Meet and greet Yale student entrepreneurs participating in the Yale Entrepreneurial Institute's Summer Fellowship Program. Plus mix and mingle with other entrepreneurs, alumni and investors. For a sneak peak at new ventures Yale students are working on, visit: http://yalestation.yale.edu/yei/summer-fellows.html. And come check out Smorgas Chef at the Scandinavia House, which was co-founded by an entrepreneurial Yalie as well!

Cover: $7 early-registration and $10 at the door. RSVP at https://maestropay.com/yei/nycjuly. Hors d'oeuvres will be provided. 

Presented by the Yale Entrepreneurial Institute (www.yale.edu/yei) and YAAMNY.

The Public Service/Social Justice Committee of the Yale Alumni Association of Metropolitan New York is proud to return to La Plaza Cultural Community Garden (one of the sites from the Yale Day of Service), where volunteers throughly enjoyed beautifying this gem in the East Village.

We are now looking for 40 energetic volunteers to complete the work started by YALIES on the Day of Service last month. Afterwards, volunteers will enjoy a barbeque at the garden. Children and Families Welcome!

TO SIGN UP FOR THIS PROJECT, please contact the Team Leader: Astrid Andre '94 at This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript  or alternatively, feel free to contact Anne Moss '77, Co-Chair of the Public Service/Social Justice Committee at This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript

LOG ONTO www.laplazacutlural.org for additional info about the garden: "La Plaza Cultural a unique open-air theater and green space, combining the functions of a community garden, a park and play area, wildlife refuge and performance venue. La Plaza is also utilized by local day-care centers, after-school programs and a growing number of parents with small children who rely on us for environmental learning and recreation."

Join fellow Yale Alumni for brunch on Sunday July 12th at 11am. Meet new people and socialize with old friends over a delicious dim sum brunch at Cafe Evergreen on the upper east side.

Please use the link to RSVP for the event. Everyone will pay for their meal at the restaurant.
http://yaamny-dimsum.eventbrite.com/

How Operating CEO's Can Work with Private Equity Funds

Gain insight into how you can work with private equity funds at a private dinner for CEOs of companies with at least $50m in revenues.

YAAMNY is pleased to bring you this interesting program offered by Yale alumnus David Teten '92, who will discuss:
· Participating in brief paid interviews via expert networks
· Entering senior advisor networks
· Becoming a deal executives
· Joining private equity portfolio company boards
· Why operational expertise is now far more important for private equity portfolio companies
· How private equity ownership impacts a company.
· How you can use online networks and other social media internet technologies to increase the pool of private equity funds with whom you can work (and more generally to increase sales at your company)

RSVP: Send a short biography to Theresa Boyce, Chair, CEO Trust, This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript , and cc: David Teten, This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript .

For more information on the CEO Trust, see http://www.ceotrust.org/aboutus.html.

YAAMNY has joined forces with The Ivy Plus Society to bring you a great night of summer socializing at The Park (Penthouse). The Penthouse has a spacious rooftop patio, so you will be able to see the stars while meeting new people and catching up with old friends.

Advanced RSVP is required: Use this link to register.

The YAAMNY Arts & Entertainment committee in collaboration with the Creative Yale Alumni Network and the Yale Theater Initiative cordially invites you to YAAMNY's Arts Network Party.

Join us for an exciting evening of networking opportunities among fellow metro NY Yale alumni, who are professionals in the fine and performing arts. As you enjoy complimentary wine provided by Korus Wines, tequila provided by Casa 1921 and hors d'oeuvres during the first hour of the evening, we encourage you to share with us your ideas for building an open, collaborative and useful database of alumni and for hosting future networking events. Drink specials will be offered from 8:30pm onward. 

Whether you have won a Pullitzer and travel by limousine or are pushing a cab between auditions, come meet and be met, discover folks involved in your field or related fields, and help us create a resource to assist all of us in our work.

Tickets are $10 before July 10, and $15 on or after July 10. There will be drink specials and complimentary hors d'oeuvres. Space is limited, register today at http://yaamny-artsparty.eventbrite.com/.

Please visit our sponsors at www.koruswine.com and www.tequila1921.com.

YAAMNY is pleased to bring you this interesting program, offered by Yale alumnus David Teten '92.

During this 90-minute online seminar you'll learn the following:
· The skinny on Gerson Lehrman, GuidePoint Global, Evalueserve Circle of Experts, DeMatteo Monness, Coleman Research Group and other expert networkshow to get the most out of them;
· What it takes to join and take advantage of the most popular gated communities for investors and executives, including sites such as ACG Network, Angelsoft, INMobile, and Albourne Village;
· How to use Web 2.0 services to perform background checks on managers, and to quickly identify and talk with customers, competitors and suppliers of target companies;
· Which leading professional and social networking sites to join to land introductions, keep tabs on colleagues, recruit executives, find co-investors and unearth opportunities for new transactions;
· How to use a blog to differentiate yourself and attract deal flow to you instead of chasing after deals;
· How to easily and cheaply keep your contact management system up to date and exhaustive.
· How to optimize what people see when they Google your name

The Webinar is hosted by Buyouts Conferences Private Equity University.

