Fellows

Franklin Renz

Franklin Renz started and ran several businesses. Owned Block Island Power Company. Developed first wind generation systems with NASA and DOE. Tested and repaired Abrams tank for DOE. Still best tank in the world. Trustee and Director of paper company that supplied paper for Yale for nearly fifty years. Been involved in several litigations that have changed the understanding of trusts in Federal and State courts.

Richard Richie

Naomi Rogers

Naomi Rogers is an Associate Professor, History of Medicine and History.  She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1986.  Her fields of interests are History of 20th century medicine & public health in North America including policy, activism, alternative medicine & gender and medicine; Science & feminism; Feminist health movements.

Todd Rothman

Todd Rothman is Director of Pre-Professional Advising at Haverford College and holds an MA in Education from Columbia University. Prior to joining Haverford, Todd served as Director of Admissions at Yale Law School and Assistant Director of Admissions at Columbia Law School, where he reviewed and evaluated applications as part of their respective Admissions Committees. For eleven years, he advised undergraduate students and alumni in the Graduate and Professional School Advising Division of Career Services at the University of Pennsylvania, ultimately overseeing the team of advisors for six years. Todd also served in administrative positions in two Offices of the President – first at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and later at Columbia University, Teachers College – and, most recently, he was the Director of Academic & Student Affairs at Vanderbilt University, Owen Graduate School of Management. Todd is also a Past President of the Northeast Association of Pre-Law Advisors (NAPLA).

Nils Rudi

Nils Rudi is a Professor of Operations Management at Yale School of Management, with a secondary appointment at the Statistics Department. He teaches the core MBA Probability Modeling course, a PhD course, he co-teaches an elective in Sports Analytics and a course that he co-developed for the Yale Law School. After high school, Nils worked as a programmer in his home country Norway, and has since lived and worked in the U.S., France and Singapore. He enjoys skiing, bicycling, hiking, and currently learning the Julia language and Turing.jl.

Debbie Rueb

Scott Ryan

Commander Scott M. Ryan was born in White Plains, New York and grew up in Bedford Hills, New York.  He graduated from the State University of New York Maritime College in 2001 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Marine Transportation, earned his commission through Reserve Officer Training Corps in May 2001, and was designated a Naval Aviator in August 2002.

Commander Ryan reported in April 2003 to the “Dragon Whales” of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron EIGHT, HC-8, at NAVSTA Norfolk, VA, flying the MH-60S Knighthawk.  After completing a Mediterranean and Arabian Sea deployment in 2004, HC-8 was redesignated as Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron TWO EIGHT, HSC-28, in 2005.  Commander Ryan deployed again to Naples, Italy in support of SIXTH FLEET operations.

Commander Ryan’s first shore tour in 2006 was as an instructor with the “Fleet Angels” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron TWO, HSC-2, the MH-60S East Coast Fleet Replacement Squadron, at NAVSTA Norfolk, VA.  While assigned to HSC-2, Commander Ryan earned his Executive Master of Business Degree through the Naval Postgraduate School’s distance learning program.

He next reported to USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69) as an Aircraft Launch and Recovery Officer, or “Shooter,” and deployed in 2009 and 2010 to FIFTH FLEET, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.  Following his disassociated sea tour, Commander Ryan attended the College of Naval Command and Staff at the Naval War College in Newport, RI earning a Master of Arts Degree in National Security and Strategic Studies in 2011.

In 2012, Commander Ryan reported to the “Chargers” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron TWO SIX, HSC-26 at NAVSTA Norfolk, VA for his Department Head tour, serving as the Safety Officer, Tactics Officer, and Maintenance Officer, deploying as Officer-In-Charge of HSC-26 DET 1, the “Desert Hawks,” in Manama, Bahrain in support of FIFTH FLEET operations.  In December 2015, Commander Ryan served as the Operations Officer in Helicopter Sea Combat Wing Atlantic at NAVSTA Norfolk, VA for all East Coast HSC and HM rotary wing squadrons.  

In 2018, Commander Ryan reported to USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN 72) as the Combat Direction Center Officer and deployed in 2019 to FIFTH FLEET.  Commander Ryan returned to the Naval War College in February 2020, attending the College of Naval Warfare and graduated in March, 2021. 

In June 2021 Commander Ryan reported as Executive Officer of the Naval ROTC Unit at Yale University.

Commander Ryan has accumulated more than 2,100 flight hours in the MH-60S and TH-57B/C helicopters and the T-34C aircraft.  His awards include the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (4), Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (2), and other unit and campaign awards.  

Lauren Sansing

Dr. Sansing completed her residency in Neurology in 2006 followed by a Vascular Neurology fellowship from 2006-2008, both at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Her clinical interests include acute ischemic stroke and intracerebral hemorrhage as well as other complex neurovascular diseases.

Following clinical training, she completed a Master of Science in Translational Research at Penn studying immune mechanisms of injury after intracerebral hemorrhage. She then joined the faculty at the University of Connecticut and Hartford Hospital in 2010, where she was active in the Departments of Neurology, Neuroscience, Neurosurgery, and Immunology.

Dr. Sansing came to Yale in the summer of 2014, where she continues her work in cerebrovascular diseases and neuro-inflammation through basic, translational, and clinical studies. She leads a NIH-funded laboratory identifying immunological treatment targets for stroke, intracerebral hemorrhage, vascular cognitive impairment and dementia. She has received numerous national and international awards for her research, including the Established Investigator Award from the American Heart Association, the Derek Denny-Brown Neurological Scholar Award from the American Neurological Association, the Michael S. Pessin Stroke Leadership Award from the American Academy of Neurology, and is an elected member of the Henry Kunkel Society and the American Society for Clinical Investigation.

Jane Savage

Jane Savage is responsible for Union-Management Relations at Yale, including Labor Relations, which supports the University’s relationships with its five unions, and Best Practices, a collaborative initiative between Yale and its two largest unions, UNITE HERE Locals 34 and 35. Ms. Savage has responsibility for supporting Yale’s negotiations to achieve labor agreements and for steering constructive relationships among managers, union representatives, and employees. She oversees a team of labor relations professionals and change management facilitators who advise, instruct, and support culture change projects undertaken by managers and union leaders. Prior to joining Yale, Ms. Savage was a senior consultant and faculty member in Cornell University’s School of Industrial & Labor Relations Extension Division in New York City, providing training and consulting services to industry and labor organizations. In her most recent role, she led the ILR Extension’s organizational change group and supported union-management collaboration in the private sector health care industry in New York City. Ms. Savage previously worked as a consultant to organizational change initiatives in unionized workplaces in the manufacturing sector and started her career as an engineer. She holds a B.S. in Engineering from The Ohio State University and a Master’s in Public and Private Management from Yale’s School of Management.