Class of 2018 First Destination - 6 Months Out
The Career Development Office conducts a survey six months after graduation each year, to determine the academic and employment activities of recent YSE graduates.
The survey is a snapshot at 6 months post graduation, and includes only alumni who have participated in the survey.
The survey is a snapshot at 6 months post graduation, and includes only alumni who have participated in the survey.
2018 Master's Graduate First Destination by Sector
| Sector | Number | % |
| Academic (K-Higher Education) | 7 | 8% |
| Government/Public Sector | 14 | 16% |
| Not-For-Profit/NGO | 21 | 24% |
| Private (Business/Industry) | 29 | 34% |
| Private (Business/Consulting) | 7 | 8% |
| Entrepreneurial/Self Employed | 3 | 4% |
| Further Study | 5 | 6% |
| Total | 86 | 100% |
* Based on 86 responses
Academic (K - Higher Education)
- Marine Ecology Teacher, The Island School, Cape Eleuthera, Bahamas
- Environmental Innovation Fellow, Yale School of the Environment, Center for Business and the Environment / Center for Innovative Thinking, New Haven, CT, USA
- Admissions Recruiter, Yale School of the Environment, Student Services, New Haven, CT, USA
- Postgraduate Associate, Yale School of the Environment, ELTI, New Haven, CT, USA
- Naturalist Program Fellow and Research Coordinator for Yale School Forests, Yale School of the Environment, Yale School Forests, New Haven, CT, USA
- Forest Management Fellow, Yale School of the Environment, Quiet Corner Initiative, New Haven, CT, USA
Government/Intergovernmental/Public Sector
- Natural Resource Policy Analyst, Congressional Research Service, Resources, Science and Industry (RSI) Division, Washington, DC, USA
- Gruber Fellow, United Nations Development Programme, Lima, Peru
- Research Analyst, Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, Bureau of Energy and Technology Policy, New Britain, CT, USA
- Contractor, NASA--Jet Propulsion Lab, 329: Earth Science, Pasadena, CA, USA
- ORISE Fellow, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Partnership Program Branch, Washington, DC, USA
- Deputy Chief Forestry Officer, Forest Resources Management Division, Department of Forests and Park Services, Thimphu, Bhutan, Bhutan
- ORISE Fellow, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Community Revitalization, Washington, DC, USA
- Natural Resource Manager Coordinator, USDA Forest Service, Engineering and Information Management, Juneau, AK, USA
- National Partnership Coordinator, USDA Forest Service, National Partnership Office, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- ORISE Fellow, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds, Office of Water, Washington, DC, USA
- Student Contractor, U.S. Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
- Urban and Community Forestry Program Coordinator, Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, Division of Forest Environment, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
- Forester, USDA Forest Service, Program, Budget, and Lands Management Planning, Willows, California, USA
Not-for-Profit/Non-Governmental Organization
- Law Graduate, Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, Environmental Justice & Farmworker Law, El Paso, TX, USA
- Special Projects Coordinator, Open Space Institute, Executive Office, New York, NY, USA
- Associate, CLASP, Communications, Washington, DC, USA
- Program Research Analyst, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Conservation and Science, Los Altos, California, USA
- Science and Strategy Intern, Oceana, Washington, DC, USA
- Associate, Rocky Mountain Institute, Research & Collaboration, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- Senior Associate, Rocky Mountain Institute, Global Climate Finance, Boulder, Colorado, USA
- Northeast Wyoming Program Director, The Nature Conservancy, Conservation, Sheridan, WY, USA
- Country Engagement Specialist, World Resources Institute, NDC Partnership, Washington, DC, USA
- Director of Citizen Science, Earth Day Network, Washington, DC, USA
- Manager, Innovation and Governance, Environmental Law Institute, Research and Publications, Washington, DC, USA
