Stephanie Chan

Stephanie joined the Yale Investments Office and the Office of the General Counsel in May 2008.  She is a member of YIO’s legal team and focuses on the Endowment’s developed equities, emerging equities, and marketable alternatives portfolios, as well as regulatory matters and capital markets support.  She graduated from Yale College in 1997 with a Bachelor of Arts in Ethics, Politics, and Economics, and received her J.D. from Harvard Law School in 2002.  Prior to joining Yale, Stephanie was an associate at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP and Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP.  Prior to her legal career, Stephanie worked as a management consultant at Booz Allen & Hamilton. 

Why did you join the Yale Investments Office?

I joined YIO because the opportunity to give back to Yale by applying my skills as an investment management lawyer was a dream come true.  It means so much to me to be part of a team of dedicated, smart, and mission-focused professionals who always have Yale’s best interests at heart.

What was your favorite class in college?

A Humanities department class called “The Shape of Modernity,” taught by Louis Dupre. I walked out of each class filled with awe and wonder. I still have my notes somewhere in my basement!