We have established a “Pioneer Council” to provide advice on all matters of concern to the West Campus community. The Council, chaired by Professor Janie Merkel, meets once a month and consists of a representative from each unit located on the West Campus. This group serves as a sounding board for any and all issues related to work and life on the West Campus and as a conduit between the residents of the West Campus and the West Campus Administration. The Council identifies issues in need of attention and advises on best practices, but also generates new ideas about how we should proceed as we grow the campus and stimulate social interactions across the campus.

Members are appointed by the West Campus Vice President of Planning and Program Development and serve for a two-year period.

Current Members:

Jane Merkel, Director, Small Molecule Discovery Center

Carol DeNatale, Director of Collection and Technology Initiatives

Jonathan Ellman, Professor of Chemistry and Pharmacology, Yale Institute for Chemical Biology

Chris Incarvito, Director Chemical Instrumentation Center

Shrikant Mane, Director Yale Center for Genome Analysis

Jason Killheffer, West Campus Senior Project Director

Lisa Maloney, West Campus Operations Manager

Tom Parlapiano, West Campus Education Coordinator, Peabody Museum of Natural History

Adrian Poffenberger, Acting Director, Yale High Throughput Cell Biology

Richard Rutherford, West Campus Facilities Site Manager

Cynthia Smith, Associate Provost for Health Affairs

Judy Steinis, Assistant Director West Campus Security

Gunter Wagner, Professor Ecology/Evolutionary Biology

Tim White, Assistant Director for Collections and Operations, Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History