrony products about how they work with credit and how the experience might be improved.

The project came at the midway point of the Global Perspectives course, which uses Yale’s online “raw” cases to challenge students to take a broader view of complex problems. The GBS program prepares students to take on the big problems facing communities and society through using fundamental business tools. One important emphasis is learning to work effectively in global teams.

Professor chairs American Economic Association committee

Professor Judith Chevalier ’89, the William S. Beinecke Professor of Economics and Finance, has been named the new chair of the American Economic Association Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession (CSWEP). The CSWEP promotes the careers and monitors the progress of women economists in academia, government agencies, and elsewhere. Chevalier previously served as a member of the CSWEP board from 2002 to 2004. Chevalier’s research is in the areas of finance and industrial organization.