Register now and you'll get two special benefits: a complimentary PDF copy of The Virtual Handshake: Opening Doors and Closing Deals Online, a book on how to find and close deals leveraging online technology; and a PDF copy of the exclusive slides from the Webinar.

go-girl finance presents: Empowering College Women: Welcome to the Real World
A two-part seminar series designed to empower college women to take control of their future careers and personal finances.

Wednesday, July 29: Help! I Need a Job & Planning & Optimizing Your Career
Wednesday, August 5th: Oh No! Now its my Money & Introduction to Personal Finances

For more information, go to http://gogirlfinance.com/. Use this link to register for the event: http://gogirlfinance.eventbrite.com/. If you register before July 12th, you will receive a $175 discount. Enter code GGF09.

YAAMNY's Arts & Entertainment Committee in collaboration with Insider Expeditions presents After Hours at Greene Contemporary with Yale Alumna Hannah Cole...

Join Ms. Cole for an intimate after-hours discussion at Greene Contemporary art gallery in the Lower East Side, where Ms. Cole's work is currently showing, followed by complimentary cocktails and hors d'eouvres at nearby winebar Salt.

Enjoy an exploration of the work on display and an open discussion of the motives and themes at play in the world of art today. What does it mean to be an artist today? What role does inspiration play, and how much work does it take? What is happening in the contemporary art world in New York City at this critical moment in time?

Ms. Cole has served as a full-time faculty member at the School of Visual Arts at Boston University, where she taught both in Boston and in Venice, Italy. She has exhibited internationally and held artist fellowships at the Ucross Foundation and the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation. Since getting her start through a Sudler Grant while a student at Yale, she has received numerous honors for her work around the world, most recently as a finalist for the Guasch Coranty Foundation International Painting Prize in Barcelona.

Early registration $35, after July 20 tickets are $45. Space is limited, and we expect this exclusive, after-hours event to sell-out. Register today at http://yaamny-artwalkscole.eventbrite.com/.

go-girl finance presents: Empowering College Women: Welcome to the Real World
A two-part seminar series designed to empower college women to take control of their future careers and personal finances.

Wednesday, July 29: Help! I Need a Job & Planning & Optimizing Your Career
Wednesday, August 5th: Oh No! Now its my Money & Introduction to Personal Finances

For more information, go to http://gogirlfinance.com/. Use this link to register for the event: http://gogirlfinance.eventbrite.com/. If you register before July 12th, you will receive a $175 discount. Enter code GGF09.

YAAMNY is hosting the first-ever alumni trip to Iceland for the August 22nd marathon, half-marathon, 10K, and 3K races and to see glaciers and volcanic craters, walk on ancient lava flows, swim in geothermal pools, visit other scenic sites, and participate in local cultural activities. For information about the races in Reykjavik, Iceland's capital, click here. For more information on Iceland, visit: www.icelandtouristboard.com.

If interested, please email My ( This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript ). Alumni from various cities, including New York, Boston, Chicago and Miami, have already reserved their trip package. Yale alumni based in Iceland, including the Minister of Business Affairs and a University of Iceland professor of environmental studies, have agreed to speak at the welcome dinner. The trip costs only about $2000 (including international and domestic flights), which is an amazing deal.

On a separate but related note, we've started a Yale Alumni Running Group. If you'd like to join Yalies to do some runs, check out the following Facebook Yale Alumni Running Group to get details: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=80553446143

"Yale Alumni Runners" shirts are available for purchase on the following site: http://www.campuscustoms.com/yalealumnirunners/ 

Your Iceland Marathon trip leaders,
My Luu, BA '96 and Ajit Pai, M.Arch and MBA '99

P.S. We welcome alumni of all ages from Yale College and the graduate/professional schools to participate. Alumni who have already signed up include those from Yale College,the School of Management, the Divinity School, and the School of Architecture. We also encourage you to consult a physician before starting any new exercise regimen as there might be potential risks depending on your health, for which YAAMNY holds no responsibility. 

We wish to invite everyone to the upcoming Public Service/Social Justice Meeting.

We have many exciting projects and prospects as we try to build on the momentum we gained from the Yale Day of Service in May. Additionally, our social justice/juvenile justice project in collaboration with the very progressive Mayor Booker of Newark is currently underway and a preliminary task force has been formed. Our hope is to build a team of volunteers from diverse professions that will help transform Newark's Juvenile Justice System so that children have the opportunity to develop to their fullest potential.

We look forward to seeing you. For the full agenda, please click the meeting title above to go to the website.

All the best,
Anne Moss, Amanda Taffy, Andrew Burgie
Co-Chairs of the Public Service/Social Justice Cmte

The Social / Networking Events Committee is meeting on July 15th to plan social events and career networking opportunities. Please join us! We would love to hear your ideas and make use of your organizational skills to create events for New York Yale Alumni. RSVP to Audrey - This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript

Join us to help plan arts and entertainment programming for Yale alumni in NYC. All are welcome.