- Monitoring and Evaluation Manager, African People & Wildlife, Conservation, Loibor Serit, Manyara, Tanzania
- Conservation Program Manager, Sequoia Riverlands Trust, Visalia, CA, USA
- Associate, BSR, New York City, NY, USA
- Policy Coordinator - Climate Program, Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability, Fresno, CA, USA
- Climate Change Program Coordinator, Mass Audubon, Education & Advocacy Department, Lincoln, MA, USA
- Program Director, Breakthrough Institute, Conservation, Oakland, CA, USA
- Food Policy Manager, United Way of Western Connecticut, Stamford, CT, USA
- Research Assistant, EcoHealth Alliance, Conservation and Health, New York, NY, USA
- Restoration Fellow, Conservation International, Global Strategy Group, Washington, DC, USA
- Conservation Lead, Columbia Land Trust, Astoria, Oregon, USA
Private (Business/Consulting)
- Design Team Member, Studio Gang Architects, Chicago, IL, USA
- Associate Manager, EED Advisory, Nairobi, Kenya
- Project Development Analyst, First Solar, Project Development West, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Consultant, Accenture
- Business Development Manager, Garnica, Finance, La Rioja, Spain
- Cartographer, ESRI, Story Maps, Washington, DC, USA
- Wood Supply and Forestry Specialist, IKEA, Wood Supply and Forestry Matrix, SWEDEN
- Senior Consultant, Ernst & Young, Strategy, Denver, Colorado, USA
- Technical Specialist, SCS Global Services, Natural Resources, Emeryville, CA, USA
- Senior Analyst, General Electric Solar, Development, New York, NY, USA
- Designer, Reed Hilderbrand, New Haven, CT, USA
- Associate Program Manager, Enel X, Energy Markets, Boston, MA, USA
- Senior Finance Manager, Greenworks Lending, Finance, Darien, CT, USA
- Solutions engineer, ESRI, Solutions, Redlands, CA, USA
- Sustainability Senior Analyst, PepsiCo, Global Office of Sustainability, Purchase, New York, USA
- Resilience Planner, Dewberry, Integrated Resilience Solutions Branch, Fairfax, VA, USA
- Associate, SYSTEMIQ Ltd, NA, London, NA, United Kingdom
- Associate, CohnReznick Capital, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Environmental Scientist, Milone and MacBroom, Water Resources, Cheshire, CT, USA
- Structured Finance Analyst, Sol Systems, Structured Finance, Washington, DC, USA
- Manager Healthy Materials & Strategy, DSM Niaga, DSM Niaga, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Project Developer, Scatec Solar, Project Development, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Perseketuan, Malaysia
- Specialist - Modeling, Forecasting & Economic Analysis, Southern California Edison, Strategy, Planning & Operational Performance, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Associate, McKinsey & Co., San Francisco, CA, USA
- Business Development, Upstream Tech, Medford, MA, USA
- Project Development Analyst, SunPower, Richmond, California, USA
- Circular Economy Program Manager, Cisco
- Investment Banking Associate, Morgan Stanley, Investment Banking Division, Global Power and Utilities Group, New York, NY, USA
- Sustainability Consultant, Metabolic, Industries Consulting Team, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Sr Manager - Strategy & Operations, Hu Kitchen, Operations, New York, NY, USA
- Project Associate, TerraCarbon LLC, Forestry and Technical Services, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
- Senior Technical Conservation Crimes Advisor, Contractor for US Department of State, OES, Office of Conservation and Water, Washington, DC, USA
- Global Management Trainee, Anheuser-Busch Inbev, Finance, Shanghai, China
- Associate, Encourage Capital, Water & Agriculture, New York, NY, USA
- CSA Project Manager, Main Street Farms, Cortland, NY, USA
- Senior Analyst, The Cadmus Group, Strategy & Policy, Boston, MA, USA
Self Employed/Social Entrepreneurial
- Media/Communication/Marketing for social/environmental causes
- Independent Consultant in development
- Independent Consultant in tropical agroforestry and land use planning
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